The Japanese manga series GetBackers was written by Yuya Aoki and illustrated by Rando Ayamine. The series was published by Kodansha in the Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2007.[1] The plot of the manga follows the "GetBackers", a group that retrieves anything that was lost. The team is primarily composed by Ban Mido, a man with the ability of 200 kilograms-force in his right hand and an illusionary technique called the "Evil Eye". The other member, Ginji Amano is the former leader of a gang called "The VOLTS", a powerful group in the dangerous territory called the Infinity Fortress, and has the ability to control electricity.
Cover of the first GetBackers manga volume showing that the manga release from Tokyopop (right) uses a completely different cover image versus the original release (left).
The manga consists of 39 tankōbon containing twelve story arcs with the name of "Act" and a short number of side stories named "Interlude". The first tankōbon was released on August 17, 1999,[2] and the last one was released on April 17, 2007.[3] In February 2009, Kodansha published a one-shot chapter from the series in their Magazine Special journal.[1] The manga series was also adapted into a forty-nine episode anime series by Studio Deen. The anime series, which premiered on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) on October 5, 2002 and ended on September 20, 2003.[4]
GetBackers is licensed for an English language release in North America by Tokyopop, who first announced it in the Anime Expo 2004 in July 2003.[5] Tokyo Pop divided it into two series: GetBackers featuring the first twenty-five and GetBackers: Infinity Fortress the following ones. GetBackers was published from February 10, 2004,[6] to July 7, 2008.[7] However, only the first three volumes of Infinity Fortress were released. On August 31, 2009, Tokyopop announced that they would not be completing the series as their licenses with Kodansha expired and Kodansha required that they immediately stop publication of all previously licensed series, including GetBackers. Because of this, the series is now considered to be out-of-print.[8]
"Act I: Here Come the GetBackers! - Part 1: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch Date" (ACT. 1: 奪還屋登場! (1)) [Chapter 1]
"Act I: Here Come the GetBackers! - Part 2: His Daughter's Keepers" (ACT. 1: 奪還屋登場! (2)) [Chapter 2]
"Act I: Here Come the GetBackers! - Part 3: Undead Men Tell No Tales" (ACT. 1: 奪還屋登場! (3)) [Chapter 3]
"Act II: Get Back the Moment! - Part 1: Like a Bat Outta Heaven" (ACT. 2: 誓いの瞬間を奪り還せ! (1)) [Chapter 4]
"Act II: Get Back the Moment! - Part 2: A Cat Always Lands on its Face" (ACT. 2: 誓いの瞬間を奪り還せ! (2)) [Chapter 5]
After failing to obtain any job, the GetBackers, a recovery service team composed of young adults Ban Mido and Ginji Amano, are picked up by a homeless man who gives them food and drink, saving their lives. After finding out they run a recovery service, he asks them to find his daughter, Rika Yamamura, who was taken by the yakuza as payment when his company went bankrupt and he could no longer pay them back with money. The GetBackers decide to take the job after Ban initially refuses in exchange for the food and drink and break into the yakuza's mansion. After interrogating one of the guards, they find Rika, but are tricked and led into a trap, outnumbered and cornered by the yakuza boss' men. Rika refuses to go with them as she despises her father, claiming he sold her to the yakuza to pay off his debts and forced her to work when she was a child in his business, never making any friends or going out. Before being killed, Ban uses his Evil Eye to give a one minute nightmare to all of them causing a selfslaughter, allowing them to escape. They return to Old Man Yamamura's place only to learn that he was attacked by a group of people who bash the homeless for fun and is on the verge of death. Before being taken away by an ambulance, Ban uses the Evil Eye to show him a dream in which he reunites with his daughter. They then meet with the negotiator Hevn, who gives people like them jobs, albeit incredibly dangerous ones. This one is from a woman named Kinue Akagawa to recover her stolen family heirloom, a giant maneki-neko. Succeeding in recovering it but massively damaging it in the process, they unknowingly carry a disk that was hidden inside the heirloom, which causes them to be attacked by a bodyguard known as Ryudo "The Undead" Hishiki on orders from Akagawa's boss, Doctor Kabutogawa.
"Act II: Get Back the Moment! (3)" (ACT. 2: 誓いの瞬間を奪り還せ! (3)) [Chapter 6]
"Act II: Get Back the Moment! (4)" (ACT. 2: 誓いの瞬間を奪り還せ! (4)) [Chapter 7]
"Act II: Get Back the Moment! (5)" (ACT. 2: 誓いの瞬間を奪り還せ! (5)) [Chapter 8]
"Act III: Givers and Takers (1)" [Chapter 9]
"Act III: Givers and Takers (2)" [Chapter 10]
"Act III: Givers and Takers (3)" [Chapter 11]
"Act III: Givers and Takers (4)" [Chapter 12]
"Act III: Givers and Takers (5)" [Chapter 13]
Kabutogawa's bodyguard, Ryudo Hishiki, knocks out Ban and Ginji and Kabutogawa kidnaps them and Hevn after taking the disk from the fake heirloom. Ban and Ginji are saved from becoming victims by Akagawa who reveals that Kabutogawa illegally trafficks patients' organs and that her fiancé was taken by him after an auto accident. Wanting to save her fiancé and the other victims and stop Kabutogawa's operation, Akagawa infiltrated Kabutogawa's clinic as a nurse and eventually stole a disk containing damning information about his actions. She tried to release the info earlier, but the reporter that she contacted decided to blackmail Kabutogawa, hid the disk in the maneki-neko, and ended up a victim himself. Ban and Ginji agree to stop Kabutogawa and help Akagawa get back her fiancé; a fight then ensues between them and the protection service Kabutogawa hired, including a rematch with Hishiki. After setting Hishiki on fire, he jumps out a window into Tokyo Bay and is presumed dead by drowning. Kabutogawa regains consciousness after having been knocked out by Hishiki and is given a nightmare courtesy of the Evil Eye, which sends him into a state of shock. Akagawa finds her catatonic but still alive fiancé, the police are called, Hevn is freed, and Akagawa wants to divulge everything. Later on, Ban and Ginji visit Akagawa and her fiancé in the hospital. Hopeful he will wake up, Akagawa pays the Getbackers, but Ban returns half of it as the medical bills will be high and gives the two of them a nice dream about their missed wedding day. After, Ban and Ginji look for a new place and get tricked into a test by Paul that was arranged by Hevn. After passing, it was revealed that this was so a prospective client, a politician named Otaki, would know if they were worthy of being hired. He wants to recover a box stolen by transporters hired by a rival of his, a task which previous teams of recoverers have already failed in. Knowing the high value of what is inside the box, Ban accepts in exchange for 10% of its contents after turning down 2-3 million yen and living rent-free for a year in one of Otaki's apartments. After failing to get the transporter driving the truck holding the box, Gozo "No-Brakes" Maguruma, to stop, the GetBackers end up confronting his cohorts, Kurodo "Dr. Jackal" Akabane and Ban's former friend and little sister-like figure Himiko "Lady Poison" Kudo, in battle after the transporters decide they're too dangerous to let live. In the outcome, Ginji is kidnapped by Akabane on Himiko's orders. After being told by Himiko about how Ban killed her older brother, Yamato Kudo, Ginji and the box are recovered by Ban.
"Act III: Givers and Takers - Part 6: Rematch" [Chapter 14]
"Act III: Givers and Takers - Part 7: Magnetic Attraction" [Chapter 15]
"Act III: Givers and Takers - Part 8: Life's Simple Pleasures" [Chapter 16]
"Act III: Givers and Takers - Part 9: Like a Millon Bucks" [Chapter 17]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 1: Music to my Ears" [Chapter 18]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 2: Play it Again, Gang" [Chapter 19]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 3: Music Shootes and the Savage Beast" [Chapter 20]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 4: A Better Mousetrap" [Chapter 21]
Ban and Ginji are followed by the transporters ending in another fight between Ban and Ginji against Himiko and Akabane, respectively. Ban easily knocks out Himiko after almost revealing the truth behind Yamato's death while Ginji wins by extracting all of Akabane's scalpels from within his body with his ability to generate electricity and thus magnetism. While Akabane gives up, having already gotten what he wanted, Himiko and Maguruma follow the GetBackers until they are attacked by crows inflicted with the Evil Eye. Ban and Ginji succeed in their job, but learn that their client's box only contained a platinum melon, very expensive and hard to get, leaving them once again broke and homeless. The GetBackers then get another job from the teenaged violin prodigy Madoka Otowa who wants to recover her Stradivarius violin stolen by fellow violin prodigy Shunsuke Akutsu, rumored to have mafia ties. Posing as a musical quintet hired by Akutsu for a party held that night for Italian guests, the GetBackers, Hevn, Madoka, and their friends Paul Wan and Natsumi Mizuki infiltrate Akutsu's mansion. However, Akutsu has already figured out they're fakes after the violin and asks one of his men, Shido Fuyuki, an old friend of Ginji's, to take care of them. He tries to kill Ban by having one of his animal friends, a lion, eat him, but Ban uses his Evil Eye on it; it then attacks Akutsu and the mafiosi. The five then escape and run back to Madoka to find the violin and leave, but she's missing, having gone looking for it by herself. They split to find her and Ban, along with Paul and Natsumi, are confronted by Shido who wants to kill him as revenge for (he thinks) making Ginji leave the Infinity Fortress, a Shinjuku slum where Ginji was leader of a gang called the Volts that included Shido and Kazuki Fuuchouin and had the title of "Lightning Lord". Shido's goal is to get Ban to use up his Evil Eye for the day, which he does, thinking it will leave him defenseless. Ban then takes the fight with Shido outside.
