Gungrave Episodes
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| 1 | Destroyer in the Dusk |
| In the slums of Billion city, A girl named Mika and an old man called Dr. T, discuss the fate of Brandon Heat, aka Beyond the Grave, a man who cannot die. Mika awakens Grave and they proceed to a near-by graveyard where Orgmonsters and armed men in black attacks them. Grave defeats the Orgmonsters, but not before one of them sends a picture to their higher-up, Harry, who vows to kill Grave as many times as it takes. |
| 2 | Young Dogs |
| Brandon relives his teen years as a thug under the mob boss, Descartes. He and his friend Nathan, Harry and Kenny get into a trivial fight with Deed's gang over a girl named Maria. Their friend and cook, Jolice, ends up dead, a casualty for their actions. |
| 3 | Rain |
| After Jolice's murder, The gang flees to the sewers to regroup. Maria's uncle, Jester, gives Brandon money to get out of town. Jester is shot and killed by Ladd, who also guns down Nathan and Kenny. Ladd and Bear have a shoot out and Ladd ends up dead. Harry kills Deeds. |
| 4 | Go |
| Harry angers the local crime boss, Descartes and he orders his men after Harry and Brandon. Another Crime boss, "Daddy" meets Maria at her home. Harry and Brandon visit the graves of their fallen comrades and end up in a shoot out with Descartes' men. Harry surrenders to protect Brandon.Harry and Brandon threaten and steal their way to the town’s crime money, and are allowed to join Millennion. |
| 5 | Millennion |
| Harry and Brandon enter Millennion.Brandon is assigned to one of the offices where bets and loan sharking are managed.Brandon and Harry meet again 4 months later, and Harry is trying to enter the business world and make it to the top. Brandon is called in to deal with two thieves who are then executed by his superior.It is reveled that Harry gave Brandon the assignment. |
| 6 | Big Daddy |
| After a clandestine meeting with Maria,who is now a part of Daddy's "family", Brandon is ordered never to see her again. Two thugs take Brandon to Big Daddy's mansion to explain Maria's circumstances.Harry teams up with Lee to protect Big Daddy's upcoming party from the Lightening organization. As the Lightening Gang attacks, Brandon saves Big Daddy from an assassination attempt and is wounded in the process. |
| 7 | 5 Years Later |
| It is 5 years later. Brandon has become a Millennion hitman and Harry has risen through the business ranks. An assassin, Bunji is hired to kill them and start a gang war. Harry has been invited to join the Family and Brandon still visits Maria. Bunji is set up by the company who hired him and He and Harry stage Harry's death. Bunji then joins Millennion. |
| 8 | Family |
| Harry and Brandon are inducted into the Family. Bear catches up with an old friend, Sid. Harry begins to date Bear's youngest daughter, Sherry. Sid and Bear catch up and Sid helps his son Eddie skip town. Bear puts a gun to Sid's head but cannot pull the trigger. Brandon kills Sid. |
| 9 | Dispute |
| Blood War, a member of Volcano, is released from eight years of prison.He meets up with Cannon Vulcan, a member of Lightening and a close ally, who shows him a machine which can bring things back from the dead and mutate them. Harry and Brandon are sent out to get a closer look. Vulcan reviles that he is now the leader of the Lightening Gang.Blood executes all 23 of the men in his troop, and Cannon is seen striking up some kind of deal with Lee. |
| 10 | Conflict |
| Blood's fallen comrades are brought back to life. Blood meets up with Bunji and Brandon. Bombs go off all over the city. Brandon and Bunji are captured by Blood and his deadmen. Blood will release them in exchange for Big Daddy. Brandon has a plan of his own and discovers that Lee has betrayed them to the Lightening Gang. He fights the deadmen. |
| 11 | Heat |
| Brandon fights the deadmen. Lee ,using speed and stealth tactics, begins planting needles in various parts of Harry’s body, as the Millennion exec tries in vain to shoot him. Bunji arrives. Lee confronts Cannon about why he killed their father and what his true intentions are. The deadmen begin to decompose and Tokioka reveals that the span of the necrolyzation was only one week. Blood is shot in the chest by Brandon. Cannon is killed by Harry. Blood kills himself. He becomes a deadman and Brandon kills him once and for all. |
| 12 | Kind |
| It has been 3 years wince Maria has seen Brandon. Bear confronts his daughter about dating Harry. Big Daddy tells Maria that he’d like Harry and Brandon to be his successors to the "corporation". Harry asks Tokioka to continue his research at Millennion. |
| 13 | Betrayal |
| Harry is investigated for embezzlement by Randy. He buys a house for him and Sherry to live in after they are married. Brandon is tricked by Big Daddy into a room with Maria. He reveals to her he is a hitman. Randy is killed by Bunji for betraying Harry. Brandon executes Randy's innocnet subordinates. |
| 14 | Die |
| Maria and Big Daddy are together. Maria is pregnant. Big Daddy resigned and leaves the "company" to Alzac Tino. Brandon and Harry meet up three months later. Tino falls mysteriously ill. Brandon punches Harry after Harry suggests they kill Big Daddy. Brandon puts the gun to Harry's head but is unable to pull the trigger. Harry shoots Brandon 9 times and once in the eye. |
| 15 | Harry |
| At Brandon's funeral, Big Daddy ask Harry to kill him after he lies about Brandon's betrayal. Harry takes over the company. BD wants to leave with Maria, who is pregant. Bear stays on to protect Harry. Briscoe arrives. Tokioka is hesietant about activating Tokioka activates his ultimate weapon: Brandon. |
| 16 | Letter |
