the series

MakubeX is a character from the anime/manga Get Backers. The story is about Midou Ban and Amano Ginji, who form a team known as the Get Backers. Their job is simple: if you lost something, they will get it back to you with 100% effectivity. For carrying out their missions, they have special powers: Ban posseses superhuman strength and can create an one-minute illusion by looking at your eyes, while Ginji has strong electricity powers and is able to control it at will (or sometimes not). That's just the basic story, as the plot progresses, their pasts (and the other many characters') are revealed, and are crucial to change the future. The story has a lot of action, comedy, and some fanservice for all audiences.

The manga, which was drawn by Ayamine Rando and written by Aoki Yuya, was serialized in Shonen Magazine of Kodansha from 1999 to 2007, and was later compiled in 39 volumes. In the other hand, the anime was produced by Studio Deen, aired from 2002 to 2003, and lasted for 49 episodes. As it can be deducted, the anime didn't adapt the whole manga plot, and it even features many original episodes.

the computer boy

Be careful, SPOILERS AHEAD.

MakubeX is a 14-year-old boy whose origins and skills are envolved in mystery. He was found in the Mugenjou (lit. Infinity/Limitless Fortress) when he was a baby, but the only thing next to him was the name "Makube". The people of the area added an X (for unknown) to it, and became known as MakubeX. He was raised by Gensui 'Gen' Radou, known as a chemist and a former member of the Brain Trust. He taught the boy how to use computers, but was surprised when MakubeX showed his strange ability for using computers (he was capable of hacking when being a young child). MakubeX joined The Volts, the group who protects the people of the Low Zone, where he can help with his abilities. He admired Ginji, who was their leader, very deeply, and felt very lonely when he left and the group was disolved. In consequence, he decided to act on his own, to free the Low Zone citizens, yet his plan was extremely dangerous, for him and the rest: to defy the Brain Trust, the creators and 'owners' of the Mugenjou, without caring about the consequences. Here is when the Get Backers appear and make him come back to his senses. However, he later gets locked from the world because of investigating too much about the Fortress. Eventually, it is revealed that MakubeX isn't human and he can only exist in a virtual environment.