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 5: When Animals Attack" [Chapter 22]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 6: Fast Getaway" [Chapter 23]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 7: Gone in 60 Seconds" [Chapter 24]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 8: My Brother's Reaper" [Chapter 25]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 9: The Ties that Bind" [Chapter 26]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 10: Best of Show" [Chapter 27]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 11: For the People" [Chapter 28]
"Act IV: Get Back The Sound of Life - Part 12: Behind the Music" [Chapter 29]
Ban fights Shido and his animals, showing him he's not a one-trick pony but leaves when Kazuki shows up to help Shido, not going to let Ban kill him though Ban didn't come to kill anyone, just to recover the violin. Ginji and Hevn find Madoka who, after a fight with Akutsu's bodyguards and the protector Hishiki, leads them to Akutsu who's playing her violin. He gives her the Stradivarius, but it's a ruse, soon after sending two disposers who serve his family to "bury" Madoka and her violin. Madoka's group reunites with Ban's group, are picked up by Madoka's butler, and escape. Unwilling to let Akutsu's men kill Madoka, who he has a soft spot for, Shido goes to warn them. After Ban and Ginji leave the car, it's revealed that Madoka's butler has secretly been working for Akutsu the whole time and is the younger brother of the other disposer seen earlier. After apparently killing Paul, Hevn, Natsumi, Mozart, and Madoka, it's revealed this was an illusion by the Evil Eye. The older Kurobe brother and Hishiki catch up to the group and three one-on-one fights ensue: Shido vs. older Kurobe, Ban vs. younger Kurobe, and Ginji vs. Hishiki. Sensing Shido in trouble, Madoka runs to help but doesn't get far, baffling the Honky Tonk group with her apparent out-of-nowhere affection for Shido (he previously helped her find her violin), who's still technically an enemy. Hevn agrees to go with her and on the way they meet up with Ban and Ginji who both won their fights. The GetBackers offer Shido help, Ban mockingly and Ginji sincerely; however, Shido defeats Kurobe alone, though he spares his life for Madoka's sake. Wanting to reconnect with his friend, Ginji offers Shido to join him and Ban in their recovery service, though Shido turns it down, walks away, and whistles. Returning to the car where Paul and Natsumi are waiting, it's revealed Mozart ran off with the violin due to the whistle, pissing Ban off as they were so close to completing the job. Later at Madoka's recital, Shido shows up and returns the violin, having no use for it as he no longer works for Akutsu. Madoka wants him to listen to her play, but is informed there are no tickets left, so she and Ban give a free, impromptu concert on the streets of Shinjuku, witnessed by her violin teacher, who has noticed Madoka has fallen in love, though she denies it. Later it's revealed Shido and his animals are living at her house and he's started his own recovery service to pay rent, angering Ban and Ginji who now have more competition.
"Act V: Phanthom Sunflower - Part 5: The Art of Aty Fraud" [Chapter 34]
"Act V: Phanthom Sunflower - Part 6: The Curse of the Starving Class" [Chapter 35]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 1: Enter Akabane!" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (1)) [Chapter 36]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 2: Volts Reunited" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (2)) [Chapter 37]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 3: Kill and be Killed" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (3)) [Chapter 38]
Hevn brings prospective clients Hachisu and Abukawa from the Takaokaya Department Store to the Honky Tonk for the GetBackers and Shido. The job is to recover a recently discovered Vincent van Gogh painting, the 13th Sunflower although he only made twelve before his death. For this reason, Shido and Ban believe it's a fake, but Ban accepts the job because of the high payment. It was stolen by the mysterious art thief Clayman who hired Himiko to transport the painting and is secretly listening in on the conversation between the clients and prospective retrievers. After finding the bug, Ban tells Clayman they're coming. Himiko informs Clayman the GetBackers are trouble and they set a series of traps for them. Finding Himiko and Clayman in a hideout, Ban and Ginji chase after them, even when Ban thinks Clayman used the Evil Eye against him despite this being impossible. They are led into a house of mirrors and their powers used against each other, knocking them out. They wake up restrained in Clayman's gallery and Clayman shows them the Sunflower painting which Clayman reveals was actually made by van Gogh, which Ban believes after he senses the painter's soul within. Clayman wants to hire them to recover all the stolen paintings "eternally", but Ban refuses as his hasn't completed the first job. It's then revealed that Hachisu has sent disposers in to destroy the GetBackers and potentially the paintings as well. Contract broken, the GetBackers take Clayman's job. After taking out the disposer team, Hachisu burns down the building with the paintings, GetBackers, and Clayman inside, but this is later shown to be an illusion when the GetBackers show up with the paintings while Hachisu is trying to collect the insurance money and the whole deal is revealed is to be an elaborate insurance fraud scam, now stopped. Later the GetBackers confront a disguised Clayman and want to know once and for all if the paintings are fake. Clayman, revealed to be a woman, says experts will judge them as such because the paint is too new, but that they were created by the artists after their deaths, making them real. Afterward at the Honky Tonk, Kazuki reveals that Clayman's mother was a spiritual medium who contacted the spirits of the dead artists who used her body to make those paintings. Hevn then comes in with a job that requires the GetBackers, Kazuki, Shido, Himiko, and Akabane work together, which Ban and Ginji accept after some initial hesitation. Their client, who keeps his identity hidden, hires them to obtain a target known only as "I.L." from the Infinity Fortress. As the recovery team enter the Fortress, they are attacked by men posing as statues and during the fight a poisonous gas is spread, causing the team to split up.
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 4: Strange Bedfellows" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (4)) [Chapter 39]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 5: The Body Shop" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (5)) [Chapter 40]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 6: For the Birds" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (6)) [Chapter 41]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 7: Face Off" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (7)) [Chapter 42]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 8: Strings Attached" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (8)) [Chapter 43]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 9: Pins and Needles" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (9)) [Chapter 44]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 10: Multiplicity" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (10)) [Chapter 45]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 11: One Good Turn" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (11)) [Chapter 46]
Ginji finds himself in the company of Akabane, who rescued him after he passed out from the gas, and despite being scared of him, agrees to work together. Ban and Shido are attacked by two physically enhanced twin brothers, former Volts members now working for MakubeX, the youngest of the Four Emperors, alongside Shido, Kazuki, and another yet unknown man who worked directly under Ginji. Upon the brothers' defeat, Ban learns that ever since Ginji left the Fortress, the situation inside has been getting worse. As MakubeX views all the members from the recovery team, Himiko is attacked by a man posing as Kazuki, but he is defeated by the real one in battle. Himiko starts attacking Kazuki after he frees her, but is being controlled by MakubeX's wire doll system. This is really a distraction so Kazuki can be finished off by Juubei Kakei, an old friend of his now working for MakubeX as well. Juubei goes to stab the bleeding Kazuki with his flying needles, but the latter runs into a shop and fakes a suicide with an explosion, unable to harm Juubei to save himself. He's now believed dead by everyone on MakubeX's side. Juubei then brings an unconscious Himiko back to MakubeX's headquarters and puts her in prison, noticing Hevn there as well. Takuma Fudou, another one of MakubeX's underlings, reveals he caught her at the Fortress' south entrance block and thought she'd be useful to MakubeX as she's the recovery team's Negotiator. MakubeX then tests Ginj and Akabane with multiple Ginjis, revealed to be either holograms or foot soldiers using them as cover. With the system destroyed and soldiers killed, Akabane and Ginji move on. A wounded Kazuki, believing himself on the verge of death, is found by a young person, given medicine, and taken for treatment to a pharmacist named Gen. After waking up, Kazuki rescues Gen and his young assistant Ren, a boyish-looking girl, from thugs who have been harassing them. Against Gen and Ren's wishes, Kazuki leaves, planning on finding MakubeX and demanding to know why things inside Infinity Fortress have gotten so bad.
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 12: All Tied Up and Nowhere to Go!" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (12)) [Chapter 47]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 13: The Fortress of Dolls!" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (13)) [Chapter 48]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 14: When Bad Friends Attack!" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (14)) [Chapter 49]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 15: Fight for your Right to Party!" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (15)) [Chapter 50]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 16: Good Times Gone Bad!" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (16)) [Chapter 51]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 17: Catching Up with Ginji!" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (17)) [Chapter 52]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 18: May We Come In?" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (18)) [Chapter 53]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 19: Ginji vs. Juubei!" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (19)) [Chapter 54]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 20: Akabane vs. Kagami! (Work's Never Done)" (ACT.6 : 無限城"IL"奪還作戦! (20)) [Chapter 55]
Himiko finds herself in jail with Hevn, but they manage to escape and look for I.L., theorizing it can't be far from where they were held captive. Ban smells Himiko's tracking scent and discovers that MakubeX is in the fortress' underground garbage facility, but he and Shido are attacked by people under MakubeX's wire doll system as well as Fudou, an old acquaintance of Ban's who desires to kill him for ripping off his left arm. Fudou engages Ban in battle as Shido is left to fight the numerous wire dolls. As Fudou gets the upper hand fighting Ban, Haruki Emishi, a former VOLTS member and friend of Shido, interrupts them and Fudou escapes. He says he's part of the anti-MakubeX resistance and invites the two back to his hideout, which isn't very resistance-like. After Shido sees through the facade, Emishi kills him, then goes and does the same to Ban, whom he despises for not being worthy of Ginji, Shido, and Kazuki. This is revealed to only be an illusion and the three never left the rooftop where the battle with Fudou was. Emishi escapes as he was told by MakubeX to wait. Later, both Ban and Kazuki discover that I.L. stands for Implosion Lens and is part of an atomic bomb and that there may be a traitor among the recovery team members. Meanwhile, Ginji and Akabane are confronted by Juubei and Kyouji Kagami and end up fighting them respectively. Forcing their opponents to escape, Ginji and Akabane continue on their way to I.L.'s location.
