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In a [[Next Sunday ADA.D.|not-too-distant future]], convicts are imprisoned in penal satellites orbiting around the Earth. Some convicts with 'skills' considered profitable to the general public are offered jobs as special police officers, allowing them to earn time against their sentences. The catch: they have an explosive collar on their neck at all times, which will explode when: 1. Tampered with. 2. A mission time limit is reached. 3. Whenever the warden damn well feels like it. Three such lucky men: Sengoku, the foulmouthed anti-hero; Merrill "Benten" Yanagawa, the effeminate razor-wire wielding assassin-type; and Gabimaru "Gogul" Rikiya, the imposing, gruff hacker with the cool visor, are put under the watch of Hasegawa, the warden.
# Tampered with.
# A mission time limit is reached.
# Whenever the warden damn well feels like it.
Three such lucky men: Sengoku, the foulmouthed anti-hero; Merrill "Benten" Yanagawa, the effeminate razor-wire wielding assassin-type; and Gabimaru "Gogul" Rikiya, the imposing, gruff hacker with the cool visor, are put under the watch of Hasegawa, the warden.
 
Each criminal-turned-almost-unwilling-cop gets his own focus episode throughout the 3-episode OVA series, with plenty of trademark [[Yoshiaki Kawajiri]] action and character designs all over the place.
 
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* [[Anti-Hero]] - The three protagonists are all anti-heroes by proxy, seeing as how they're all convicts.
** Honestly, however, none of them are actually ''evil'' people. Sengoku is kind of an [[Jerkass|asshole]], but [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|when it comes down to it]] [[Good Is Not Nice|he's a good guy.]] Gogol is a [[Gentle Giant]] in prison for hacking offenses, and Benten is a [[Warrior Poet]].
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* [[Boxed Crook]]
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]] - The dub. Like most Manga UK dubs, however, it actually works... Mostly because it was ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo1gm4pC1ck hilarious]''. Thanks to [[YouTube]], one quote from Benten in particular has become a borderline-[[Memetic Mutation|meme]]:
{{quote| Get lost. You wouldn't recognize a goddamn vampire if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your fucking dick. So just get off my back.}}
* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Cyberpunk]]
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* [[The Slow Walk]] - Sengoku at the end of the first episode.
* [[Thrown Out the Airlock]] - Tried against the [[Big Bad]] of Benten's focus episode. It doesn't work. It aggressively doesn't work.
* [[Villainous Crossdresser]] - Benten, sort of. While not an outright villain, he's a pretty bad guy. Certainly not a [[Wholesome Crossdresser]], because there is nothing wholesome on this show.
* [[Your Head Asplode]] - The end result of the collars.
 
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