History Manga / Gangsta

* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: The Twilights of the Paulklee Guild include [[Myth/KingArthur Galahad, Gawain, Bors, Tristan, Lancelot, and Arthur]].

* KillEmAll: It's revealed to be the government's plan in Chapter 54 [[spoiler:since they now have a new method of producing supersoldiers, both the Twilights and Destroyers are no longer needed and are designated to be completely exterminated]].

** What goes into making a Twilight it seems, making them more or less super-powered {{ill girl}}s and boys.

%% IllGirl: [[spoiler:The Twilight girl Big Mama is housing at the brothel]].

''Gangsta.'' (often stylized ''GANGSTA.'') is a {{Seinen}} action manga written and drawn by Kohske, which began serialization in ''Monthly Comic @BUNCH'' in 2011 and is still ongoing. It's set in [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield what appears to be a Mediterranean country]] and follows the exploits of two NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters, Nicolas and Worick. You see, Nicolas and Worick are "Benriya," ("Handyman") bodyguards-for-hire. They take jobs from gangs to prostitutes to cops and everyone in between. While on a job, they cross paths with Alex, a former prostitute and hire her as their secretary.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Worick Arcangelo. Partially subverted, his real name is Wallace.

%% {{Meganekko}}: Ginger.

''Gangsta.'' (often stylized ''GANGSTA.'') is a {{Seinen}} action manga written and drawn by Kohske. It's set in [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield what appears to be a Mediterranean country]] and follows the exploits of two NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters, Nicolas and Worick. You see, Nicolas and Worick are "Benriya," ("Handyman") bodyguards-for-hire. They take jobs from gangs to prostitutes to cops and everyone in between. While on a job, they cross paths with Alex, a former prostitute and hire her as their secretary.

The series has a spin-off mini-series focusing on Marco Adriano's past [[spoiler:as a Destroyer]] called ''GANGSTA:CURSED.: EP_Marco Adriano''. It also has its own [[http://gangsta.wikia.com/wiki/GANGSTA._Wiki wiki]].

''Gangsta.'' (often stylized ''GANGSTA.'') is a {{Seinen}} action manga written and drawn by Kohske. It's set in [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield what appears to be a Mediterranean country]] and follows the exploits of two NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters, Nicolas and Worick. You see, Nicolas and Worick are "Benriya," ("Handyman") bodyguards-for-hire. They take jobs from gangs to prostitutes to cops and everyone in between. While on a job, they cross paths with Alex, a former prostitute and hire her as their secretary.

** Worick's father [[spoiler: put a lit cigarette out in [[EyeScream Worick's eye]]]] It's implied that [[spoiler:Nicolas killed him for it.]]

** Nic's [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] is apparently so sharp that it can cut through stone walls, as well as [[spoiler: Doug's [[KukrisAreKool kukris]]]].
** Speaking of [[spoiler: Doug]], he wields some [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharp blades]] of his own. His [[KukrisAreKool kukris]] are apparently sharp enough to slice through guns.

* BadBoss: A B-level Twilight smashes one of his underlings into a wall when he tells him some bad news. And then that Twilight is [[LaserGuidedKarma killed by]] ''[[LaserGuidedKarma his]]'' [[LaserGuidedKarma boss.]]

* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: Right as Alex is about to turn an alley during her search for one of Worick's clients' missing cat, she hears the threats and beatings of a bunch of men to a homeless, half-starved-looking Twilight girl, [[spoiler: and just as they begin talking about doing worse to her, ''Alex suddenly leaps out to smash the man saying so in the face with a steel pipe''. Definitely awesome.]]
* BizarreBabyBoom: The Twilights are the children of those who used Celebrer, a drug that enhanced strength, speed and agility and was used during wartime. Twilights inherit these traits but are most often affected by genetic, mental and physical deficiencies and are not particularly long-lived (hence the name).

