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GetBackers
(Hevn, Himiko, Madoka, Sakura, Natsumi, Clayman, Ren, Rena)

GetBackers is a manga and anime about a couple of dorks (with superpowers!) named Ban and Ginji. They have various (superpowered!) friends and foes, and get in all sorts of trouble as they go about trying to "get back what shouldn't be gone" as a retrival duo by the name of "GetBackers."

The series is dorky and angsty--sometimes even at the same time!--and I heart it despite it's many flaws.

Check out gisho's overview, or my far less detailed one.

GetBackers has some great female characters, although it isn't a series I'd pick up if you don't have a strong stomach for fanservice (the anime is far better on this count than the manga). The female characters will usually end up with torn clothes, and most of them have gigantic breasts that hardly fit into their clothes to begin with. One of our heroes also thinks it's perfectly okay to sneak up behind a woman and grope her breasts.

GetBackers is far from an enlightened feminist story, but the fans more than make up for that.

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