Train Heartnet, also known as "Black Cat," was an infamous assassin for a secret organization called Chronos...until he abandoned that cold-blooded existence to live on his own terms as an easygoing bounty hunter. But is Train's past as far behind him as he thinks?
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Kentaro Yabuki made his manga debut with Yamato Gensouki, a short series about a young empress destined to unite the warring states of ancient Japan and the boy sworn to protect her. His next series, Black Cat, commenced serialization in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump in 2000 and quickly developed a loyal fan following. Black Cat has also become an animated TV series, first hitting Japan's airwaves in the fall of 2005.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
I'll kill the guy for you,
This review is from: Black Cat, Vol. 7 (Black Cat (Viz)) (v. 7) (Paperback)
In between plot arcs, Kentaro Yabuki's "Black Cat Volume 7" devotes itself mostly to shorter stories about the main cast, although there are hints of things done before and the Numbers' future actions. The middle story is a bit of a throwaway (okay, we get it, Train chooses not to kill) but the ones that surround it are far more interesting, with new alliances and new insights.
Rinslet Walker is in the middle of escaping her latest robbery when she encounters Jenos Hazard, the flirtatious Number VII of Chronos -- despite his goofy attitude he's a deadly man who uses wires to cut down his foes. He also has a job for her. And when he visits an old haunt of Saya's, Train encounters a man who claims she put him on the straight and narrow... but it turns out that not everyone was touched by her philosophy. Then Train and Sven rescue a young boy who's being chased by armed thugs -- and the kid asks Train to kill someone for him, in revenge for his murdered father. He has a roll of film that proves massive police corruption with the Mafia, meaning that the bad guys aren't going to stop chasing him. So Train promises to "kill the guy for you," but does he really plan to return to his old killing ways? And will revenge make the kid happy? "Black Cat Volume 7" is something of a calm before the storm... or more precisely, a calm between storms. Creed isn't doing anything and Chronos is only quietly recruiting people with "special skills" -- so we get some little side-stories about the daily lives of the characters. They're fluffy compared to the stories that precede and follow it, but they're a fairly pleasant read. The biggest flaw is the middle story, which is mostly just filler -- yeah yeah, we get it, Saya was a merciful saint and she changed Train's life. The revenge story for the young boy is a much more moving story, as Train encounters a young boy who seems an awful lot like he was. That last story flips effortlessly between hardcore action (dodging hundreds of bullets) and goofiness ("Tickling torture!"), and we also get some more glimpses at his horrific childhood. This volume also introduces Jenos Hazard, a flirtatious and goofy Chronos Number who spends most of two chapters hitting on Rinslet like a jackhammer. Fortunately he lives up to his deadly reputation when the occasion demands (think sitting on a giant heap of groaning bodies). And Kentaro Yabuki actually makes us doubt for awhile whether Train's devotion to not killing is as strong as it seems to be. "Black Cat Volume 7" is mostly made of standalone stories that harken back to Train's traumatic childhood, but there are hints of what Chronos plans to do next as well. Worth reading, but the middle story is a ball of fluff.
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