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Series · 2002

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ゲットバッカーズ-奪還屋-

A spiky-haired man with small purple glasses reaches forward in an ensemble illustration, with a small credit line retained below.
© YUYA AOKI•RANDO AYAMINE•KODANSHA/TEAM Get Backers. All Rights Reserved.

Ban and Ginji will recover almost anything lost or stolen, but their extraordinary powers do not stop their small Shinjuku retrieval business from struggling to pay its tab.

A broker brings the pair jobs that range from a stolen toy to valuable cargo, and a café provides a base they can seldom afford. Their different abilities make confrontations a contest of methods as well as strength. Ginji’s ties to the dangerous Infinity Fortress pull the work beyond isolated client cases, giving the partnership a past that can complicate the next commission.

A spiky-haired man wearing small purple glasses and a white shirt stands inside a café; a faint source watermark remains at lower right.
An informal café base anchors Ban and Ginji’s extraordinary retrieval jobs. © YUYA AOKI•RANDO AYAMINE•KODANSHA/TEAM Get Backers. All Rights Reserved.

Ban’s small purple glasses and casual confidence give the retrieval service a face distinct from a formal detective agency. The pair advertise impossible recoveries while dealing with ordinary problems of meals, debts and finding the next paying client. That contrast supplies an approachable route into a world of rival transporters and unusual powers. A reader looking for a working partnership with escalating supernatural entanglements has a specific reason to start here.

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