Ah yes, Wicked City... how can you watch neo-noir and not hear that name? This was another neo-noir that was surprisingly good in my book. I had my doubts, but it intrigued me.
Set in the 20th century, it's in a time when coexistence between humans and demons were stable, yet discreet, with very few people acknowledging even being a demon world, called the "Black World." Every few hundred years or so, a treaty has to be reestablished for continued harmony among the two. To oversee such things, the secretive Black Guard was created for such purpose. However, this time there's a faction called the Radicals, who plans to promote chaos by preventing the new treaty to be set. Black Guard agents Taki and Makie are issued to protect Mayart, who is said to be vital in reestablishing the treaty. Mayart appears to be the Radical's target, and things are going downhill before the three even meet. As expected of a dark, adult plot, there's blood, brutality, and rape involved. Yet the plot itself takes a twist towards the end.
Wicked City gets an 8 of 10. Another neat, dark story for the books, this actually found itslef a live-action film adaption, and a well known US comic was inspired by this title. Wicked City is indeed good, but as I've said before: it's not for everyone, especially with the talk of demons and the rape scenes involved (which seems to be a standard in neo-noir, huh?)
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