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 91 Days is a "classic mafia drama" set during the Prohibition in America. Angelo Lagusa's family was murdered by the Vanetti family. Years later he receives a mysterious letter that reignites his desire for revenge. Donning the name Avilio Bruno, he infiltrates the Vanetti family.  The guy on the right is Angelo/Avilio. He's murderous and ruthless and probably a sociopath. The guy on the left is Nero Vanetti, a son of the Vanetti family and a pretty swell guy.  The guy in the middle here is uh, Corteo. He is Angelo's childhood friend and he makes hella good booze. Each episode of this show so far has been like a miniature mafia epic. It's a love letter to mafia movies and stories and a lot of the visual language it uses will be familiar if you've ever watched anything like that. The show has actually been really surprising with the directions it takes sometimes. If you want a suspenseful crime drama full of rugged anime dudes then 91 Days is the show for you!!
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Jul 31, 2016 06:42
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My favorite scene of the show so far was when it cut to Don Vanetti's room and he was playing dramatic opera music for no reason.
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Jul 31, 2016 06:44
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This show is cool and I'm enjoying it a lot.
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Jul 31, 2016 06:45
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This show rapidly shot up from 'eh I dunno, Japanese made American mafia story, I dunno if they can get the tone right and all, a lot of the great mob stories involve a lot of subtly that may be lost in translation' to 'oh, yea this is one of my favorite animes of the year'. Mob stories aren't some impossible task to tell, obviously, but a very specifically American mafia thing can be hard to do right unless you're just going to make a big action movie. Like OP said it nails the visual tricks a lot of mob stories use. I even like the kinda weirdly over the top stuff like Don Vanetti just having random opera music or a guy named Fango being a crazy loose cannon killer because of course a guy named Fango is a loose cannon, why would you hire a guy named Fango? The guy named Serpente was bad enough, but you add a Fango to that and you deserve all the trouble you get.
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Jul 31, 2016 06:50
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I also liked when they were driving through a forest and then next scene showed their cars parked at a dramatic riverside pier overlooking a vast factory. THis isn't a complaint.
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Jul 31, 2016 06:53
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In the latest episode of the mafia crime drama 91 Days, our main characters spent their time trying to hit people with their car, stealing canned pineapples, and getting drunk off of lovely prohibiton booze.
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Jul 31, 2016 07:33
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And fighting a giant immortal Mexican and his puppy
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Jul 31, 2016 07:40
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A very cute puppy who got a good ending !
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Jul 31, 2016 15:22
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Episode 4 was quite the tonal shift, but it was fantastic.
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Aug 1, 2016 06:25
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see, it works on a ton of levels, both as a road trip show, and as a character study
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Aug 1, 2016 16:25
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I like that Angelo used a sling to fight Goliath Mexicano. Nice amount of dramatic irony
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Aug 3, 2016 01:54
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This is a really good anime and I'm upset it seems to be getting passed over by a lot of people
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Aug 5, 2016 23:51
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It's one of my favourites of the season, though I am a big fan of crime fiction.
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Aug 6, 2016 00:15
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yea I'm biased because I love crime stories and all but this is easily already one of my faves of the year unless it just shits the bed suddenly.
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Aug 6, 2016 06:12
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ronaldo & frate are pieces of poo poo
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Aug 6, 2016 18:11
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This is by the Baccano and Durarara people but it started too serious and didn't look like it would have Mexican Goliath. Now that it had Mexican Goliath all is right in this world.
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Aug 6, 2016 21:58
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Davincie posted:ronaldo & frate are pieces of poo poo
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Aug 6, 2016 23:59
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Animation got a bit wobbly this last episode. That shot of Frate winding down his window was quite something.
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Aug 10, 2016 13:24
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I didn't really notice
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Aug 10, 2016 15:04
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:This is by the Baccano and Durarara people but it started too serious and didn't look like it would have Mexican Goliath. Now that it had Mexican Goliath all is right in this world. So when are the alchemists going to show up?