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 21: Notes from the Underground!" [Chapter 56]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 22: One Step Closer!" [Chapter 57]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 23: The Final Countdown!" [Chapter 58]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 24: Reunited and It Feels so Good!" [Chapter 59]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 25: Behind Closed Doors!" [Chapter 60]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 26: Where Are We?" [Chapter 61]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 27: Meet the Beastmaster!" [Chapter 62]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 28: Room of Illusion!" [Chapter 63]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 29: Juubei's Secret Move!" [Chapter 64]
Himiko and Hevn are attacked by rollerblading minions of MakubeX, but are saved by Kazuki. They are again attacked by wire doll children. Hevn is saved suddenly by the appearance of Ginji and Akabane. After defeating the wire dolls, the team is reunited when Ban and Shido appear. Continuing on their way, they end up in a room containing six doors. Ginji finds a die and says to roll it to see who goes through which door, which the rest of the group agree to and do, except Hevn who waits in the room. Kazuki runs into Emishi and Juubei who tag-team to kill him, but Shido appears to help, their doors having been connected to the same room. A short fight ensues before the dark room changes to the Grand Canyon and Emishi fights Shido while Juubei and Kazuki watch from another plateau. When it becomes clear that Shido still outclasses him, Emishi tries to take Shido with him with a suicide attack, but Shido instead saves him. Juubei informs them that this is no ordinary virtual reality they're trapped in and if even 1% of their mind thinks this is real, they're dead. Thanks to Shido's bat mimicry, this isn't a problem for him and leaves easily with Emishi with Kazuki telling him about Gen. Kazuki and Juubei start fighting as the former questions Juubei's reason to follow MakubeX.
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 30: Secrets Revealed" [Chapter 65]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 31: Rain of Needles" [Chapter 66]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 32: Faces of Betrayal" [Chapter 67]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 33: A New Reality" [Chapter 68]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 34: My Oh Mayan!" [Chapter 69]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 35: Welcome Back, Ban!" [Chapter 70]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 36: An Arm for an Arm" [Chapter 71]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 37: Lightning Strikes!" [Chapter 72]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 38: Lightning Strikes Twice!" [Chapter 73]
Juubei reveals that MakubeX plans to use the atomic bomb to bargain with the god-like inhabitants of Babylon City, Infinity Fortress' uppermost level, who manipulate everything and everybody below them, to give Lower Town a future. Kazuki explains that this isn't MakubeX's true plan at all and that you can't bargain with God when God can just restart everything; MakubeX wants to pass the final judgement himself which isn't the future Juubei and the others are working towards. Juubei realizes he's right, but when Kazuki refuses to finish him, Juubei stabs himself in a suicide attack as self-punishment for betraying and trying to murder his best friend who was meant protect. Kazuki ignores his pleas to forget about him and let him die and takes him to Gen's place for treatment. Meanwhile, Akabane's door leads him to MakubeX and he's revealed as the traitor or Judas, hired by MakubeX to transport the final component for his bomb, plutonium, and delivers it to him, then says he's onto his next job: recovering the I.L. MakubeX then shows Akabane that Himiko has encountered Kagami, who's from Babylon City. They are transported atop an ancient Maya pyramid where Kagami plans on sacrificing Himiko, though she engages him in battle. Kagami eventually defeats Himiko and makes the chief execute her, but this is an illusion; she's saved by Ban's second use of the Evil Eye. Ban joins forces with Himiko to fight Kagami, who escapes, having done what MakubeX requested him. The VR disappears and Himiko collapses from the use of Yamato's acceleration scent. After making sure she's okay, Ban continues to walk and encounters Fudou once again, engaging in another battle with him, this time for real. Ginji's door leads him to meet virtual demon-like versions of his dead childhood friends, who he destroys in panic and is then blamed by a virtual Takeru Teshimine, the man who found and raised him, for his friends' deaths. He also tells him his true self is the Lightning Lord. Ginji's anger at the situation makes him turn back into the Lightning Lord, a stronger and colder alter-ego capable of great destruction and who can't be stopped by anybody. After Ginji sends a powerful electric wave throughout Infinity Fortress that short circuits out the virtual Colosseum he and Fudou are fighting in, Ban becomes concerned about Ginji reverting and summons power from Ophiuchus, shortly defeating Fudou in order to get to him.
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 39: Outta Control!" [Chapter 74]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 40: Ginji Heats Up!" [Chapter 75]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 41: Ginji Cools Down!" [Chapter 76]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 42: A Virtual Showndown!" [Chapter 77]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 43: Now, Go Ahead!" [Chapter 78]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 44: Face to Face!" [Chapter 79]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 45: In the Mind of Madness!" [Chapter 80]
"Act VI: Return to Infinity Fortress - Part 46: Life's a Dream!" [Chapter 81]
In Lightning Lord mode, Ginji destroys the copies of his friends and Teshimine and ends up in the same room as Sakura Kakei, another of MakubeX's followers, a former Volts member, and Juubei's sister, and mercilessly attacks her until he is confronted by Akabane, whose payment for bringing the plutonium is fighting the Lightning Lord. Shido leaves Gen's with Hevn hoping to do something about the Lightning Lord. Wishing to use his full potential and to fight the Lightning Lord at 100%, Akabane battles Ginji until Ban interrupts them by getting in-between them, Akabane's sword piercing him in his already-wounded right shoulder. Seeing Ban injured and bleeding because of him prevents Ginji from reaching 100% and causes him to return to normal. Meanwhile Ban fakes it as if he used the Evil Eye a third time to trick MakubeX. Akabane and Ginji continue on to I.L.'s location while Ban recovers using the excuse of a bathroom break. He's suddenly attacked by Fudou, somehow still alive, but is saved by Shido. Shido battles Fudou while Ban and Hevn catch up to Akabane and Ginji. Both groups eventually encounter more virtual replicas they have to fight as part of MakubeX's intruder deterrent program. Kazuki wishes to find MakubeX hoping to talk some sense into him despite being severely injured and talks Emishi into helping him. Juubei wishes to do the same, assisted by Sakura (found passed out after her encounter with the Lightning Lord by a rested Himiko and taken to Gen) and accompanied by Himiko. Kazuki and Emishi help Shido fight the replicas while Ban, Ginji, Akabane, and Hevn meet Kagami, the only thing standing between them and MakubeX. Shido, Kazuki, and Emishi arrive and Kagami steps aside, finding MakubeX's calculations going awry worth observing. This team finally confronts MakubeX. Ginji decides he'll be the one to finish this and begins fighting his former subordinate, but is shockingly unable to beat him. MakubeX reveals they are inside of him and as he controls everything that happens, they'll never win. Ginji continues to fight anyway and just as it appears he's going to win, it's revealed what took place was an illusion/VR; the real MakubeX holds a detonator and informs them the bomb is complete and gives the "God" of Infinity Fortress his ultimatum, who sets off the bomb before MakubeX can. He wakes up as a normal boy, thinking everything that happened was just a dream. However, the world begins to crumble after he wishes for some bullies to disappear. This was all just one big illusion given to MakubeX courtesy of Ban's Evil Eye, who stole the detonator from him in the meantime. Knowing he's been defeated, MakubeX has one more question he wants answered, escapes from the team, and attempts to commit suicide, the question being does he even exist. Ginji stops MakubeX, saying that people would mourn his death, demonstrated by Juubei appearing and offering to help him back inside the building. Afterwards, MakubeX sees the truth in Ginji's words, that he still has his old friends around him who greet him, and happily reunites with them.
"Interlude II: Shido & Madoka - Part 3: A Sticky Situation!" [Chapter 87]
"Interlude II: Shido & Madoka - Part 4: Save the Last Song" [Chapter 88]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 1: Clayman Returns!" [Chapter 89]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 2: The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking!" [Chapter 90]
MakubeX gives I.L. to the recovery team and destroys the bomb. The group is eventually greeted by a large crowd of Infinity Fortress residents cheering for MakubeX, who decides to form a new VOLTS to protect Lower Town from the upper floors with Sakura, Juubei, and Emishi still supporting him and given Ginji's blessing. The recovery team leaves and Ren attempts to follow but physically cannot, being a virtual creation who can only exist inside Infinity Fortress, the same as MakubeX. Meanwhile Kazuki expresses doubt about returning such a dangerous item to their unknown clients, carried by Akabane. The clients try to kill them with a disposal team for knowing too much, but both the clients and disposers are slaughtered by an agitated Akabane. The team disperses and the GetBackers end up with I.L. though Ginji accidentally ends up destroying it later at the Honky Tonk while Ban laments their lack of payment. After getting patched up at the hospital and eating more of Paul's food, Paul demands Ban and Ginji pay off their tab. Natsumi helps them calculate their total debt and Ban promises Paul they'll not only pay him back, but double what they owe. Ban plans to accomplish this through a series of get-rich-quick schemes that all end up failing. Desperate, they barge into Hevn's house while she's bathing to beg for a job, but she irately kicks them out. Madoka wants Shido to attend her recital, so Shido asks Hevn for help getting dressed for the occasion. Shido foils a kidnapping and attempted murder with his beast whistle, but this is seen by people who wish to kill him for being a Mariudo. Later he separates from Hevn and confronts some henchmen; they are insect-controlling Kiriudo who have an enmity with the Mariudo and previously wiped most of them out. Shido easily defeats them, but their boss Kirihito shows up with Hevn as a hostage. The GetBackers show up to help and rescue Hevn (having followed them thinking Shido was cheating on Madoka), but Shido tells them to stay out of it and defeats Kirihito in a one-on-one battle. A dilemma occurs as neither Shido nor Ginji want to kill them despite knowing they'll come after him later, also posing a threat to Madoka. Ban calls Himiko who erases their memories of the past 24 hours though Shido is warned they may recover these memories later. The group disperses and Shido eventually arrives at the hall where Madoka's recital was and where she's still waiting for him. She plays him a song she saved for him and Shido wants to stay with her despite how illogical it is, swearing to protect her with his life. Later, Ban, Ginji, and Natsumi are celebrating Ban's healed injury when Hevn walks in with a job for them, but Clayman returns with a job for them as well, which Ban accepts. Hevn leaves because of this and because Ban groped her which angered her, contacting someone else for her job. Clayman reveals the arms of the Venus de Milo have been found and will be auctioned off with a replica of the Venus; she wants them to recover these arms. She flies Ban and Ginji out to Okinawa where the ship containing the arms is docked before leaving for the auction's location on another island. They encounter Emishi but Ban uses the Evil Eye to trick him into thinking he transported them locked in the back of a truck while they actually scout the ship from a nearby building. Emishi discovers he's been tricked and apologizes to Shido, but he says he did good; all that matters is that he got Ban to use the Evil Eye, thinking they're after the same target. The GetBackers are suddenly attacked by an unseen enemy, with Ban fearing it could be someone from his past.
