This was a pretty nice sequel to the original Gunslinger Girl, and the series did a very nice job displaying the story nearly equally on the sides of the protagonists and antagonists.

The following contents are of the subbed version:

Violence: 8.25. There is, as the title would suggest, a lot of bullets being shot, which cause lifelike amounts of blood to come out of their targets. Along with that, knifes are fairly commonly used, such as in the final episode, where there is a stabbing of the eye. Episode 7 of all the episodes is to me the most violent, with a woman being tazed, tied to a chair, and punched repeatedly in the face. Those punches bring out the amount of blood they would in real life.

Nudity: 2.05. The absolute worst the nudity in this series becomes is when the same woman who went through the abuse in episode 7 has her wounds on her back treated. While this happens, she is wearing no upper body clothing, but she fortunately covers her breasts while receiving the treatment.

Questionable Religious Content: N/A. Religion is pretty absent in this series, but if it makes anyone feel better, one of the more major characters wears a cross necklace.

Other Questionable Contents: 4.15. There is a scene where two adult characters sit and have a small glass of wine, and also, the language is very infrequent, but in episode 7, and possibly episode 6, there is the use of f***, and very few uses of s***.

Review: When I heard this was done by a different studio, I have to admit I was concerned. However, Artland did impress me greatly with Mushi-shi, so I thought it might not be too bad. One thing I should point out is that Artland is a much smaller studio than Madhouse (who did the first version) The difference in studio does matter. There are lots of still images in the first opening, and it’s kind of boring to watch. The character designs, while not bad, are a little off. (I liked Angelica better with black hair instead of purple hair) This show is much more plot-driven than the first season. Because of this, you should watch the first version before watching this, as it assumes you already have watched it and are familiar with the characters. Once again, the same flaw appears in both: 13 episodes is clearly not enough time to get the story going. Instead of being too slow in the previous installment, now it’s too fast. But the plot keeps moving very good throughout, and I liked the pacing. This isn’t as good as the first, but it’s not terrible either.

Sub/Dub: Both versions are pretty good. I should point out that a few of the voices in the sub version are different from the ones in the first season.

Music/Score: The opening song isn’t quite as good as the first version’s opening, but I thought it was ok. I actually got a nice surprise. In episode 8, one of my all-time favorite songs, “Scarborough Fair”, is played at the end. (It’s also a plot point.)


Violence: 8/10–Same as before. Triele and Pinocchio are also quite handy with knives as well as guns.

Language: 2/10–also similar

Nudity: 0/10

Sexuality: 0/10

Religion: (0/10)