* CoolOldLady: Big Mama Georgiana, the head of the Corsica brothel. She's even nice to [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Nic.]]
* CreepyChild: Mikhail, [[spoiler:who began the most recent Twilight Hunt that has led to the escalating violence and massacres against Twilights, has no sense of the height of what he's done besides "wanting [their] dog tag," and seems to have enjoyed slaughtering those he had already done so, possibly due to being raised and twisted into thinking that way, considering his young age]].

* DeadlyDoctor: Dr. Theo may be missing a few fingers but he is not to be messed with. And [[PapaWolf stay away from Nina.]]

* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: The Twilight, a "race" of people who are technically human but are for the most part considered monsters due to their SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, etc. The genesis of the Twilight comes from the PsychoSerum ''Célèbre'', a highly addictive drug created a century ago for use in wartime - but when it was found that Twilights had both drastically decreased lifespans compared to normal humans ''and'' that the child of any Twilight would almost certainly be born Twilight themselves the minority group was [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman quickly shafted into becoming a]] SlaveRace [[SuperHumanTrafficking for the majority.]]

%%* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Twilights. Although, this is used in universe to describe [[spoiler: the Destroyers]].

** It's solidly established that Twilights are second class citizens at best, and considered vermin to be exterminated at worst. Systematic oppression is everywhere: they're marked from birth with tags, legal slavery only recently ended, Ergastulum was established as a Twilight ghetto, only one clinic in the ''entire city'' helps Twilight orphans, and they're erased from city records immediately after death (not to mention that they don't even have single graves with headstones).
** It's stated the [[spoiler:government itself]] is backing the extermination going on now with [[spoiler:the Destroyers.]]
* FeelNoPain: Nicolas sometimes [[spoiler: takes an overdose of his Twilight meds to give himself an edge over his opponents]]. This is also a sign of imminent death among Twilights.

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Worick has to headbutt Alex to [[spoiler: keep her from going into hysterics as a result of her PsychoSerum.]]

%% TheGunslinger: Worick, despite [[EyepatchOfPower his handicap.]]

** Alex is annoyed that Nina knows ''[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold exactly]]'' what Worick's day job is. He's been doing it since [[spoiler:he was ''thirteen years old''. Not to mention he's an orphan whose family died horribly.]]
** Nicolas is a [[spoiler:former child soldier.]]

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Alex used to be this. Gender-inverted in Worick; he's a [[SpearCounterpart Gigolo]] with a Heart of Gold. He's [[ReallyGetsAround quite popular too.]]

%% IllGirl: [[spoiler:The Twilight girl Big Mama is housing at the brothel.]]

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Nicolas wields one that is apparently capable of [[spoiler: breaking both of Doug's kukris]].
* KillEmAll: It's revealed to be the government's plan in Chapter 54 [[spoiler:since they now have a new method of producing supersoldiers, both the Twilights and Destroyers are no longer needed and are designated to be completely exterminated.]]

** Twilights are most often the children and descendants of Celebrer users. Celebrer was a body modification drug created during wartimes to enhance strength, speed and agility, all of which it did, at the cost of being mostly toxic in large or repeated dosages. Besides gaining physical strength similar to their parents, Twilights are most often affected by genetic, mental and physical deficiencies and are not particularly long-lived (hence the name [[MeaningfulName "Twilight"]]). Because a Twilight must take Celebrer to control their withdrawal symptoms, it's assumed that if a Twilight has children, they will also be Twilights.

* LyricalDissonance: In print form, anyway. Provided by a beatdown of Anti-Twiight attackers to "Stand By Me".

* MeaningfulName: Many, but the name of the city the Benriya lives in stands out--Ergastulum, derived from a term for the dark confines whereupon Roman slaves were chained up and/or punished by way of back-breaking work.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Ivan Glaziev]] for the Corsica Family. Subverted when we find out that [[spoiler: his boss is also in on the Twilight extermination plan]].