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 3: All Aboard!" [Chapter 91]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 4: GetBackers Gettin' On!" [Chapter 92]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 5: Eating with the Enemy" [Chapter 93]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 6: The Party Begins!" [Chapter 94]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 7: Enjoy the Show!" [Chapter 95]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 8: Ban's Grand Entrance!" [Chapter 96]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 9: Approaching Shore" [Chapter 97]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 10: Welcome to Battleship Island!" [Chapter 98]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 11: Venus' Identity Exposed!" [Chapter 99]
The attacker is revealed as Akabane who engages in a short battle with Ban, having been hired to transport the Venus' arms to the auction. Managing to escape from him, Ban and Ginji repeatedly fail to board the ship while Shido and Emishi successfully disguise themselves as members of a circus. Zhuolong and Binghu, two underlings of Mr. Liu, the sponsor of the woman who found the arms and the auction as a whole, fight off the GetBackers while telling the ship to shove off. Ginji succeeds in getting aboard the ship, but Ban is attacked by Natsuhiko Miroku, a protector working for Hela, the woman who discovered the Venus' arms, and an old friend of Ban's who now wants him dead. Believing Ban is alive, Ginji stays on the ship and befriends Yukihiko Miroku, Natsuhiko's younger brother, who tries to get him to abandon his job and leave the ship. Ginji refuses and is attacked by Yukihiko's siblings while Shido and Emishi are found out and attacked by Chinese martial artists working for Liu Mengyan. Emishi single-handedly defeats them as revenge for the Loulan women they degraded and abused. They escape from the cage they were trapped in, but are pursued by Zhuolong and Binghu. Ban finally manages to board the ship and is faced by Akabane, who decides to spare him after learning that he defeated the Lightning Lord at full strength in the past, wanting a future battle. Natsuhiko also spares Ginji, who meets Hela and realizes she was the girlfriend of a painter named Kaito he and Ban met in Underground Shinjuku. Shido and Emishi evade Zhuolong and Binghu and run into a weakened Ban, who Shido rescues after passing out after suspecting they're not after the same target. The ship arrives at Battleship Island; Ginji is paralyzed by Yukihiko and taken ashore as their hostage while Ban is taken ashore by Shido and Emishi who reveal to Ban, after he regains consciousness, Hevn hired them to retrieve the fake Venus statue, which is made of the highly addictive drug Aphrodite, and the auction is simply a cover so the mafia can sell the drug in public; whoever wins the Venus' arms also gets a huge amount of the drug to distribute as they please and the cops can't do anything about it.
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 12: The Arms of the Enemy!" [Chapter 100]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 13: All Together, Now!" [Chapter 101]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 14: Killing Time!" [Chapter 102]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 15: Mighty Aphrodite!" [Chapter 103]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 16: The Auction Approaches!" [Chapter 104]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 17: Miroku's Secret!" [Chapter 105]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 18: Seven on One!" [Chapter 106]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 19: Ginji Cuts the Lights!" [Chapter 107]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 20: Ready to Roll!" [Chapter 108]
Hela explains to Ginji that she is cooperating with Liu as after seeing the original Venus, Kaito became obsessed with it so much he lost interest in Hela. When Ginji tries to explain that Kaito never stopped loving her (though he cannot explain why he never came back to her), Hela orders Natsuhiko to kill Ginji, but he manages to escape with Ban's help, albeit unwittingly, and runs into Ban, Shido, and Emishi in the tunnels that run throughout the island. The GetBackers team up with Shido and Emishi to accomplish their jobs, but Ginji discovers a tracking device Natsuhiko snuck on him and they're surrounded by armed men, once again splitting the group up, though Ban had previously come up with a plan to retrieve their targets before the auction began; they just have to defeat their opponents first. Shido and Emishi are lured into a room and attacked once again by Zhuolong and Binghu, Ban by Akabane, and Ginji by the Miroku seven. As Shido and Emishi defeat their opponents, Ginji realizes that the seven Miroku siblings reside within one body, allowing them to easily overcome him when they change their personas. When faced with death by Natsuhiko, Ginji becomes the Lightning Lord despite not having the Fortress' electromagnetic radiation which gives him such power. Aided by candy previously given to him on the ship by a mysterious little girl, Ginji sucks up all the electricity powering the island and quickly defeats five Miroku. Natsuhiko tries attacking next, but has no effect on Ginji due to the way his powers work and is quickly defeated as well. Ginji is then faced by Yukihiko, who is eventually defeated as well and Ginji returns to normal, but is unsure how. As Yukihiko leans against the tunnel wall weakened, Ginji escapes to continue his job of retrieving the arms.
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 21: Hiding Trees in a Forest!" [Chapter 109]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 22: A Farewell to Arms" [Chapter 110]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 23: The Goddess Returns" [Chapter 111]
"Act VII: The Lost Arms of the Goddess - Part 24: Good Bye to Liu" [Chapter 112]
"Interlude III: Let's Go to the Hot Springs! - Part 1: Rock Hunting" [Chapter 113]
"Interlude III: Let's Go to the Hot Springs! - Part 2: Overwhelming Attack" [Chapter 114]
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 1: The More Things Change" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (1)) [Chapter 115]
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 2: What's in the Cards?" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (2)) [Chapter 116]
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 3: A New Deal Begins" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (3)) [Chapter 117]
Using rubber dolls identical to him, Ban tricks Akabane into thinking he used the Evil Eye and escapes to the auction. Using the Evil Eye on Liu's bodyguards, Ban, Ginji, Shido, and Emishi are able to retrieve the Venus' arms and the replica made of Aphrodite while they're stuck in a dream. They make it to the edge of the island, but are confronted by a gun-wielding Hela. Shido summons a whale and the four are able to escape, though the GetBackers invite Hela to meet them in Shinjuku Central Park where Kaito is waiting for her. While Ban argues with Shido and Emishi over payment, Ginji accidentally knocks the arms and the statue off the whale where they fall into the ocean and sink to the bottom of the sea. Considering that with the arms lost, the Venus will keep its beauty, Clayman gives the GetBackers half of the pay and the three go to meet Hela, with Clayman pushing Kaito in a wheelchair. They reveal that Kaito became addicted to Aphrodite to the point of ending up in a catatonic state, but before this he made a painting of Hela in Shinjuku, which they show her. After Hela tearfully apologizes to Kaito, Ban uses the Evil Eye to give Liu a bad dream and gets him arrested, ending his drug empire and reign over Underground Shinjuku. Ginji is visited by Yukihiko who wants him to know what kind of man Ban really is and explains to the best of his knowledge what happened to cause him and his siblings to want Ban dead (he killed their sister Eris) and that they still intend to kill him if they run into him. The GetBackers think they've finally paid off all their debts until they get a bill from Clayman for the rubber dolls, leaving them in the red once again, though an unattractive older woman comes in and hires them to get back her wedding ring that was stolen from her at a hot spring. The GetBackers relax and attempt to peep on women until they think they see and hear the thief so they follow him into the mountains, but are successfully ditched. Seeing a woman in a natural hot spring, they attempt to peep on her, but are attacked by flying needles and string; the woman is Kazuki who is there with Juubei to restore his eyesight, though he doesn't mind being blind. Juubei then attempts to tell jokes, but fails miserably; Kazuki then strikes up a conversation with the GetBackers, revealing interesting info, like Gen being the father of Infinity Fortress. Hearing a noise on the other side of the pool, the GetBackers investigate, but Kazuki warns them not to. It turns out to be monkeys, who stole the ring among other jewelry, and the GetBackers endure a beating to get it back for the client. Later they're hired by three mothers to rescue their three missing sons who were attending a prestigious cram school which gave them a children's card game named Divine Design, ostensibly to help them study. They check out the cram school but only run into Kazuki, Himiko, and Hevn, who have also been hired for a similar job and join forces, but learn Divine Design might not be an ordinary children's card game and the cram school collapses around them as a warning.
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 10: Quiet as the Dew" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (10)) [Chapter 124]
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 11: Buenas Noches!" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (11)) [Chapter 125]
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 12: You Can't Bake a Cake" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (12)) [Chapter 126]
At the Honky Tonk, Hevn reveals mysterious, often fatal incidents connected with Divine Design and they decide to investigate the company who makes it, Tower Arts. They infiltrate the company disguised as a group of artists from India, but are caught in a trap by the HR head who tries to kill them. They escape thanks to Ban's Evil Eye, but when they try to confront the HR head, his body is petrified as a result of a card Ban used to make his dream. Security is alerted and they split up to escape; Kazuki, Ginji, and Hevn almost make it out of the building, but Kazuki wants to go upward and Ginji and Hevn follow. Ban and Himiko are confronted by one of the missing children calling himself Sariel and are joined by his boss Lucifer, who demonstrates to them the power of Divine Design outside. Ban realizes Lucifer has the blood of a witch like his grandmother; the two barely escape the encounter with their lives. Meanwhile, Ginji, Hevn, and Kazuki meet Toshiki Uryu, a former member of Fuga (Elegance), a gang led by Kazuki before joining the VOLTS. Also working for Lucifer, Toshiki transports Kazuki to a different dimension and fights him using cards from Divine Design. Unable to save him, Ginji escapes with Hevn and the group regroups at the Honky Tonk; faced with magic and witches, Ban takes Ginji, Hevn, and Himiko to a shop in Fortuneteller Alley to request help from its owner Maria Noches, a witch trained by his grandmother who also partially raised him. Maria reveals that the cards are no trick, that their powers come from an upper reality that is distinct from but also connected to this realm, and decides to train them so that they will become Dominators, people who can control the cards, and be able to beat Lucifer.
