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Battle Royale, Vol. 6

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After getting some medical attention for Noriko, Shuuya and Kawada meet up with Sugimura, the karate expert and Shuuya's good friend. But things don't work out like they think when they find out Sugi might not want to join their group. But they're going to need all the help they can get when they encounter Kazuo, the cold-blooded killer out to win the Program! Meanwhile, Shinji and Sato prepare to put their plan of blowing up the government HQ in the island's school into effect, but Sato is such a bumbling idiot, he might just mess up the whole thing!

As always, Volume 6 of Battle Royale is action-packed, compelling, and sad. There are some great action sequences but sometimes the sentimentality gets in the way. It's like in every scene somebody is filled to bursting with teardrops forming in the corners of their eyes. One improvement is that there are less flashbacks because most of the characters are pretty well established by now. The realistic and grotesque art is a plus and a lot of motion is implied in a motionless context. Great read. I would suggest buying the whole series at one time if you're rich because you'll want to read all the volumes straight through because they are so good!

I meant to buy the first one, but picked this one by mistake. All the better for me! As it has been said before, BR is a ground-braking seires, full of raw emotion and action. This book is probably the only book in the series where-guess what-nobody dies. Here, we lean more about Shogo Kawada, my numero uno favorite character. With each volume of this great manga, we learn more about these real-as-life characters, and you hope and hope they get out okay.
If you're unsure about the BR series, buy number 6 first. The intense story line will get you hooked, and the characters will become living, breathing people. I gave this book about a 4.94 on the scale, because I felt like it should have been longer. ^_~