Black Cat

When I first heard a Black Cat from a friend (A-chan..Special mention..Lol), I was thinking.. uhh.. It sounds boring. At first, I truly underestimated this show but after watching more than 3 episodes, I found it quite interesting.

I was overwhelmed because I wasn’t expecting it to be as good as it was. The action sequences were pretty impressive. Black Cat also had numerous fight scenes that were really cool. There were many different characters with different abilities. The way this show introduces its characters are quite subtle, which is good. It explains each character properly so you completely understand who they are, what they do, and a bit of their past. Honestly, I was attracted to many of the male characters (especially Train. He is an incredible gun master.. so handsome!!!). They were cool and very cute.

The storyline was impressive; the assassin to sweeper story is completely original. Well, Black Cat is about a young boy named Train, his parents were killed when he was young and was abducted by an organization named Chronos which controls 1/3 of the world’s population, through eliminating syndicates that harm the flow of life. Train became the 13th member of an elite group of assassins called the Chronos Numbers which earned him the nick name Black Cat, who comes to deliver bad luck. 

He became good after meeting his very first friend, Saya. (It was kind a sad on how things turned out between them. I was hoping to learn more about her but the show didn’t tell anything about her.

After Saya got killed by Creed, Train hunted Creed for revenge and he plan to destroy The Apostles of the Stars. When Creed was destroyed, some of the assassins in Chronos and The Apostles of the Stars kidnapped Eve. Train and Sven began their mission to save Eve. At the end, Eve, being a biological weapon was revealed to its limit.

My only deduction of a point from this show is how it ended. Towards the end of the series, the production seemed to get worse, like they put less effort in it. I think the last few episodes were rushed, and I wasn’t satisfied with the last episode at all.  But otherwise, I really enjoyed this show. The story is great, the songs that they used are great, and all the characters are 
really good looking. All in all, watching this show is worth my time.

Main Characters

Train Heartnet (トレイン ハートネット Torein Hātonetto^?), also known as “Black Cat” or “Kuro Neko”, is the protagonist and a sweeper partnered with Sven. Train is a lighthearted, courageous man who is highly skilled with a gun. In the manga’s “present time,” he is 23 years old. Train’s distinguishing features are a choker with a tiny bell attached to it and the XIII tattoo he has on the left side of his chest. He has a large amount of killing intent that he honed from his days as a Chronos member.

Sven Vollfied (スヴェン ボルフィード Suven Borufīdo^?) is a sweeper, who befriends Eve, being the first person to treat her like a human, which causes the two to become very close. He becomes Train’s partner after Train leaves Chronos. He follows a strict code of chivalry: he is always respectful to women and children and acts very proper. He is often tortured by Train’s capricious personality and is usually dragged into trouble and even more debt because of it. Sven is skilled in inventing and making innovative weapons and other various equipment, including bombs and special bullets for Train. Sven’s weapon of choice was originally a normal pistol, but after that is destroyed, he invents the Attaché Weapon Case, a suitcase equipped with hidden weaponry inside of it. It contains a built in machine gun, grenade launcher, net launcher, an electrical cable, and various other small weapons inside the case.

Eve (イヴ Ivu^?) is a young girl, who is a genetically cloned engineered bio-weapon. She is able to use nanotechnology to transform her body into various offensive and defensive weapons. Initially only able to alter limited parts of her body, she is later able to transform her entire body at will, though it causes much strain on her. She generally turns her arms into blades, hammers and shields, turns her hair into fists and microblades able to cut through steel, turns her own skin into steel, sprouts wings from her back to fly and fires the feathers, and transforms into a mermaid in order to swim more efficiently.

RinsletWalker (リンスレットウォーカー Rinsuretto Uōkā^?) is a world class famous thief-for-hire. She works for everyone from the government to mob bosses, and often works alongside Train and Sven. Rinslet says she can steal anything and manipulate any man, though she has trouble with Train. She provides Train and Sven with targets, so that they can act as distractions while she steals. Eve, she treats as a younger sister. Rinslet is sometimes called “Rins” by her acquaintances, and likes disguises, Tarot reading, treasure, and handsome men.

   

Saya Minatsuki (ミナツキ サヤ Minatsuki Saya^?) is an accomplished sweeper and close friend of Train. Her involvement with him leads to his more human outlook on life and his departure from Chronos. In the manga, Train denies ever having any romantic feelings for her stating that they weren’t there yet, but he “fell in love with her way of living”, and there isn’t really anything in flashbacks that proves him wrong. In the anime, however, a romantic interest between the two is strongly hinted, though Train still denies this.