Baccano! T1 E1 – The Vice President Doesn't Say Anything about the Possibility of Him Being the Main Character
It's 1931 and Carol, the assistant of the Daily Days vice president Gustav St-Germain, is researching a bunch of astonishing events that have been occurring for the past several years. She struggles to determine the lead character of it all and in the midst of this, delves into the story that begins with the turf war between the Runorata family and the Gandor family. Gustavo of the Runorata family is said to have killed Luck and Firo, so to cover up his mess he needs to take care of Dallas. Meanwhile an incident has occurred on the Flying Pussyfoot and Ludd and Lua are found as survivors, but not without sustaining injuries.
Baccano!
Un grupo de alquimistas consigue ser inmortales gracias a un elixir que se les es otorgado por un demonio. Debido a sus confrontaciones y ambicia de poder, se ven obligados a separarse unos de otros a través del mundo. Pero siglos después vuelven a encontrarse ellos, más otros personajes que se hacen importantes a lo largo de la historia. El relato transcurre mientras el vicepresidente del Daily Days recuerda con Carol "los acontecimientos de 1930". La historia cuenta lo que sucede entre 1930 y 1932 aunque se centra en relatar el múltiple asalto al tren Flying Pussyfoot en 1931 desde muchos puntos de vista distintos, uno por cada grupo de pasajeros.