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 21: Guardian of the West Gate" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (21)) [Chapter 135]
With Maria's training, Ban's group learn how to use Divine Design and become Dominators. She tells them they have to destroy Lucifer's deck to save the children and tells Ban that Lucifer was also a disciple of his grandmother the Witch Queen, that he stole one of her decks, and that his family pride is on the line, but Ban hates witches and doesn't care about any of this, only beating Lucifer so he can retrieve the kids and complete his job. After they leave to face Lucifer, Juubei arrives to request Maria's training to help him save Kazuki, who sent him an SOS before being defeated and captured. The cards lead Hevn to a graveyard where she is defeated and captured by Kazuki, who is under the control of the cards and now works for Lucifer under Uryu. Gabriel, another missing kid, confronts Ginji who defeats him; Gabriel asks him to retrieve his guardian card from Lucifer to stop the curse Lucifer placed on him: a claw mark on his body will rip out his heart if he's not back at their base before sunset. Ban and Himiko are separated and faced by two other missing kids, Sariel and Remiel, respectively, but swiftly defeat them as they learn about their traumatic backstories which Lucifer exploited to convince them to join him. Ban shows Himiko Remiel's curse mark and her and Gabriel are dropped off with Paul for safety for the time being while Sariel heads back to Lucifer's base, who takes the remaining Archangels off the front lines after discovering a sleeping Hevn was Maria's Trojan horse, undermining their attempts to win the game from within. During Ban, Himiko, and Ginji's fights with the Archangels, Maria was playing Divine Design with some children on a playground while Juubei watched with his mind's eye, this being his training. Lucifer sends the Four Holy Beasts to guard the four directions of his base to prevent Maria's people from entering. When Ban, Ginji, and Himiko enter Lucifer's base, they are sent in different directions to fight Lucifer's strongest guardians, who they must defeat to break the seal to go deeper within to get to Lucifer. Ban easily defeats his opponent, becoming a Dominator who is equal to Lucifer, making Maria proud by doing his bloodline proud, who reveals Lucifer also betrayed Ban's grandmother by getting involved with the Brain Trust at Infinity Fortress.
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 27: Divide and Conquer" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (27)) [Chapter 141]
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 28: Dyed in Blood" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (28)) [Chapter 142]
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 29: Illusions and Specters" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (29)) [Chapter 143]
"Act VIII: Divine Design - Part 30: Coup de Gráce" (ACT. 8: 神の記述 (30)) [Chapter 144]
Ginji meets his opponent, Qinglong, who is the brother of a girl who died while protecting Ginji in the Fortress and caused his transformation into the Lightning Lord. Meanwhile, Himiko is tricked by her opponent, Suzaku, to believe he is the deceased Yamato, alive in upper reality, in order to defeat her. Himiko is saved by the real Yamato, his spirit summoned by a card given to her by Maria, who defeats the guardian before fading away, but not before telling her Ban didn't kill him and that everything about her status as a Voodoo Child will be revealed on her next birthday. As he faces Qinglong, who made a deal with Lucifer to merge the two realities so he could reunite with his sister if he defeated Ginji, Ginji becomes the Lightning Lord after using a card given to him by Maria. It contains Longhua's soul and brings energy from the Fortress to Ginji to allow him to become the Lord once again. They fight; however, Ginji doesn't want to, knowing he can't control himself in Lord-mode and will end up killing Qinglong, which he doesn't want. Qinglong refuses to back down but is injured enough, so Ginji gives up the energy Longhua brought him, reverting back to normal, telling Qinglong that is not his sister's wish to sacrifice himself or for them to fight, refusing to finish off Qinglong, getting past him and reuniting with Ban and Himiko. Juubei arrives and defeats the last guardian, having completed his training and allowing them to continue their journey to Lucifer by breaking the seal. Ban, Ginji, and Himiko continue until they come to three passageways, once again splitting up, but Ban and Ginji's are connected and they end up in the same room as Toshiki and a possessed Kazuki, now called Orpheus. They start fighting Ginji while Ban looks on helplessly, his soul being present but not his body, unable to touch or affect anything in Toshiki's territory. Ginji is unwilling to fight Kazuki and cannot defeat him, but is saved at the last minute by Juubei's arrival, who replaces him as their opponent and manages to stop Orpheus' possession by being his usual self-sacrificing self. Juubei then battles his old comrade Toshiki until they are interrupted by Kazuki. Juubei convinces Toshiki to switch sides by saying he needs him. However, the minute he does so Toshiki's heart is ripped out by Lucifer's cursed claw mark.
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 1: Out of the Depths" [Chapter 151]
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 2: On the Road Again" [Chapter 152]
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 3: The Sting" [Chapter 153]
Kazuki and Juubei vow revenge for Uryu's death and they and the GetBackers continue on with Ban being corporeal again. Thinking that Lucifer was just using him and the kids as tools, Sariel leaves Uriel and Raguel and goes to meet Ban's group, unlocking the door behind which Lucifer is so Ban's group can face him. Ban starts fighting Lucifer, intent to end this before the sun sets and kills the traitorous kids. Stealing a watch, Ban learns that Lucifer's wish is to merge the two realities so he can be with his daughter again. Just as it looks like Ban has killed him, it's revealed to be an illusion of his Evil Eye; Ban intends for Lucifer to fix what he broke. Lucifer reveals the claw marks never existed and no one with them was in any actual danger; it was simply a trick to ensure his minions' loyalty. Maria arrives with Uriel, Raguel, Gabriel (who ran all the way from the Honky Tonk), Himiko, and Hevn (who was saved and awoken by Himiko) who reveals that Lucifer could never kill children as he was always fond of them and Uryu's heart being ripped out was an illusion, as the cards' power is illusions able to affect reality, and Lucifer agrees to help Ban and Maria to perform a resurrection ceremony to undo the effects, bring Toshiki "back to life". Ban, Ginji, Himiko, and Hevn then return four of the kids back to their respective parents while the fifth, Remiel/Rena, starts working at the Honky Tonk alongside Natsumi. Juubei convinces Toshiki to come back to the Fortress with him by mentioning Lower Town's new ruler, MakubeX. Lucifer goes to the Fortress to confront the Brain Trust where he is killed by Akabane, hired by one of its members, the Bunny Girl first encountered on the ship to the art auction, because the outside world is not yet ready to learn about the Archive's secrets.
The GetBackers are later hired by Juuzou Ishikura, a microbiologist connected with an anti-U.S. terrorist group who wants them to retrieve Marine Red, thirteen bottles of red wine that were on a sunken U-boat off the coast of Japan for the last 60 years before recently being brought to the surface and auctioned off, won by yakuza, claiming they're his. Accepting the job, Ban and Ginji learn that Marine Red is being transported by Maguruma and protected by Hishiki on its way to a party hosted by said yakuza. They fight off Hishiki but fail to stop Mr. No-Brakes, who is attacked by bees. The GetBackers catch up to his truck and discover him; Ginji kills the bees while Ban ducks out of the truck with him. They also discover the wine is missing and now know someone else is after it, vowing to recover it.
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 4: Insecticide" [Chapter 154]
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 5: The Face of the Enemy" [Chapter 155]
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 6: The Devil's Virus" [Chapter 156]
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 7: Bee-Trayal" [Chapter 157]
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 8: Battle for the Bottle" [Chapter 158]
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 9: Immortal Bloodsucking Demon" [Chapter 159]
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 10: The Brew that is True" [Chapter 160]
"Act IX: Marine Red - Part 11: Give to the Poor" [Chapter 161]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 1: On his Knees" [Chapter 162]
After getting a passerby to take Maguruma to the hospital, the GetBackers follow the thieves by the leaking wine trail behind them. The lead thief, a bee controlling assassin named Dokubachi hired by the mysterious Captain Blood, lures them off the road and into the forest where he attacks them. Ginji is encouraged by Ban to leave and Dokubachi proposes an exchange of information, revealing he's a Kiriudo trying to solve the mystery of who attacked Kirihito and Ban figures out one of the bottles, the one that both of their clients want, contains a virus that turns people into vampires. Blood himself then appears to stop Dokubachi from talking too much and Ban signals Ginji to come out of hiding; a short fight ensues between them, Blood, and Dokubachi where it's revealed Blood is himself a vampire and requires Marine Red to spread the virus. Ginji stuns the enemy with a flash, grabs the box of Marine Red, and he and Ban escape in their car with the enemy in pursuit. They crash the car and continue fleeing on foot until Ginji succumbs to the poison he was stung with earlier. Ban gives him a temporary reprieve and goes to confront Dokubachi, ordering him to save Ginji. In the meantime, Dokubachi was betrayed by Blood and is in no condition to fight his former employer while Blood's at full strength. He agrees to give Ban the antidote if Ban can defeat Blood and says Ban can have the last two remaining bottles (the rest having been broken by Ginji in his carelessness). However, he plans on taking the bottles for himself as he was ordered to obtain the wine by his clan's leader. Confronting Blood, Ban learns Blood isn't like a traditional vampire, having biology akin to planarians (and thus being nigh impossible to kill) and having infected himself with the virus near the end of World War II when he, Ishikura, and a woman named Nadia were researching the virus for use as a biological weapon for the Axis war effort. Ban defeats Blood, receives the cure from Dokubachi, escapes from him using the Evil Eye, and saves Ginji. They give Ishikura the bottles which actually have red wine created by Ishikura's late friend, Dr. Nadia Bartley. Blood appears, mostly regenerated, and rekindles his friendship with Ishikura. Later Ishikura arrives at the Honky Tonk and reveals one bottle of wine was supposed to contain the virus but Nadia switched it out for regular wine and was later executed. He gives the GetBackers a bill instead of money like they thought and wine that they open only to find out it can go for millions at auction (if unopened), so they're once again broke and homeless. The GetBackers are later requested by Shido to protect Madoka from Dokubachi's clan but Ban refuses the offer. Shido then seeks help from Himiko and Akabane through Hevn.
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 2: A Light in the Darkness" [Chapter 163]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 3: The Silence of the Butterflies" [Chapter 164]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 4: Kidnapped!" [Chapter 165]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 5: Reinforcements" [Chapter 166]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 6: The Proper Time" [Chapter 167]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 7: China Street" [Chapter 168]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 8: The Fearsome Tarantula Brothers" [Chapter 169]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 9: In the Spider's Nest" [Chapter 170]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 10: Fifty Percent" [Chapter 171]
Madoka confesses her love to Shido and shortly afterward disappears. Shido is alerted to this by her seeing eye-dog, Mozart, and is confronted by Saicho Mumyoin, a member of the Kiriudo who uses invisible butterflies, two of his subordinates, Ageha and Murasakimaru, and countless foot soldiers. Elsewhere the GetBackers are trying to drum up business when Ban senses someone nearby; it's another member of the Kiriudo who's been following them since their fight with Dokubachi. Shido starts fighting the Kiriudo while also trying to find Madoka, but is overwhelmed by their numbers. He's saved by Ban and Ginji who accept the job of retrieving Madoka and start fighting the Kiriudo themselves. After a short fight, they leave with Madoka. Shido then leaves with his animals to seek reinforcements from the few remaining Shiki clan members to finish the war with the Kiriudo. Ban calls Hevn to alert the other people hired by Shido that the job is starting while Ginji calls MakubeX for help; he sends Emishi. Meanwhile Kazuki is investigating Teshimine for Paul when his informant is killed by a black string user and MakubeX calls to request him to help Shido. Ban and Ginji have captured the Kiriudo following them, Hakumon, and get him to tell them where Madoka is; he leads them to an area of Underground Shinjuku called China Street, just outside Infinity Fortress, where the GetBackers are invited by three busty, attractive women into an establishment courtesy of a woman called Jorogumo. Himiko shows up and they all go in, entertained and surrounded by attractive men and women. Ginji falls for a trap and gets controlled by a spider placed in his ear and fights Ban, thinking he's an enemy. Himiko is confronted by Kirihito, who wants revenge and to restore his honor, and after a short fight is captured as a gift to his mother, Jorogumo. Ban kills the spider controlling Ginji, freeing him, but soon after Ginji ends up facing new opponents sent to kill him: Kagegumo and Tobigumo. Ban finds Himiko, frees her, and briefly fights Kirihito. Another minion named Onigumo replaces him as Ban's opponent.
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 11 Why Do We Fight?" [Chapter 172]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 12 Karmic Burden" [Chapter 173]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 13 In the Spider's Lair" [Chapter 174]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 14 Say Goodbye to the Neighborhood" [Chapter 175]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 15 Out of Juice" [Chapter 176]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 16 Akabane-san Is Smiling" [Chapter 177]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 17 Cicadas!! Cicadaaas!!" [Chapter 178]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 18 Bailing Out" [Chapter 179]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 19 Invasion of the Puns" [Chapter 180]
Ginji defeats Kagegumo and Tobigumo without killing them, wondering what the point of this war is. After getting Kagegumo's side of the story, he vows to end it. While facing Onigumo, Ban learns about the karmic burden every member of the Kiriudo bears which turns them into human-sized monster bugs when released with no way to turn back except when they die. Reminded of his own burden, Ban uses his Evil Eye to trick Onigumo out of his, making him think Ban can save them and tells Ban and Himiko that Madoka is in Web Tower at the center of China Street, also Jorogumo's lair. Ginji also learns this courtesy of Hakumon, who interrupts his conversation with Kagegumo and leads him there while Ban and Himiko are attacked by people controlled by spiders on their way there. Ginji rescues Madoka only for this to be revealed as another one of Jorogumo's traps. After being stabbed by Jorogumo, Ginji briefly transforms into the Lightning Lord, destroying the Spider Clan's base and setting the surrounding area on fire while Jorogumo and her underlings escape to the Kiriudo's home, where the other members are also gathering. The transformation drains most of Ginji's electrical powers, leading Ban to exclude him from the mission, calling him useless, and continues on with Himiko and Kazuki, who meets up with them and tells them Madoka is being held in Hell Valley, the Kiriudo's home. Ginji heads back to the Honky Tonk where Akabane saves him from another Kiriudo assassin. Seeing Ginji use his new low-level powers as an electromagnetic sensor to detect the Kiriudo's butterflies, Akabane takes Ginji and heads for their base to start his job of transporting Madoka back home with Hevn in tow. Ban, Himiko, and Kazuki go to Hell Valley where they are attacked by the Kiriudo chief Genshu Miyama who's targeting Himiko because of her insecticide scent while fellow chief Semimaru Kanade attacks the helicopter carrying Ginji, Hevn, and Akabane. While Akabane escapes with Hevn, Ginji is wounded and near-death (though he managed to save the pilot), but is saved by Kaoru Haruki, a member of the Shiki clan. Three of its remaining members have assembled in the forest in the valley, waiting for their dangerous fourth member. Miyama's beetle warriors succeed in capturing Himiko; seeing the helicopter crash, Kazuki goes to Ginji while Ban looks for Himiko. Hevn and Akabane find a resting Ginji while Kazuki meets up with them. Miyama tells Himiko he wants her to free them from their karmic burden using her perfume. On a bus heading to Hell Valley, Emishi meets and befriends a fellow aspiring comedian named Amon Natsuki.
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 20 Trust All Your Cards" [Chapter 181]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 21 I'd Jump Out" [Chapter 182]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 22 The End of the Evil Eye" [Chapter 183]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 23 What Is Death?" [Chapter 184]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 24 Perfect Harmony" [Chapter 185]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 25 Life is Tenacity" [Chapter 186]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 26 Emishi's Strongest Asset" [Chapter 187]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 27 400 Cow-Sized Spiders" [Chapter 188]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 28 Why We Fight" [Chapter 189]
Emishi learns Amon is a member of the Shiki clan on his way to assist Shido and teams up with him, though Amon tries to warn him about something. While sleeping, Ginji remembers a point in his childhood when Teshimine told him not to focus solely on his strongest card or he'd lose them all, even weak cards having value; he wakes up and says he can go on fighting even though he's lost most of his power. Emishi and Amon enter Hell Valley and are attacked by mantis warriors where Emishi sees Amon's Grim Reaper-like power in action. On his way to rescue Himiko once again, Ban encounters Kagami who came specifically to see Himiko, says he is in love with her, and wishes to save her. They are attacked by more beetle warriors and Kagami uses his Diamond Dust against them so Ban will trust him. However, it doesn't kill them, just unleashes their karmic burden, and Himiko shows up, now on the Kiriudo's side, and tells Ban to abandon this job. He refuses and they fight with Kagami aiding Himiko. She slashes Ban's eyes and he jumps into a nearby pool of water, saying the Evil Eye can no longer be used anymore. Meanwhile, Ginji's group is once again attacked by Kanade who fights Akabane who he has a history with as the others deal with more insect foot soldiers. Akabane is defeated in combat and Kanade then focuses his attention on directing his pawns to break through Kazuki's shield, but they are saved by Juubei and Uryu who came to help Shido. The former Fuga guards defeat some of the soldiers, but Kanade escapes saying he needs a new strategy but will kill them the next time they meet. Akabane seemingly dies but then comes back to life, saying he can't imagine himself dying so he probably never will; the group continues on. Kabuto, the leader of the Kiriudo for hundreds of years, plans to be reborn into Madoka's body and sends his children, the rest of the Kiriudo, off to finish their war with the Mariudo. Juuro Kamata, another chief, attacks Emishi and Amon where the former learns that the latter's been sucking him of his life force and that if he stays with him, he'll die young; Amon tells Emishi to run while he engages Kamata in battle, but Emishi refuses and saves him. Amon defeats Kamata and Emishi convinces Amon to stay with him while they continue on. Ban appears captured by the Kiriudo, but it is then revealed this was a ploy; Himiko never switched sides or slashed Ban's eyes. Ban lets himself out of prison and he, Himiko, Miyama, and Kagami head for Kabuto/Madoka, Miyama allying with them to stage a coup and free the Kiriudo from Kabuto's control, who treats them like pawns as he pursues his own glory. Meanwhile, the last of the Volts' Four Emperors, Masaki Kurusu, is watching Ban from afar via Kagami's mirror shards, saying it is Ginji's fate to die in the war against the Kiriudo and how he wishes he could kill him himself. Ginji's group is attacked by 400 Kiriudo warriors who have unleashed their burdens and transformed into large spiders but are quickly defeated. Ginji and Akabane continue on as the others rest, having been more injured than they let on. Kaoru shows up, along with Shido and Ryuho Agi, and heals their wounds. This group demands to know what they've been doing and they reply putting all the insects in the forest to sleep so they wouldn't be devoured. Shido agrees to tell them everything he knows about this centuries-long war while also telling them the one holding the key to this battle is the last Shiki member, Amon, who they are still waiting for.
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 29 Welcome to Beast Palace" [Chapter 190]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 30 Ghost Ship" [Chapter 191]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 31 Die! Die! Die! Die!" [Chapter 192]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 32 The Well of Sadness" [Chapter 193]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 33 Death Is Somebody Else's Problem" [Chapter 194]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 34 The Babe Unborn vs. the Mud Men" [Chapter 195]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 35 The Future of the Kiriudo" [Chapter 196]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 36 Fighting Lessons" [Chapter 197]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 37 The Power of His Violence" [Chapter 198]
Akabane once again faces Seminaru leaving Ginji to continue alone. Ban's group is opposed by the Kiriudo's Ageha and Murasakimaru and Himiko and Genshu stay to fight. Himiko manages too win the fight but Genshu dies protecting her. Ginji is later attacked by Suiha Koyanagi from Kiriudo's Water Tribe and manages to defeat him after developing new powers to compensate his lack of electricity. Ban also faces Dokubachi who decides to abandon the fight. All these fights are being watched by the last member of the VOLTS, Masaki Kurosu, who predicts that Ginji will die in the upcoming battle. In the meantime, Shido reveals that the Mariudo and Kiriudo used to live together until Kabuto who took leadership and wants the former king's heart that is hidden within Amon. Seeing how most of their comrades are being defeated, Mumyoin takes control of his side.
