Golgo 13: Collection 4 (2012) [Episodes 39-50] [Re-UP]

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Golgo 13 Collection 4 marks the end of two things: the Japanese television series DVD set, and the mathematical narrative pattern that hitherto was as dependable as the eponymous hit-man's face is stolid. For those familiar with the series up to Collection 4, the pattern follows, in several respects, the formula of the detective novel, where the narrative is more about elucidating the solution to an overarching problem that the genius protagonist has arrived at long before the lay observer.

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For the man with the custom M-16, that problem is meeting the demands of his client who invariably proposes a feat for "the only one who can make an impossible dream possible." Like any long-running series, the law of main characters governs, and there never is any doubt that Mr. Togo will complete his job and stylishly walk off into the distance. The stoic sniper leaves to others the talking, which unsurprisingly means that most of the character development comes from the clients and those that surround them in their contemplation of Golgo's task or their poetic comeuppance.

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That all changes in Collection 4. For the first time, Golgo is genuinely taken by surprise-something that the far seeing-and near clairvoyant-Asian seldom lets happen to him, if ever before. Never in one collection did Golgo ever show more humanity, weakness, and his own blood, yet still come out on top. It's in the clash of steel and sinew that we finally learn more about Duke Togo. This man was always an enigma. Now you'll know he's an enigma at the bottom of an abyss.

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While we had a lengthy delay between the second and third collections, the fourth has come quickly and it wraps up the series well while still leaving you longing for more. Yet even as you say that, you have to feel at times that some of the stories here feels like they’re stretching a bit to keep it going, but with the wealth of source material to work with, it’s more that they made bad choices in stories to adapt. In the end though, the final collection of Golgo 13 provides for some strong episodes that continues to show Duke Togo being the manly man that he is, full of the quiet confidence to get the job done without being stylish or problematic.

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On the somewhat less than enjoyable side, there are a few stories that hit that threshold and it unfortunately starts with one. Golog’s job is to take down a powerful man that uses a bank in a slummy part of the city. It’s filled, as his guards say, with lowlifes, druggies and prostitutes. What better place for a high end bank with lots of money for its clientele? Golgo’s mission has its personal history for the client, but that doesn’t matter much in the end as it’s all about the job. The problem is that there’s no clean line of sight to target him. Spoiling it, the idea of him destroying a slum building isn’t bad, but it just pushes the show further than I’d care for since his already mythical abilities are made even more so and it just lacks a proper graspable concept in a way.

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The other story that really bothered me was different but hit me because it felt like it was too cliched. The episode kicks off early with Golgo having lost his memory and trying to figure out what it is he’s supposed to do. Bit by bit, in short form of course, he realizes that he’s familiar with weapons and bits of his mission starts to come back into play. He naturally gets wrapped up with a woman and there’s confusion about the truth of his mission, but the whole lost memory angle just rubs me the wrong way as a plot point that’s just too easy to work with. The episode doesn’t feel forced or poorly done, it just doesn’t feel like it belongs with what the series has done overall.

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Thankfully, the majority of the set is pretty enjoyable as it runs through its twelve episodes of death and mayhem. Golgo gets drawn into a murder that a woman commits who is just as skilled as him while in London, which leads to some solid sex and some time on the run as the men going after her close in on them. It’s not exactly some double agent material going on here, but it’s fun to see Golgo kind of going with it since she’s using him and he knows it, but he’s not actively engaged in a mission and you get a sense that this is the kind of fun he has during his down time. We don’t see much of what he does between missions which is kind of unfortunate as I have to admit I’d like an OVA episode that’s saucy and shows Golgo getting all smutty and such.

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Golgo’s skill is shown well in another episode where he has to take down a criminal that’s in prison but stuck in a private cell in an intricate layout. As the title suggests, there’s one second in 36,000 in which he can target him, but it requires exceptional skill for that alone, never mind the patience of body and physique to sit still for hours on end until that window of opportunity opens. There’s some neat stuff to how it unfolds and how he prepares, but I didn’t care for the epilogue aspect of it, even if I did understand why he went back when he should have gone elsewhere. It just felt like the one out of place element in an over the top episode that was technically a lot of fun.

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The same could be said for one of the final episodes where Golgo, flying a small plane, gets shot down over an island and finds himself surrounded by a lot of other men with weapons. It’s got the whole Battle Royale aspect except that they’re all being hunted by a new prototype military armor suit. Naturally, Golgo is the one to stand out amongst all of those that are there that are being hunted and we get to see how he goes up against the most advanced of machines. The awkwardness comes in that it feels a little too science fiction for the series and the CG animation for it is kind of awkward. But I liked his ability to push the suit and its operators to new levels and seeing how the people behind it kept the whole operation going in order to really stress test it.

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While I had some exposure to Golgo 13 prior to this series, both in manga and anime form, this fifty episode series really drove home just how much I enjoy the character and the style of storytelling. With so many shows focused on either overall narratives for a season or two or episodes of empty slice of life material, what we get here stands out as it’s one man, one job and often one bullet. Following Golgo’s tales is endlessly interesting as there are so many different things they can do, locales to visit and characters to engage with all while keeping him cold and efficient and distant. While it took time to get it all out, Sentai Filmworks has done wonderfully by fans of this show that doesn’t fit what much of anime is like in the last few years and has given it a solid dub as well, something that still surprises me a lot. Golgo 13 is a strong, fun and enjoyable show that harkens back to anime of old with all the style and technical mastery of the present. Highly recommended.

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Golgo 13: Collection 1 (2010) [Episodes 1-13] is here
Golgo 13: Collection 2 (2010) [Episodes 14-26] is here
Golgo 13: Collection 3 (2012) [Episodes 27-38] is here

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