The show swings wildly between trying to be a serious assassin thriller and accidentally becoming the funniest thing you'll watch all year. Four pretty boys in a flower shop killing bad guys for a mysterious voice on the phone could be camp, but Weiss Kreuz commits to it with complete sincerity, which makes the tonal whiplash devastating. The action is sparse and weirdly contemplative, giving you long stretches of melodrama between the katana swings. If you saw this as a kid, it owns a piece of you now whether you admit it or not. Watch it with people who remember the 90s, or watch it alone and laugh at dialogue that genuinely sounds like it was written by someone who learned English from a thesaurus.

Four young men, Aya, Yoji, Ken and Omi, make up Weiss Kreuz, an assassin group that removes certain threats to society. Each has his own fighting style: Aya uses a katana, Yoji strangles with strings, Ken fights with metal claws, and Omi relies on a range of projectiles. Taking orders from a mysterious figure known only as Persia, they are sent after drug rings, terrorist groups and similar dangers. Over time they find that most of the criminals they have faced seem linked to the Takatori family, a rich and powerful clan. Stopping the problem at its root may mean bringing down one of Japan's most prominent families.