* {{Omake}}: So far, about the cast taking care of a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter baby sparrow.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Did Nicolas just [[SilentBob speak?]] Has Worick stopped acting like a HandsomeLech? SHIT JUST GOT REAL.
* PhotographicMemory: Worick. After flipping through a book of crime scene notes, he proceeds to rattle off various details about the people in them shown dismembered. [[spoiler:He doesn't even need 5 minutes to go through the information outlining the purge of Ergastulum.]]

%% PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Worick's wealthy family.]]

** [[spoiler:Barry used this to control his prostitutes, notably Alex.]]

** It was common back in the day to rape female Twilights in order [[LamarckWasRight to obtain more Twilights.]]

%% RedRightHand: Tagged people and their...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tags.]]

** Generally all of the normal mooks when they face off against Twilights.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Inverted. When Alex goes out on a errand with Nic, an old lady asks why she (a former hooker) is still hanging around with Benriya. Nic says because "She's my woman." He's lying for the sake of simplicity though.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: In chapter 20, a Twilight is forced to attack the heroes to save his family. He ultimately fails and dies in his mission but as it turns out, [[spoiler:his family was killed before he even made it to his destination.]]
* ShownTheirWork: Nicolas' voice actor in both Japanese and English emulates the slightly slurred speech of real-life deaf people fairly well in both languages. This is because due to a lack of hearing, deaf individuals have a tough time gauging things like their volume or speech patterns. A demonstration of this in the English dub can be seen[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y85f_yFx5KY here.]]
%% ShrinkingViolet: Nina, [[{{Moe}} awwwww.]] Also Ginger the Twilight, but she's still [[BewareTheNiceOnes a Twilight.]]

%% SilentSnarker: Nicolas, [[HandSignals constantly.]]

* STDImmunity: Both Alex and Worick are prostitute and gigolo respectively, but they're shown to be quite healthy and in peak condition. No sign of AIDS, Syphilis or anything nasty, common in the work.

* SuperhumanTrafficking: The [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Twilights]], all of whom have SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, etc., constantly face FantasticRacism and were legal to enslave until just a few years before the main story starts. The only reason normals got away with this sort of treatment is because Twilights are a very small minority of the population and all of them are hopelessly addicted to the pricey drug ''Célèbre'', which many slave masters used to control them. For example, [[spoiler: one of the main reasons Nicolas never ran away from his highly abusive owners as a child was because they provided him with just enough ''Célèbre'' to keep him barely lucid.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Marco and his love die next to one another.]]

** When the B-level Twilight threatens Nicolas. Nicolas is, for the record, an [[EvilerThanThou A-level]] Twilight. [[CurbStompBattle Guess what happens.]]
** Doug underestimates Delico, who is a D-level Twilight because Doug himself is an A-level. This is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] because while Doug is mostly right, Delico manages to disrupt Doug's attempts on Monroe's life long enough for [[BigDamnHeroes Nicolas to show up.]]

** It seems likely to be an alternate history (or perhaps future?), since there's mention of Alex possibly being [[spoiler:part Chinese as well as black. Which would be an acknowledgement of China existing in the world]].

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: All of the Twilights as well as the Destroyers barring Erika since they've managed to find a means of mass producing similar hunters as disposable units near instantly. That means they have no need for either Twilights or Ergastulum, and have put together an extermination unit to purge them as a show of force.]]

* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Doug, a Twilight wielding kukris, who isn't [[OlderThanTheyLook actually a child.]]

** Often invoked. See "Rape as Drama."

%% ThoseTwoBadGuys: Worick and Nicolas before Alex came along.

%% BadDreams: ''Day''dreams, [[spoiler:Alex]] is having them, thanks to PsychoSerum.

Not to be confused with GangstaRap, GangstaStyle, NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters or DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster, though that pops up quite a lot.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In chapter 12, Worick can be seen reading {{Hamlet}}.

%% DreadlockWarrior: Galahad of the Cristianos, one of Loretta's enforcers.

%% TheMedic: Dr. Theo and Nina.

* PhotographicMemory: Worick. After flipping through a book of crime scene notes, he proceeds to rattle off various details about the people in them shown dismembered.

