91 Days is a Japanese anime television series produced by Shuka. Set during the United States Prohibition era, the series follows Angelo Lagusa and his quest to seek revenge against the Vanetti family. The series aired from July to October 2016.
Synopsis The story is set in the United States during the last years of Prohibition, where brewed liquor dominates the black market thanks to the Italian Mafia. Angelo Lagusa, a young man whose family was murdered in a Mafia dispute, seeks revenge against the Vanetti family, particularly its Don, Vincent Vanetti which is the Mafiosi that controls Lawless district, and one of the high-ranking members of the Cosa Nostra. After seven years in hiding in the Midwest following the night of the murder, Angelo receives an anonymous letter from a friend of his father's, prompting him to return to Lawless and exact his revenge. Under the alias Avilio Bruno, he began to infiltrate the Vanetti clan by gradually befriending the Don's son, Nero Vanetti. Over the course of 91 days, Angelo and Nero navigate the tragic aftermath of the violence they set in motion.
Characters Main characters
A victim of a traditional Sicilian crime. His family was mercilessly slaughtered by the Vanettis. He has a severe hatred for the murderers of his family and hid for seven years until he received an anonymous letter to return to Lawless and exact his revenge on the ones responsible. He is known for his brilliant wiles. He tries to earn Nero Vanetti's trust to get to his father, so he can get his revenge by killing them both with ease.
The eldest son of Vanetti family with a bright and positive personality, and one of Angelo's main targets for revenge. With his father's illness, he knew the Galassias would take advantage to force their way in and perish his father's rule, so he is willing to keep it from happening and let the Vanettis be the reigning family of Lawless. He believes in the family's pride, refusing to back down to the Orcos or the Galassias no matter what, if they demand something that will demean his family. He later receives the Don seat of the Vanetti organization from his father Vincent after proving that he can lead the family better than his father.
Vanetti family The Vanetti family originates from Savoca, Sicily. When Vincenzo Vanetti immigrated to USA, due to the economic crisis, he dreamt of building an empire he could rule. He was forced into the Moreno family through Ganzo Alari. He served under the Morenos for years, who ruled the Lawless district and West Chicago. The Morenos and Galassias feuded, living Vincent an opportunity to increase his own power by dealing with the Galassias in secrecy with Alari's help. Don Moreno's accountant, Testa Lagusa knew of Vincenzo's dealing, and in April 1925, Vincent killed Don Moreno and the Lagusas to keep the knowledge from leaking. After Moreno's demise, the Vanettis became the most feared and respected family alongside the Galassias, but with Vincent getting ill, the Orcos begin to gain power.
The Godfather of the Vanetti family, known as Vincent Vanetti. Vincent is a religious and traditionalist man that values his family above everything else. He is very smart and careful, he is known as "The Man That Rules Lawless From The Shadows". He loves opera and he has a dream to build a fancy playhouse for it. He is a ruthless man though trying to avoid a Mafia war, but when it comes to get what he wants, he is unstoppable. For the last decade he was the most feared and respected face of Lawless, but his illness makes his power severely decrease both in Lawless and La Cosa Nostra.
Wife of Vincent Vanetti and mother of Nero, Fio, and Frate known as Connie. She dies of an unknown illness when Nero is 10 years old. With Vincent seeing his children losing their mother, he promises himself to build them a good life (this was one of the reasons that makes Vincent betray his Don and usurp his power).
Former underboss of the Moreno family, and current left-hand man of Vincent. Not only is the person who sent Angelo the anonymous letter to come to Lawless, but he is also the fourth man on the night of the murder of Angelo's family. Despite being prone to anger, he is a very greedy man and wants the higher-ups of his organization to be taken care of by Angelo, so he can have all the power, money, and women of Lawless to himself.
Nero's younger brother, and youngest son of Vincent Vanetti. He is willing to sacrifice anything to preserve peace between the families. He is somewhat weak-willed, as he is even willing to kill his own brother to preserve the peace. He believes that the Vanettis' strength cannot stand against the Galassias and that they should surrender to them without a fight. He is jealous of Nero's natural ability to lead people and do as he pleases, and even believes that Nero is the sole cause of the chaos that caused both the Galassias and the Orcos to want him dead. Ronaldo starts to vet him to be named the head of the Vanettis after the Galassias force Vincent to step down, but fate does not let him to be the Don, no matter how much he wants it.
Frate and Nero's sister and Vincent's only daughter. Her marriage with Ronaldo was pre-arranged to build alliance and kinship with the Galassia family. She cares deeply for both her brothers and does not want either to die or fight each other.
One of Nero Vanetti's closest friends, ever since childhood, and one of Angelo's main targets of revenge. Like Nero, he believes that the Vanettis own Lawless district and they should keep it to themselves, no matter what. He is a religious person, and has no qualms of starting a war with the rival clans. Despite being good friend, it is revealed that Vanno along with Vincent and Nero was the third man who killed Angelo's family and being the one who killed Testa Lagusa which Vanno mentioned was his very first murder and Angelo remembers it. Angelo gets revenge on Vanno by being first one to be killed, Vanno is shocked when Angelo reveals who he is and the fact the son of the man who was Vanno's first murder becomes payback as he becomes Angelo's first murder.
