Eden: It's An Endless World!, Vol. 6 [Paperback]

Hiroki Endo (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 20, 2007

As the survivors of last volume's bloodbath regroup, a pivotal character lies in a coma, and young Elijah is separated from Colonel Kahn's freedom fighters and swept into another complicated whirlwind of trouble. He's caught between two violent groups, beaten and harassed by revenge-hungry policemen and hounded by a sadistic drug lord who may have ties to Elijah's father. In Hiroki Endo's post-pandemic world, humanity is quickly rebuilding its cities and returning to the comforts and conveniences of large urban environments-but reviving destructive, age-old habits as well. While exploring the crippling vices that have plagued humanity throughout history, Endo also serves up a volume of bittersweet reunions, shifting alliances, and surprising new settings.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Picking up exactly where volume 5 left off, Eden proceeds to plop 15-year-old protagonist Elijah in the midst of gang turf wars in a big South American city that has recovered all too thoroughly from the mysterious worldwide plague of a quarter-century ago. Fortunately for Elijah, he's convenient, though highly irritating, for warring gangs, the police, and the ministry of the interior alike. The result is a relatively slow-paced installment, if anything with this much beating, shooting, and sex (Elijah gets put up in a brothel) could be considered slow. