Plot Summary: In the country of Gazth-Sonika, civil war rages. There, a mercenary called Madlax plies her trade, with almost supernatural skill. In the seemingly peaceful country of Nafrece, Margaret Burton lives a tranquil life. As separate as their lives may seem, the two are connected by ties of mystery, and by a holy book that is also sought by the shadowy organisation, Enfant. As Margaret and Madlax follow the path of their destiny, they come ever closer to uncovering the truth - with no guarantee that it is a truth they can bear to learn. ~ IMDb
Genres: action, drama, mystery, psychological, supernatural
Themes: assassins, girls with guns, military
Comment: I totally loved this anime! There was lots of mystery, action scenes, violence, and what it means to have friends in life, or to look after someone you care so much about, and protect this person with your life. It was almost heart-touching seeing Madlax, a professional mercenary-for-hire AKA "kind assassin", turning from a "robotic-killing-machine" to a person who was actually regretting what she was doing, that she could kill people very easily and yet feel nothing, not even compassion. She was never happy with her life, but she felt like it was her only purpose.
Margaret Burton, the other lead role, was the most boring character, EVER! She has all money in the world, lives with a maid who takes care of her, lives in a mansion, yet her life was dull, in great contrast to Madlax' life. Given that Margaret has lost her memory, almost didn't have a personality, but did she really have to be THAT boring, "dumb" and "naive", too? I mean, yes, I understood later on why she was like that, and her link to Madlax, why they were so much alike despite the differences, but still. As much as I have loved Madlax's character, I have disliked Margaret's.
However, watching this anime requires a lot of patience to finally understand what was going on, because the pace of the plot was horrendously slow! Anyway, this was my opinion of this anime, read my first impression in this post.
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