The new consigliere of the Vanetti family. Nero's subordinate who is calm and collected. He helps Nero make reasonable decisions for the family. He is willing to sacrifice anything to protect Nero's life.
The right-hand man and bodyguard of Vincent Vanetti. He has served under Vincent for many years since WWI. Vincent chose him to accompany killing the Lagusas but he gets caught on a crime for the Vanettis, after 5 years in prison he returns to the Vanettis and works as Vincent's personal bodyguard. He cannot speak cause his throat is wounded in the war. His physical and mental power makes it difficult to approach Vincent Vanetti.
A Vanetti caporegime, and one of Nero's trusted subordinates and allies. He is one of the most loyal members of the Vanetti family who refuses to back down, even if the price is death. When Frate Vanetti and Ronaldo tries to assassinate Nero, he saves him and gets wounded by Frate's men.
Professional soldato of the Vanetti family, and one of Nero's most loyal friends and reliable subordinates. When he and Angelo try to assassinate Frate and Ronaldo, they fail and escape. After getting away somewhere near the Vanettis' territory, Angelo kills him before warning Nero (Nero is not aware of the plan because it is made up by Angelo to incite a feud within the Vanetti clan and kill their men by each other). After Frate finds his body, he thinks that Nero set the assassination plan, so Frate and his men hang his body on Lawless bridge as a message for Nero. And that causes an internal war within the Vanetti family, which costs them many men, influence, and respect.
An ex-taxi driver and one of Nero's men, who gets murdered by Orco's men, when he and Vanno are smuggling booze in the Vanetti trade route. His death triggers the Vanettis' hatred of the Orco family.
Vanetti family's high associate. Nero uses him to watch over Angelo to be sure that he is not betraying him.
Orco family Don Orco is a former executive of the Moreno family, who split from them to found his own organization. This new Mafia family is ruthless, and carves a bloody path through the streets of the Lawless district. They are rich and their name inspires fear.
The head of the Orco family. An extremely gluttonous man who's very partial to lasagna. Orco is a fearless and conniving Don. He initially started the dispute between him and the Vanettis by stealing their trade route, but amplified the dispute by killing Tronco. Using Fango, Don Orco planned to kill Nero Vanetti in order to get truce between his organization and the Vanettis' faction, led by Frate, but then Fango became a liability. He meets his demise by Fango and gets eaten by his executives, as per his and Nero's deal to seek protection in exchange for overthrowing Orco.
Member of the Orco family, and Caporegime of an independent group of assassins. He is ruthless, amibitious, and borderline psychotic person, who is willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants. With help from Angelo and Nero, he overthrows Orco, subsequently kills him, feeds him to his executives, and becomes the head of the organization by usurpation. He wants the recipe for Corteo's Lawless Heaven brew as he was seeking to hit it rich with the imminent end of Prohibition. He forms a bargain with Corteo, who is trying to escape the fighting; he would protect Corteo, as long as he gives him the recipe and the location of Nero, But when Scuza provides the recipe of Lawless Heaven, seized by the FBI in a raid on Vanetti's distillery, he no longer had a need for Corteo. He initially tries to kill Corteo, but then decides to leave him to the Vanettis, whom he had betrayed. But before he could inform them, Corteo kills him.
Fango's subordinate, and the Soldato that killed Tronco. Vanno would go on to kill him, avenging Tronco's death. His corpse was secretly taken by Cerotto and sold to Scuza, sparking a war between the Vanettis and Orcos.
Orco family's Caporegime. He is extremely smart, powerful, and one of the most trusted men of Don Orco. He cares deeply for loyalty and respect in the Mafia, unlike his boss, he is extremely careful and calm. Fighting with him is not an easy job.
One of Orco's henchman. The families use him to torture enemies and traitors.
Fango's enforcer, who first serves under Don Orco, then to Fango himself, then to Nero Vanetti. (After Fango's death, almost all of his men incorporate with the Vanettis)
Fango's enforcer and Cerotto's older brother. The Orcos use him to extort Corteo, but Angelo takes him down.
Botti's brother and Corteo's close friend, who get mixed up in the feud by trying to sell good alcohol. He witnessed Vanno killing Serpente, such that he sold his body to Scuza, for Fango. Since then, he became a butler for Fango.
Galassia family The Chicago Outfit that controls Chicago's underworld and tries to grab hold of Lawless. Their feud with the Moreno family led to the conspiracy that murdered Don Moreno and the Lagusas and created the Vanetti criminal empire that ruled Lawless for 7 years. They try their best to turn the Vanettis into their puppets. The Vanetti and Orco families are not strong enough to go against them and often comply with what they ask.
Head of the bloodthirsty Galassia family based in Chicago. A carefree and somewhat cheerful man, Galassia set all plans in motion behind the scenes through his nephews Ronaldo and Strega. Following Ronaldo's death, he and his family grieve over him, but later, receive a free shipment of Lawless Heaven liquor as a sign that the Vanettis do not want to be his enemies and instead want to make peace and possibly alliance with him, for which, he was invited to the Vanetti's opera theater's opening night.