%% ReasonableAuthorityFigure: So far... Chad the police officer, Daniel of the Monroe family, Big Mama Georgiana the madame, and Loretta of the Cristianos.

* HarmfulToMinors: Alex is annoyed that Nina knows ''[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold exactly]]'' what Worick's day job is. He's been doing it since [[spoiler:he was ''thirteen years old''. Not to mention he's an orphan whose family died horribly.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Marco and his love die next to one another.]]

* AffablyEvil: Most of the gangsters we see.

* AudienceSurrogate: Alex. Also, the UnfazedEveryman.

* AxCrazy: Nicolas and many other members of the Twilight.

* BadDreams: ''Day''dreams, [[spoiler:Alex]] is having them, thanks to PsychoSerum.
* TheBaroness: Gina Paulklee has this vibe.

* BoobsOfSteel: Ginger.

* TheChick: Alex.

* ChildSoldiers: [[spoiler:Nicolas.]]

* CoolOldGuy: Chad the police officer and Monroe the mafioso.

* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Doug, a Twilight wielding kukris, who (of course) isn't [[OlderThanTheyLook actually a child.]]

* DreadlockWarrior: Galahad of the Cristianos, one of Loretta's enforcers.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Remember when [[ThouShaltNotKillMuggles Nic]] [[OffWithHisHead beheaded someone]] in the first chapter? Yeah, so do I.

* EyepatchOfPower: Worick.
* EyeScream: We're treated a brief flashback of how he lost it. [[AbusiveParents Charming.]]
* FangsAreEvil: Mikhail.

* FemaleGaze: ''Hello, Nicolas and Worick.''

* TheGadfly: Worick and Nicolas sometimes just delight in annoying people.

* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Doug is a Boy with a Psycho Weapon.
* TheGunslinger: Worick, despite [[EyepatchOfPower his handicap.]]

* HarmfulToMinors: Alex is annoyed that Nina knows [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold EXACTLY]] what Worick's day job is.
** [[spoiler:Speaking of Worick, he's been doing it since he was THIRTEEN YEARS OLD. Not to mention he's an orphan whose family died horribly.]]
** [[spoiler:Nicolas is a former child soldier.]]
** Being born a Twilight tends to cause this.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Whenever it's funny.

* HollywoodSilencer: in the second episode of the anime, Worick shoots a couple of criminals with a silenced pistol, needless to say, it plays this trope straight.
* IllGirl: [[spoiler:The Twilight girl Big Mama is housing at the brothel.]]
* InASingleBound: Twilights are fond of doing this.
* InscrutableOriental: Nic.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nicolas.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Nicolas wields one.
** And is apparently capable of [[spoiler: breaking both of Doug's kukris]] with it.
* KnightOfCerebus: The plot finally arrived when Doug showed up.
* KukrisAreKool: Doug the Twilight.

* LethalChef: Do NOT let Nicolas in your kitchen.
* LightningBruiser: Of the Hard-Hitting Speedster variety.
* LittleMissSnarker: Loretta, to go with her NervesOfSteel.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Worick.

* MaleGaze: Planted firmly on Alex.

* TheMedic: Dr. Theo and Nina.
* {{Meganekko}}: Ginger.

* MoralityPet: Nina to Nicolas.
* MrFanservice: Worick. Also Nicolas, to a certain extent.
* MsFanservice: Alex.

** Cody the police officer.

* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: Everywhere, including Worick and Nicolas.

* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Worick's wealthy family.]]

** Horrifyingly enough, it was common back in the day to rape female Twilights in order [[LamarckWasRight to obtain more Twilights.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: So far... Chad the police officer, Daniel of the Monroe family, Big Mama Georgiana the madame, and Loretta of the Cristianos.
* RedRightHand: Tagged people and their...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tags.]]

