Worick Arcangelo is the second character out of our three main characters in Gangsta and works more as a negotiator than a fighter when compared to Nick. Although he carries a handgun, he normally does all the talking, as opposed to Nick.
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Overview of Worick Arcangelo
In the series has portrayed as a womanizer, both conventionally attractive and charming, he does all the talking and usually doesn’t get involved in alteration, unlike Nick. I would say he’s an extrovert and this normally helps him establish relationships easily and also makes it easy for him to manipulate other characters. Oh, he’s a heavy smoker as well, in case you didn’t notice.
Appearance and Aura
Worick is tall, has blond hair which reaches down past his shoulders and a strong build. His right eye is un-operational and he covers it using a simple black eye patch. He normally wears black trousers, a jacket and sometimes a blue or black shirt underneath.
His look is pretty ordinary and there is nothing to notable or significant about his appearance, except his eye. He has blue eyes and normally a shaven face, with some facial hair. His clothing and appearance don’t really change throughout the whole series and this is of course parallel with Nicholas since I’m pretty sure Nicholas just copies what Worick wears or similar.
Personality – Character Profile Worick Arcangelo
Worick is very confident and never seems to be that fearful of anything, even if it is a significant visual threat. This obviously makes his characters come off as cool and at ease, as well as attractive.
He normally incorporates charm into his aura and never normally breaks this persona. When he does, he can become harsh, violent and intimidating. However, he’s actions are pretty predictable, unlike Nicholas.
He isn’t very formal in my opinion and openly challenges formal bodies and other people who you would consider a “higher-up” than him such as police chiefs and mafia bosses. This is most likely down to the fact he knows he’s partly untouchable due to Nicholas’s protection and his various links to OCG’s and police bodies like the ECPD.
History – Character Profile Worick Arcangelo
In terms of history, Worick’s character is not lacking in any way. His initial character (in the anime) is given lots of depth in the forms of flashbacks, memories and mentions in in-universe conversations. I cannot stress enough how much development & backstory in a character mean to me and how it impacts the way a series is portrayed.
As I say, you can have an amazing series with great, interesting original and lovable characters, but if they have no depth, no history, no motives and nothing driving them (due to their past) we can’t see why they do the things they do and therefore they’re just not comparable with characters who possess this.
Thankfully Worick’s character was given a lot of depth and I was so grateful for this.
I know, of course, that this was essential to set in place the story of Twilight and how Worick & Nicholas even came to know each other in the first place, but it was still what kept me watching and I’m glad that it was present.
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Worick lives a sheltered life protected by bodyguards and servants, this is also where he meets Nicholas Brown. This is where he and Nick meet and this is how they become so close.
Nicholas is made to protect Worick, in other words, his contract binder with his life and he can do it very effectively even though he is around the same age as Worick Twilights have a shorter life span than humans anyway so you could say Nick is older than Worick, but they have the same mental age.
After Worick’s family is slaughtered he moves to Ergastulum with Nick where he sometimes works as a child male prostitute. Being part of the wealthy Arcangelo family it’s a far cry from where he used to be, the current events of the first season being where Worick Arcangelo is “now” in his life. Worick is therefore the sole survivor of the Archengelo family and the closest rightful bloodline relative connected to the family.
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Character arc
There isn’t a lot to go in on in terms of Worick’s character arc and this is down to there only being one season available. What we do get to see however is Worick’s past and therefore we can get some sense of where his character was at one point in his life, (around the age of 16 (I think)) to where he is now in the current series.
Although this isn’t much of a character arc, it does give us a valuable insight into where Worick’s character was at one point in his life and where he is now, in other words, the gap missing is the time between (his arc).
Worick’s character arc is particularly interesting, especially in the anime. Although the anime only goes up to the stabbing Worick, we get to see his character arc start in the anime which is minimal anyway. History only seemed to be the producer’s interest here and that was gone over in the anime very well. The story between Worick & Nick is gone over more in the anime because of how significant it is.
Character significance in GANGSTA.
Worick plays a hugely significant role in GANGSTA and without him, the series wouldn’t be able to go on as it normally does. The series back stories mainly involve both Worick and Nicholas and without either one of them, it just would not be the same.
This is because they work so well together given their history. Normally Nicholas should and does obey Worick if he gives a direct command but sometimes he doesn’t.
This is because to my knowledge, Worick is Nicholas’s contract holder, so Nicholas has to protect Worick no matter what and under any circumstances, even if he’s in the wrong, which he usually is anyway.