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Aug 11, 2016 02:39
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Thanks Fango. Keep on Fango'ing.
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Aug 13, 2016 14:08
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It would be darkly hilarious if Orco were still perfectly alive, but Fango could simply prank his underlings with his delicious dishes.
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Aug 13, 2016 14:23
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I'm not sure how he fit enough chicken into his shirt for it to not look obvious, not stink and not leak blood before being shot but other than that it was a very good episode. Fango's fun, but I do not see how people think he has any chance of being Luce other than that hair.
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Aug 13, 2016 18:17
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The true face of happiness: Seriously, the production issues were getting kind of distracting this episode. Lots of focus on awkwardly-drawn stills, strangely-deformed faces, and animation that ranged from stiff to disturbingly melty. Hope that it doesn't persist too much over the rest of the show.
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Aug 13, 2016 19:22
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:I'm not sure how he fit enough chicken into his shirt for it to not look obvious, not stink and not leak blood before being shot but other than that it was a very good episode. Fango's fun, but I do not see how people think he has any chance of being Luce other than that hair. Presumably they put the chicken blood in little bags like Nero was showing off at the end, and burst the bag when he was "shot"
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Aug 14, 2016 21:53
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Qwertycoatl posted:Presumably they put the chicken blood in little bags like Nero was showing off at the end, and burst the bag when he was "shot" Then how about the bullet, what stopped that? I loved everything else in the episode though, Angelo made many smart moves.
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Aug 15, 2016 00:11
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Then how about the bullet, what stopped that? I loved everything else in the episode though, Angelo made many smart moves. I think the shots were blanks. He clutched his chest, which may have been what burst the blood-bags.
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Aug 15, 2016 00:16
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That'd make sense. This is a good series so far.
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Aug 15, 2016 00:40
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lol @ making the guy called volpe catch a chicken
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Aug 15, 2016 01:28
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Show good
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Aug 15, 2016 04:58
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That's my review everybody. See you next week.
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Aug 15, 2016 04:59
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I really love Fango. He's a pretty big shift from the 'traditional' mafia story characters, usually you have a 'wild dog' character but he's just kinda a more violent than usual thug with a temper. Fango is a very Asian story style 'wild dog' where not only is he that but he gleefully breaks social rules and cultural taboos and all that. It's a really solid addition, though, because everyone else in this very traditional mafia story react to him with a giant 'what the gently caress is this guy's problem?!' You kinda had a similar thing with the mexican assassin. A typical mafia story would have the big tough unkillable guy just...a big tough guy built like a brick shithouse. In this he was a straight up near magic man who survived like three fatal wounds before dying when the story required it. This show is really good about blending non-traditional elements into a traditional mob story. What I'm saying is GorfZaplen posted:Show good
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Aug 15, 2016 06:51
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Davincie posted:ronaldo & frate are pieces of poo poo Yeah they were 
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Aug 21, 2016 01:06
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El Burbo posted:Yeah they were Avilio's one hell of a friend. 
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Aug 22, 2016 01:18
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It looks like this week is a recap
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Aug 26, 2016 19:54
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Geh, that sucks
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Aug 26, 2016 20:26
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El Burbo posted:Geh, that sucks
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Aug 26, 2016 21:18
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I'm actually a little glad. The production quality's been going way downhill, and a week's break should hopefully let the staff right themselves.
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Aug 26, 2016 23:41
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Am I the only person who thinks it's blatantly obvious that Avilio caused his biological brother to be killed? As far as I can tell, the only real question is whether or not Avilio knew that fact. And the note that he gave Fio is almost certainly going to say something like 'I know Frate is Luce Lagusa - Kill Galassia if you don't want that secret to come out'. At present, my only guess is that the big Don is the one who wrote Avilio the letter/was father's best friend, since he saved Luce from the hit he nominally called on them, perhaps at the behest of the Galassia family
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