| Harry and company try to determine what happened at Tokioka’s lab.Laguna Glock, appears, claiming that he has devised a new form of Necrolyzation that can be used on living test subjects.In a letter, Brandon confesses that he knew all of Harry’s secret plans. BD tells Maria Brandon is alive. Big Daddy is shot by Bunji, as he points a gun at Harry. Harry then kills BD, enraged, saying that it was BD that took Brandon away from him. |
| 17 | Mika |
| Bear and Bob are overseeing the production of new Org soldiers, the new name for deadmen. Harry hands out toys at the orphanage he grew up in.He receives a message about the whereabouts of Maria and her daughter, Mika. Maria asks Tokioka to get Mika to safely. Millennion members execute Maria while Mika escapes. Tokioka explains to Mika her heritage, and they are attacked by Org men. Mika escapes. She is found by Tokioka's younger brother, Dr. Tokioka. They are again attacked by Orgmen, Mika screams for help, wakening Grave (Brandon) from his slumber. |
| 18 | Grave |
| Grave retells the first episodes, with additional clips on Mika and Brandon. Lee determines Brandon was necrolyzed 13 years ago, and Bunji options to be the one to kill him, however, Bob requests that he be allowed to fight Brandon first, foreshadowing the following episode. |
| 19 | Superior |
| In a flashback,Bob is in the hospital with a blood clot on his brain. To save him, Lee performs the Orgman procedure on Bob and himself. In the present, Brandon and Mika shop for supplies. Millenion member, Scott, gives Mika a run down of Harry, his "Big Four" subordinates and the OrgMen. Brandon/Grave hears about a party which is going to attended by Millenion executives. Brandon heads out to the party. Harry, Bunji, Lee and Bear escape, leaving Bob to finish Brandon off. Bob is winning until Brandon's memories come flooding back. Grave kills Bob and vows to protect Mika. |
| 20 | Brother |
| Lee asks Bear to hold off any attack on Brandon, allowing Lee to execute Brandon personally.Mika pressures Grave for details about Maria’s life. Harry realizes that Tokioka is the one who has been maintaining Brandon for all these years. Grave shows Mika where Maria used to live in the slums, summoning more memories of Maria into Brandon’s mind. Bunji is waiting for them and he and Brandon fight. Mika stops Brandon. It is unkown whether Bunji is alive or dead. |
| 21 | Duty |
| Dr. T sneaks Grave and Mika into the suburbs, dropping the two off at Gary and Widge’s house.Brandon heads out. Bunji is seen being thrown out of a bar. Grave drives up to the checkpoint just outside Millennion HQ, in an attempt to get their immediate attention. Instead of killing him outright, Lee wishes to make him suffer. Widge and Gary persuade Mika not to head out after Brandon and they tell her the same story BD told Brandon in Episode 5. Lee invades the house. Mika is captured. Bunji hands his body over to the Orgmen project. |
| 22 | Remorse |
| A Millennion radio message loops, asking Grave to appear at Southport Station at 3, or they’ll kill Mika.At Millennion HQ, Mika awakes to find Lee, followed suit by Harry, with Harry admitting that, not only did he kill her mother and the elder Tokioka, but also her father. Grave arrives before Lee and Mika. Grave stops when Lee puts a knife to Mika's throat. Lee asks if Grave killed Bob. Grave nodds and Lee attacks. Dr. T helps Mika and Grave escape. Grave kills Lee. Dr. T dies of blood loss. |
| 23 | Daughter |
| Mika and Grave stand in a cemetery, where everyone killed so far is buried. Millenion declared war on Brandon. The Millenion executives ask Harry to step down.Mika tries to convince Grave to leave town with her, She is falling in love with him. Bear pressures Harry and Sherry to give him a grandchild. Bear and Brandon fight. Brandon kills Bear. |
| 24 | Last Bullet |
| Harry is seen wandering through the wreckage of Glock’s lab, after Grave has destroyed it. Billon City is deserted. Harry and Sherry make preparations to leave, Sherry asks Harry to let her die first; their butler, Harrison levels a gun at them, and begins to apologize when he’s suddenly shot in the back by Bear’s remnant Over Kills. Grave's body begins to decay. Bunji and Grave fight in the Millenion HQ. Sherry is killed as Harry tries to get her to safety. Grave's arm falls off. |
| 25 | Lasy Then |
| Harry is pursued by Millenion executives. As Brandon wanders aimlessly from Billion to the streets of his former slum home, Harry activates a secret supply of OrgMan soldiers. Mika attempts to find Brandon and is informed that since Harry is no longer the head of Millenion the hit on her has been dropped. Harry crashed his car in the slums after avoiding Bunji's cat. There is a flashback sequence featuring a Young Harry, Brandon and Maria in which Brandon saves Maria from a gang and falls in love with her. Grave levels his gun to Harry’s head. After great duress, Grave pulls the trigger only to discover he’s out of ammo. The two stand, stock-still, and burst into laughter. |
| 26 | Dusk of the Destroyers (Run) |
| Brandon and Harry settle down into their respective seats within the long dilapidated gang hideout of their youth. They discuss their actions of the past. Brandon grows weaker and weaker and the hideout is showered with bullets. Harry is hit in the chest As Harry lays there, he reflects on how much he enjoyed life in the slums. and Brandon begins to see the spirits of those who have passed on. Harry asks Brandon to kill him Briscoe decides to give Mika a ride to the scene.Harry reflects on all those people he’s loved. Brandon uses his body to shield Harry from all the rubble. Brandon fights the troopers. Harry is shot.Brandon realizes he has no regrets. The two, tears in their eyes, level their guns at each other...Mika runs into the debris, looking for Brandon. Mika smiles, saying "A family… We’re a family... Right? Now and forever..." |