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 38 Bridge of Fish" [Chapter 199]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 39 Reunions" [Chapter 200]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 40 Entering the Arena" [Chapter 201]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 41 Sacrificial Lambs" [Chapter 202]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 42 Stairway to Hell" [Chapter 203]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 43 I'll Only Need a Minute" [Chapter 204]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 44 The Traitor in Your Midst" [Chapter 205]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 45 My Final Gift" [Chapter 206]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 46 Tyrant of Chaos" [Chapter 207]
Amon and Emishi reunite with Shido's group which later found by Ginji and Akabane. The group starts fighting against the Kiriudo's main forces. Jorogumo surrenders as she realizes she and her people were used to delay the Mariudo as Kabuto needed time to possess Madoka. However, Mumyoin is still allied with Kabuto and Ban comes to fight him. While fighting Mumyoin Ban is told that Shido will betray his comrades. Kabuto then paralyzes all of his enemies besides Shido whom he orders to knock out Ginji in order to possess him. Shido then fights the possessed Ginji and sacrifices his life to restore Ginji's powers. Absorbing energy from the Infinite Fortress, Ginji transforms into the Lightning Lord causing Kabuto to escape to Shido's dead body. However, Ginji fights the possessed by having his attacks connect with Kabuto's soul forcing him to leave Shido's body.
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 47 I Can't Help Laughing" [Chapter 208]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 48 I'm King Of The World" [Chapter 209]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 49 We Are a Happy Family" [Chapter 210]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 50 The Taste of Home" [Chapter 211]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 51 The Life of the God of Death" [Chapter 212]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 52 MakubeX's Game" [Chapter 213]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 53 Tag! You're It!" [Chapter 214]
"Act X: The Eternal Bond - Part 54 A Good Dream" [Chapter 215]
"Interlude IV: The Retriever's Second Anniversary" [Chapter 216]
Amon gives Shido the King Chimera's heart he was previously given by him in order to stay alive. While Shido revives, Amon dies shortly afterwards. Ban then uses the Evil Eye on Kabuto to make him release all the Kiriudo's trapped souls and revive the other fallen fighters. With the war between the Mariudo and the Kiriudo reaching its ending, the GetBackers also succeed in reuniting Shido and Madoka. Makubex later reveals how Brain Trust's archive was predicting that Ginji would die fighting the Kiriudo but thanks to everybody's efforts the future was changed. Makubex then invites the GetBackers and all of his acquaintances to tag competition to capture Emishi. The whole event is actually Makubex's attempt to cheer Emishi by having Ban giving him a dream of him reuniting with Amon and at the same time trick the people from Babylon City. In the volume's last chapter, the GetBackers celebrate their second anniversary by helping Rena recover the money she lost in a fraud.
Birth 1: Get Back the Final Piece! (Birth. 1, Bāsu Ichi) Part 1: Training Day (最後のピースを奪り還せ!①, Saigo no Pīsu o Torikaese! Ichi) [Chapter 217]
Birth 1: Get Back the Final Piece! - Part 2: The Left Hand of Revenge (最後のピースを奪り還せ!②, Saigo no Pīsu o Torikaese! Ni) [Chapter 218]
Birth 1: Get Back the Final Piece! - Part 3: Rat Blood (最後のピースを奪り還せ!③, Saigo no Pīsu o Torikaese! San) [Chapter 219]
Birth 1: Get Back the Final Piece! - Part 4: The Blank Second (最後のピースを奪り還せ!④, Saigo no Pīsu o Torikaese! Shi) [Chapter 220]
Birth 1: Get Back the Final Piece! - Part 5: The Locket (最後のピースを奪り還せ!⑤, Saigo no Pīsu o Torikaese! Go) [Chapter 221]
Birth 1: Get Back the Final Piece! - Part 6: Friday the 13th (最後のピースを奪り還せ!⑥, Saigo no Pīsu o Torikaese! Roku) [Chapter 222]
Birth 2: Operation: Retrieve the Genius Dog (Birth. 2, Bāsu Ni) Part 1: Two Girls, two Clients (天才犬奪還作戦!①, Tensai Ken Dakkan Sakusen! Ichi) [Chapter 223]
The story moves to the time Ban and Ginji became the Third Generation's GetBackers and are requested by a drug dealer called Fox to take a man out of the prison. The two infiltrate into the prison thanks to a girl's help but are attacked Takuma Fudou who was hired to stop the GetBackers. As Ginji fights him, Ban manages to use his Evil Eye on Fudou and escapes with Ginji. The two then find the man they are supposed to retrieve but he reveals he has no desire to return. He explains how he was a gangster and lover of Yoko who was nearly killed by the mafia and lost his memory. The man started a family and went to prison when remembering his crimes. The GetBackers tell Fox the man's answer and Ban uses his Evil Eye to show her a meeting with him. The GetBackers later meet Hevn who introduces a client who wants to retrieve a dog. Both refuse the job and accept the same retrieval when asked by the dog's owner, Natsumi Mitsuki.
Ban, Ginji and Natsuki go to a television show's studios where the dog, Lucky, is being used in a TV program to demonstrate its outstanding intelligence. When retrieving Lucky, the GetBackers are attacked by people who mutated after being infected with a virus. Ban deals with them while Ginji once again engages Fudou. After defeating their enemies, Ban and Ginji learn that they were sent by their former client who wants to use Lucky to improve the virus he was researching to find the next step to human evolution. After Ban torments him with his Evil Eye, Lucky starts mutating. Ginji manages to destroy Lucky's virus with his electricity's heat and the GetBackers succeed in their job. The story then moves to two years later when Akabane requests the GetBackers' help to find a woman identical to Himiko. Meanwhile, Kazuki fights a man who uses a black thread to enhance his strength, and obtains a clue about the location of his enemies, the Dark Fuuchouin. Ban and Ginji then seeks help from Maria in order to break the Voodoo Curse that could result in Himiko's death.
Akabane invites Himiko to an underground arena where the host is identical to Himiko, Queen Himiko. Meanwhile, Ban tells Ginji that the Voodoo Curse was cast by shaman specifically to kill Ban for being the Witch Queen's successor. As a kid Ban was taken care by the Kudos siblings, Yamato and Himiko. However, in Yamato's seventeenth birthday, the Voodoo Curse resulted in the appearance of Yamato's mirrored doppeldanger who wished to kill everything that Yamato loved. Ban killed the mirrored Yamato but this also resulted in the real Yamato's death. As a result, Ban seeks to capture the mirrored Himiko in order to avoid original one having the same fate. Kazuki then reunites with Juubei, Toshiki and Sakura to participate in the underground arena and find the Dark Fuuchuoin. Ban and Ginji reunite with Himiko and Akabane and deal with the underground's fighter who want them death before participating in the arena alongside Maria. Kazuki's five-man team, Fuuga, is completed with his old ally, Saizou Tofuin.
The GetBackers Team and Fuuga reach the Inferno's Dome where the tournament to marry Queen Himiko begins. In their first round, the GetBackers face a Der Henker group of the Limitless Fortress' most dangerous area, the Beltline. Maria first faces an anonymous Der Henker member who refers to himself as "Help." When she is almost killed Ban comes to Maria's aid and defeats Help. However, his interference in the fight causes him to be imprisoned. Akabane easily defeats kills his rival while Himiko fights an assassin named Das Nitchs. Ginji intervenes to stop Himiko from killing Das Nitchs who is instead killed by their rival. Ginji is further angered by the revelation that Der Henker killed his childhood friends in Limitless Fortress and becomes the Lightning Lord. Makubex realizes that Belt Line's leader, Der Kaiser, is trying to absorb Ginji's energy and uses a virus on Limitless Fortress to shut the energy down and stop Ginji's transformation. With Der Henker's leader gone Team GetBackers wins this round and Fuuga prepares to face the Dark Fuuchouin's Team.
Rest. 5 (Interlude V): Take an Oath 1 [Chapter 253]
Rest. 5 (Interlude V): Take an Oath 2 [Chapter 254]
Rest. 5 (Interlude V): Take an Oath 3 [Chapter 255]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time - Part 1 [Chapter 256]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time - Part 2 [Chapter 257]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time - Part 3 [Chapter 258]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time - Part 4 [Chapter 259]
Juubei, Sakura and Uryu easily defeat their Dark Fuuchouin rivals but at the same time they become puppets following Saizou's will. It is revealed that Saizou and Kagami are members from the group Brain Trust that controls the events in the Fortress and is an ally of the Dark Fuuchoiun. Kagami kidnaps Himiko, requiring her and the Queen to break a spell from the Witch Queen. Der Kaiser then confronts his son Ban and invites him to the Fortress if he wishes to retrieve Himiko. Ban and Ginji learn that Der Kaiser is also fighting Brain Trust and that he and Paul were the first generation GetBackers until Der Kaiser decided to stay in the Fortress. Ginji's guardian, Teshimine, also reveals that Ginji's mother is in the Fortress' top area, Babylon City. Ban and Ginji go to the Fortress to rescue Himiko and find Ginji's mother while Shido allies with Kazuki to rescue the Fuuga members. Hevn is also taken by Akabane to the Fortress for an unknown objective. Ginji and Ban are guided to Beltline by Makubex who takes a different road with Emishi.
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (10) [Chapter 265]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (11) [Chapter 266]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (12) [Chapter 267]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (13) [Chapter 268]
Ban and Ginji are attacked by two members from the Dark Fuuchuoin, Maiya and Yuri, and are rescued by Paul. Kazuki and Shido are helped by Ren in their search for Beltline's entrance and Kazuki reveals the power of his eye's stigma while fighting their enemies. Paul and the GetBackers are attack by Der Kaiser's most trusted retainers and Paul uses this chance to teach the GetBackers his skills. When Paul is nearly defeated by Shimon, Ban and Ginji interrupt the fight and Der Kaiser's followers retreat. Meanwhile, Makubex and Emishi meet the Miroku Seven who are also travelling to meet their father. Shido and Kazuki later meet their old teammate, Masaki Kurusu, who is revealed to be a Brain Trust member and a servant of the Voodoo King. Masaki and his henchmen, Kaoru Ujiie and Jouya Kanou, defeat Shido and Kazuki as Masaki realizes that Shido is one of the three "Keys" his group needs.
