Explosions, pretty ladies, speakeasies, and the fresh smell of blood, what an immortal gangster dreams of! Oh, did I forget the knife in your back? There’s a couple of those, too. That’s what you’ll find in the world of Baccano!

Not so deep in the underground of crime society, there resides two mafia families, and it just so happens to be that a couple of their member are immortal. And, in a series of what seem like unrelated events, you see that, yeah, they aren’t gonna be dead any time soon. There also is this “crime fighter” who judges on his own sense of justice, he calls himself the “Rail-Tracer” and is usually referred to as a crimson monster. The Rail-Tracer was once a conductor of a train and now uses what he used to work for as a feeding ground for his ideas on justice. Just one event brings the mafia families and this Rail-tracer together.

The amount of blood and gore is a little bit unsettling, but it’s pretty accurate and realistic, and you get used to it. There was a really deep, intricate plot and story, but it’s a pretty jumbled with the constant jumping of years. Going from 1930 to 1932 made it really confusing at first, but once you understand it, it’s a pretty cool idea. Getting view points from three different views and three different times, although, I have yet to discover how one of the events portrayed in a time period relates to the others. But, it’s only volume three!

There are extras, Trailers, textless songs, and commentary for episode 9. The trailers were trailers, and the textless songs were textless songs. But, I really appreciate commentary from those who play the voices of the character. They talked about who did what and what the liked about their job, and what they liked and didn’t like about the show. They gave insight to the behind-the-scenes of Baccano! and they admitted they enjoyed it all the way, literally and implicitly, which is fun to hear.

Baccano! gives an interesting look into a fictional world of Prohibition era, American Mafia. You can easily get into the story and like it (once you get past the unsettling images), and possibly relate to some of the feelings of the characters. I wouldn’t let someone under 16 watch this show, but those 16 and over might really enjoy this a lot!

ComicsOnline gives Baccano! Volume 3, 4.5 out of 5 Bottles of Elixir.