* ScaryBlackMan: The B-level Twilight. He also has SuperStrength.
** Galahad is a heroic one.
* SexySecretary: Alex's job.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: In chapter 20, a Twilight is forced to attack the heroes to save his family. He ultimately fails and dies in his mission but as it turns out, [[spoiler:his family was killed [[ToThePain (brutally)]] before he even made it to his destination. [[MoralEventHorizon Harsh.]]]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Nina, [[{{Moe}} awwwww.]] Also Ginger the Twilight, but she's still [[BewareTheNiceOnes a Twilight.]]

* SilentSnarker: Nicolas, [[HandSignals constantly.]]
* SlasherSmile: Mikhail's is especially frightening because he is a 10 year old CHILD.
** If you see either Worick or Nic sporting one, that's your cue to run. Run ''fast.''
* SociopathicHero: Nicolas again.
* SonOfAWhore: Lots. Nicolas, Worrick, and Loretta are just a few mentioned.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' anime series and, to a lesser extent, ''Manga/BlackLagoon''.
* StoicSpectacles: Dr. Theo, [[NotSoStoic unless]] you [[BerserkButton damage his hospital]].

** Monroe is this to his group, the Cristianos.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Worick and Nicolas before Alex came along.

* ToThePain: Told to a Twilight [[spoiler:about his family]].

* {{Tsundere}}: Alex, Type B. Mostly to [[HandsomeLech Worick]].

* VocalDissonance: EvilSoundsDeep, doesn't it, Doug?
* TheWatson: Alex, again.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: At work with the Twilights, though technically they ARE human too.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Loretta.
* WretchedHive: Ergastulum is not a happy place to live.

** EyeScream: We're treated a brief flashback of how he lost it. [[AbusiveParents Charming.]]

** LightningBruiser: Of the Hard-Hitting Speedster variety.

** HeroicComedicSociopath: Whenever it's funny.

* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where The Hell Is Ergastulum?]]:

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Worick's father [[MoralEventHorizon put a lit cigarette out in]] [[EyeScream Worick's eye.]] It's implied that Nicolas killed him for it.]]
** [[spoiler:Nicolas' dad doesn't think of him as human, and treats him like he's eventual garbage to throw away. In fact, Nicolas' father had him just so he wouldn't have to pay for a Twilight mercenary. He killed Nicolas' mother after she gave birth to him and then decided to raise Nicolas as his personal weapon.]]
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Nic's [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] is apparently so sharp that it can cut through stone walls, as well as [[spoiler: Doug's [[KukrisAreKool kukris]]]].

* BadBoss: A B-level Twilight smashes one of his underlings into a wall when he tells him some bad news.
** And then that Twilight is [[LaserGuidedKarma killed by]] ''[[LaserGuidedKarma his]]'' [[LaserGuidedKarma boss.]]

* FantasticRacism: It's solidly established that Twilights are second class citizens at best, and considered vermin to be exterminated at worst. Systematic oppression is everywhere: they're marked from birth with tags, legal slavery only recently ended, Ergastulum was established as a Twilight ghetto, only one clinic in the ''entire city'' helps Twilight orphans, and they're erased from city records immediately after death (not to mention that they don't even have single graves with headstones).
** [[spoiler:It's stated the government itself is backing the extermination going on now with the Destroyers.]]

* {{Fingore}}: Happened to Dr. Theo at some point, as he's missing [[{{Yubitsume}} his pinky and ring finger]] on one of his hands.
** [[spoiler: When Connie's left arm is discovered, her ring finger is missing.]]

* LamarckWasRight: Twilights are most often the children and descendants of Celebrer users. Celebrer was a body modification drug created during wartimes to enhance strength, speed and agility, all of which it did, at the cost of being mostly toxic in large or repeated dosages. Besides gaining physical strength similar to their parents, Twilights are most often affected by genetic, mental and physical deficiencies and are not particularly long-lived (hence the name [[MeaningfulName "Twilight"]]). Because a Twilight must take Celebrer to control their withdrawal symptoms, it's assumed that if a Twilight has children, they will also be Twilights.