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (14) [Chapter 269]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (15) [Chapter 270]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (16) [Chapter 271]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (17) [Chapter 272]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (18) [Chapter 273]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (19) [Chapter 274]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (20) [Chapter 275]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (21) [Chapter 276]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (22) [Chapter 277]
The Dark Fuuchouin's leader, Yohan Kokuchouin, saves Kazuki and Ren as he encourages Kazuki's revenge. Himiko learns from Kagami that the Voodoo Children are late unborn heirs from a witch revived by the Voodooists and that on her seventeenth birthday she will merge with her other half. Shido tries to escape from imprisonment by defeating Kaoru and Jouya but he is stopped by the Voodoo King. In their road to Beltline, Ban and Ginji are attacked by Saizou who is manipulating the Juubei, Uryu and Sakura and Makubex and Emishi come to their aid. While Makubex manages to stop Saizou's control on Sakura, Ginji's anger for having to fight Juubei causes him to transform into the Lightning Lord . Ban then unleashes the full power of Asclepius within his body to defeat Uryu and confront the berserker Ginji. As Ginji's body starts being consumed by the Infinity Fortress Ban takes all of Ginji's attacks until Ginji recovers his mind.
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (23) [Chapter 278]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (24) [Chapter 279]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (25) [Chapter 280]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (26) [Chapter 281]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (27) [Chapter 282]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (28) [Chapter 283]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (29) [Chapter 284]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (30) [Chapter 285]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (31) [Chapter 286]
As Saizou prepares to kill Emishi, Kazuki confronts him. While Saizou uses the Dark Fuuchouin's Cursed Wave to enhance his power, Kazuki uses the stigma. After Kazuki wins the battle, the souls from Juubei, Uryu and Sakura reveal that Saizou was forced to work for Yohan and he used capture Fuuga so that they would die fighting Yohan. Saizou kills himself in order to free the Fuuga members who join the rest in the road to Beltline. Ban, Ginji, Makubex and Kazuki go to Beltline while the rest faces enemies in the area's entrance. Emishi is rescued by members from the Mariudo alongside Amon who has revived through an unknown method. In Beltine, the group is attacked by Maiya and Yuri again but they are able to win this time. They decide to go to Der Kaiser's fortress where he meets the Miroku Seven who was coming to aid his father, Shimon. Maria confronts Der who reveals he intends to reach Babylon City and take the Fortress' power.
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (32) [Chapter 287]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (33) [Chapter 288]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (34) [Chapter 289]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (35) [Chapter 290]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (36) [Chapter 291]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (37) [Chapter 292]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (38) [Chapter 293]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (39) [Chapter 294]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (40) [Chapter 295]
Teshimine reunites with a man named Kagenuma Sarai who wishes to defeat the Voodoo King. Ban, Ginji, Makubex and Kazuki are joined by Hevn, Paul and Akabane. When they reach Der Kaiser's fortress, Paul once again battles Der Kaiser's followers to teach the GetBackers his way of battling. This time Paul wins the battle and faces his older partner. As the two draw power from the Infinity Fortress to fight, Der Kaiser starts taking the advantage Ban interferes. Now materialized with the Fortress' power, the Miroku Seven stand in Ban's way but most of the siblings are easily defeated as Ban emulates Paul's style. Natsuhiko Miroku fights Ban as he have his revenge for his sister's death at his hands. As the two struggle, it is revealed that Natsuhiko's sister, Eris, was used by the Voodooists to kill Ban. Ban defeats Natsuhiko and the last Miroku, Yukihiko, replaces him.
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (41) [Chapter 296]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (42) [Chapter 297]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (43) [Chapter 298]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (44) [Chapter 299]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (45) [Chapter 300]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (46) [Chapter 301]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (47) [Chapter 302]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (48) [Chapter 303]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (49) [Chapter 304]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (50) [Chapter 305]
Ginji takes Ban's place in his fight against Yukihiko, allowing him to face his father. Makubex's body disappears as he intends to confront the God of Infinity Fortress, the Archive, while Akabane leaves with Hevn to take her to Masaki. In his one-on-one, Ginji refuses to become the Lightning Lord and use his new found skills to counter Yukihiko's techniques. The battle ends with Yukihiko giving up and Ginji takes him to see Ban's match. Both Ban and Der Kaiser draw power from Asclepius to fight although the former is troubled due to a bloodline curse he suffers. When Ban manages to break his curse, a satisfied Der Kaiser reveals how he died years ago fighting the Voodoo King and stayed in Beltine to with one of the Babylon's Keys until his son reached him. Der Kaiser gives Ban his Key before disappearing alongside his subordinates. The group then separates from the Mirokus and go to find Makubex, Shido and Himiko while Kazuki goes to confront Yohan. As Kazuki is opposed by Maiya and Yuri, Juubei comes to assist him.
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (51) [Chapter 306]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (52) [Chapter 307]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (53) [Chapter 308]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (54) [Chapter 309]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (55) [Chapter 310]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (56) [Chapter 311]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (57) [Chapter 312]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (58) [Chapter 313]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (59) [Chapter 314]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (60) [Chapter 315]
Kazuki and Juubei stop Maiya and Yuri. The former Fuuchuoin head and Yohan's servant, Shigen Kusanosuke, then attacks them alongside the Fuuchuoin's 13 Strings. Makubex reaches the Mother System and starts interacting with the God of the Infinity Fortress, the artificial intelligence from the computer named the Archiver. Makubex and the Archiver observe Juubei's duel against the Kusanosuke which ends with the former's victory. Kazuki and Juubei then find Yohan who takes down Juubei and confronts Kazuki. As Yohan overwhelms Kazuki he reveals he is actually his younger brother who was left to the Kokuchouin after the Fuuchuioin were afraid of him for being born with the stigma. Kazuki is confused with this reveal but after Juubei helps him in battle, Kazuki decides he will grant Yohan his wish. Yohan wishes for his own death and Kazuki uses his mother's strongest technique to attack him.
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (61) [Chapter 316]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (62) [Chapter 317]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (63) [Chapter 318]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (64) [Chapter 319]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (65) [Chapter 320]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (66) [Chapter 321]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (67) [Chapter 322]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (68) [Chapter 323]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (69) [Chapter 324]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (70) [Chapter 325]
It is revealed that Yohan did not kill his parents chose death rather than loving him. With his mother's technique, Kazuki reunites Yohan with the clan's souls who forgive Yohan as his stigma disappears. Meanwhile, Masaki goes to fight Akabane who is escorting Hevn. Akabane stops fighting as he leaves for another job as he already succeeded in transporting Hevn to Masaki's side. Worried about Masaki stopping his fight as a result of confronting his former lover, Hevn, Kanou and Kaoru try to kill her. Ban and Ginji protect her as the former fights Masaki's servants while the latter searches for Masaki. Kaoru abandons the fight while Kanou is defeated by Ban. Kanou confesses that Masaki is opposing the Voodoo King and Kagami as the person who goes to Babylon City will change the world's state. Masaki then attempts to kill Ginji to avoid him stop his plans. Although Ginji becomes the Lightning Lord, Kaoru stops Ginji's will to fight by receiving one of his attacks. Makubex manages to stop Kaoru's death while Hevn convinces Masaki to stop fighting and the two reconcile.
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (71) [Chapter 326]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (72) [Chapter 327]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (73) [Chapter 328]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (74) [Chapter 329]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (75) [Chapter 330]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (76) [Chapter 331]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (77) [Chapter 332]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (78) [Chapter 333]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (79) [Chapter 334]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (80) [Chapter 335]
Masaki reveals that Brain Trust is an organization composed of experts from every knowledge who created the Infinity Fortress in an attempt to change the world. Ban, Ginji, Paul and Maria go to face them after leaving Hevn in Masaki's hands. Kagami forces Himiko to merge with her other half causing her death as he takes another her soul in the form of a key needed to open the door to Babylon City. This causes Kagenuma to be controlled by his other half, the Voodoo King. The Voodoo King defeats Teshimine and takes Shido's key. The GetBackers reach Kagami who Ban fights to avenge Himiko and let Ginji continue his way. Ban defeats Kagami who tries to escape but is killed by Akabane, now hired by Brain Trust's Professor Makube. Der Kaiser's key then replaces Himiko's key causing her revival. Ginji becomes the Lightning Lord to fight the Voodoo King and the one-on-one ends with the disappearance of the two alter-egos. Although the fight against Brain Trust ended, Ginji is forced to fight against Ban to gain the right to enter Babylon City.
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (81) [Chapter 336]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (82) [Chapter 337]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (83) [Chapter 338]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (84) [Chapter 339]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (85) [Chapter 340]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (86) [Chapter 341]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (87) [Chapter 342]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (88) [Chapter 343]
Act XII: Get Back the Lost Time (89) [Chapter 344]
The fight between Ginji and Ban is actually part of Ban's Evil Eye he used on Ginji. Since Ginji refused to fight in the Evil Eye, Ban admits his defeat to let Ginji go to Babylon City. After Ginji leaves Ban challenges Akabane to a final one-on-one as he wants to end their rivalry before he vanishes as a result of overusing the Evil Eye. During the fight, Ban forces Akabane to show his true powers and the fight ends when both Ban and Akabane reach their limits. Ginji then arrives to Babylon City which is an alternate Shinjuku without the Infinity Fortress. He meets his mother, Dr. Amano, who explains how she worked for Brain Trust to create a parallel world where her late child would be live but renegade members including Kagami tried to take advantage of the world. Having entered Babylon City, Ginji has the right to change his world but he refuses to do it and says farewell to his mother. Ginji then returns to his world he reunites with his friends including Ban who was saved by Akabane. Shortly after returning to Paul's cafe, the GetBackers get a job in which they have to retrieve Ban's mother.
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