GetBackers story arcs

This article lists the story arcs of the manga version of GetBackers. More information can be found in the characters' descriptions. Also, the GB duo and the Honky Tonk crew are not listed in the returning characters' section.

1. Enter The GetBackers
The GetBackers Recovery Service has fallen on hard times. Even more so when almost all their money has to be used to release Ban's impounded car. The pair are almost starving when an old homeless man takes pity on them and gives them something to eat. Ginji persuades Ban to accept the old man's request to get back his daughter.


 * Contained in Volumes: 1 (anime episode 2)
 * New Characters: Ban Mido, Ginji Amano

2. The Case of the Unlucky Cat
A young lady hires the GetBackers to recover a stolen 'beckoning cat' statue telling them it is an heirloom of her grandfather. The statue is damaged during the recovery and the real item required by their client, who lied to them, is lost...


 * Contained in Volumes: 1, 2
 * New Characters: Hevn, Natsumi Mizuki, Paul Wan
 * Note: The Honky Tonk cafe first appears in this act.
 * Note: Ginji's former connection with the Volts gang is first revealed.

3. Givers and Takers
The GetBackers are hired by a politician to recover a stolen box containing a precious object. This job requires Ban and Ginji to confront a gang of Transporters moving the box. The Transporters include a former associate of Ban, Himiko Kudou, who now bears a grudge against him.


 * Contained in Volumes: 2, 3 (anime episodes 3-5)
 * New Characters: Himiko Kudou('Lady Poison'), Kuroudo Akabane('The Jackal'), Gouzou Maguruma('Mr Unstoppable')

4. Get Back the Divine Melody
Despite being blind, Madoka Otowa is a violin virtuoso referred to as the Ear of God. When her Stradivarius violin is stolen by a jealous rival who wants Madoka dead, the GetBackers are hired to retrieve the violin before a concert that could determine the future of Madoka's career.


 * Contained in Volumes: 3, 4 (anime episodes 6-8)
 * New characters: Madoka Otowa, Shido Fuyuki, Kazuki Fuuchouin

5. Get Back the Magical Sunflower!
In this arc, the GB duo find themselves confronting a mysterious art thief named "Clayman". Their client is an art museum curator who wants them to get back a painting rumored to be Vincent Van Gogh's "13th Sunflower". But is the art thief really the bad guy, or have the duo been fooled by their client instead? Also, an old friend of Ban returns for some twists...


 * Contained in volumes: 5 (anime episodes 9-10)
 * New characters: Clayman
 * Returning ones: Kudo Himiko

6. The Battle to Retrieve Mugenjou's "IL"
The first major arc of the series, this story sees the Get Backers and their allies battling old friends and new enemies in Mugenjou for the device known only as IL. But what are MakubeX's true plans, and can the GB duo stop him in time?


 * Contained in volumes: 5 to 11 (anime episodes 11-25)
 * New characters: MakubeX, Kakei Jubei, Kagami Kyoji, Emishi Haruki, Fudou Takuma, Kakei Sakura, Teshimine Takeru, Radou Gen, Radou Ren
 * Returning ones: Akabane Kurodou, Kudo Himiko, Fuyuki Shido, Fuchouin Kazuki

Interlude I. Recover the Recovery Fee

 * Contained in volumes: 11

Interlude II. Shido and Madoka

 * Contained in volumes: 11 (anime episode 38)
 * Returning characters: Madoka Otowa, Shido Fuyuki

7. Get Back the Arms of the Goddess!
The GB duo's old friend, Clayman, gives them their new job of getting back the arms of the Venus de Milo statue, before they are re-attached to the statue in front of a worldwide live audience. But, this means that they will have to forgo Hevn's offer. Being a professional, Hevn finds her substitutes (in the form of Shido and Emishi). The 2 teams are destined to cross each other's paths. However, they will need all the help they can get, for their opponents this time possess skills which they have never seen before...


 * Contained in volumes: 11 to 14 (anime episodes 29-33)
 * New characters: Miroku 7, the Professor, Hera, Mouuen Ryu, Kaito
 * Returning ones: Clayman, Akabane Kuroudo, Fuyuki Shido, Emishi Haruki

Interlude III: Let's Go to the Hot Springs

 * Contained in volumes: 14 (anime episode 26)
 * Returning characters: Kazuki Fuchouin, Juubei Kakei, The Professor

8. Kami no Kijitsu (The Divine Design)
When tasked to get back some wayward children, the GB duo gets involved in a card game from hell...literally! When Kazuki gets captured and their opponent turns out to be a disciple of the Witch Queen, Ban decides to look up an old lady from his past for help. But even with her assistance, can they succeed in their task of getting back the children, whom apparently have no intention of going home? Also, will the former partner of Kazuki and Jubei return to his senses, or will he perish in the battle to come?


 * Contained in volumes: 14 to 18
 * New characters: Maria Noches, Uryuu Toshiki, Lucifer, Sendou Rena, Kudo Yamato
 * Returning ones: Fuchouin Kazuki, Kudo Himiko, Kakei Jubei, Akabane Kuroudo, Fuyuki Shido

9. Get Back the Marlin Red!
The GB duo gets to brush up their history in this arc, when their client wants them to retrieve a case of red wine known as "Marlin Red" from a sunken World War II U-boat. But why will a simple case of red wine interest the yakuza? Also, an old friend of their client, together with a mysterious lady, is eyeing the case...


 * Contained in volumes: 18 and 19
 * New characters: Dokubachi
 * Returning ones: Maguruma Gouzou, Hishiki Ryuudou

10. Get Back the Eternal Bond!
The second major arc of the series, this story sees the GB duo and their allies taking sides in the war between the Maryuudo and the Kiryuudo. Fuyuki Shido had hired them in case Madoka is taken away from him. True enough, the Kiryuudo make off with the blind violinist; what plans do they have in store for her and Shido? Also, can the GB duo and their gang prevail against the 7 Champions of the Kiryuudo?


 * Contained in volumes: 19 to 25
 * New characters: Natsuki Amon, Haruki Kaoru, Agi Ryuuhou
 * Returning characters: Dokubachi, Kirihito, Kagami Kyoji, Akabane Kurodou, Kudo Himiko

11. The Voodoo Children
The most emotional of the arcs before the last arc, and a sort of "prelude" to the "Get Back the Lost Time" arc. The arc starts with the GB duo receiving an assignment from the most unlikely of customers: the malicious Akabane Kuroudo! Kazuki is on the trail on the mysterious Ura Fuuchouin, who massacred his entire clan. Ban reveals that it was truly him who murdered Himiko's brother, due to a mysterious curse called the Voodoo Child. They then set out to recover Himiko's mirror self with the help of the ancient buxom witch, Maria Noches, Dr. Jackal himself, and—surprise!—Himiko. Meanwhile, Kazuki resurrects the most powerful gang in the Lower City before VOLTS-Fuuga-to challenge the Queen's Cup Championship and solve the one mystery that keeps taunting him: the secret of Babylon City.


 * Contained in volumes: 27 to 30
 * New characters: Toufuuin Saizou, "Queen" Himiko, Der Kaiser

12. Get Back the Lost Time
The Third, and presumbably last, major arc of the Get Backers. The Get Backers and company head to Mugenjou one last time to fight their way to Babylon City. Standing in their way, is the Voodoo King and his minions. What would happen to all of them this time?


 * Contained in volumes: 30 to (ongoing)
 * Characters: All who are still alive