* NaiveNewcomer: Cody the police officer.
** Alex also qualifies, due to her being unaware of the Twilights and a lot of the aspects of the city, which revolves heavily around said Twilights.
* TheNapoleon: While not a midget, Nicolas is shorter than most of the other men in the manga. Mentioning it doesn't send him into a violent rage but it does annoy him. He certainly doesn't like women taller than he is.
** Doug, the kukri-wielding Twilight, turns out to be [[spoiler:an adult with a body that hasn't aged properly since he was 12 (although his [[VocalDissonance larynx seems to have developed]])]]. Either way, he's a total badass.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Nicolas points out that he hasn't changed much physically since he was 17.

* PoliceAreUseless: The police in Ergastulum are highly corrupt and powerless to act against the major crime families that run the city. Not to mention, the police are all normal people, meaning they'd stand no chance against high powered Twilights, anyways.

* PsychoSerum: What goes into making a Twilight it seems, making them more or less super-powered {{ill girl}}s and boys.

* RapeAsDrama: Horrifyingly enough, it was common back in the day to rape female Twilights in order [[LamarckWasRight to obtain more Twilights.]]
** [[spoiler:Alex dreams a memory in which she's raped by a Twilight, and it's pretty clear Barry sexually abused her as well.]]

* RedShirtArmy: Generally all of the normal mooks when they face off against Twilights.
** And later, [[spoiler:the Twilight mercenaries from the Paulkee Guild, including Doug, are slaughtered by just two Hunters]].

* SlasherSmile: If you see either Worick or Nic sporting one, that's your cue to run. Run ''fast.''
** Mikhail's is especially frightening because he is a 10 year old CHILD.

** Twilights must not intentionally kill humans.
** Twilights must obey an order given to them by a human, so long as it doesn't conflict with Article 1.
** A Twilight has the right to defend its own existence, so long as it doesn't conflict with Articles 1 and 2.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: When the B-level Twilight threatens Nicolas. Nicolas is, for the record, an [[EvilerThanThou A-level]] Twilight. [[CurbStompBattle Guess what happens.]]

* [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Where The Hell Is Ergastulum?]]: In the beginning it seems as though all the action is happening in a Mediterranean country, with Italian (especially) and Greek naming conventions prominent; however, there are odd names out, such as Cody, and in chapter 8 a man is seen passing what look like American hundred dollar bills, with the vague profile of Ben Franklin on them. Then it's finally revealed that Ergastulum is its own city-state on/by an unnamed continent, with its own history. Not long after that, it's heavily implied to be either part of an alternate history or possibly even part of a completely different world from Earth (this is not entirely clear from the get-go, considering the otherwise realistic backdrop).

* DynamicEntry: [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/gangsta/v02/c008/31.html Hi, Nic.]]
** Nic [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/141841/gangsta_ch18_by_easy-going-scans/22 loves]] [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/179498/gangsta_ch21_by_easy-going-scans/31 this trope.]]

* TwoGuysAndAGirl

* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster
* DarkAndTroubledPast

* DopeSlap

* TheMafia

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Worick Arcangelo.

* {{Badass}}: Nicolas, for sure. Worick also has his moments.
** BadassInANiceSuit: Oh, so many.
** EmpoweredBadassNormal: Twilights. Although, this is used in universe to describe [[spoiler: the Destroyers]].
** HandicappedBadass: Worick's missing an eye and Nicolas is deaf.

''Gangsta.'' (often stylized '''GANGSTA.''') is a {{Seinen}} action manga written and drawn by Kohske. It's set in [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield what appears to be a Mediterranean country]] and follows the exploits of two NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters, Nicolas and Worick. You see, Nicolas and Worick are "Benriya," ("Handyman") bodyguards-for-hire. They take jobs from gangs to prostitutes to cops and everyone in between. While on a job, they cross paths with Alex, a former prostitute and hire her as their secretary.

* WomanInBlack: Alex, when she goes out with the boys on official assignments.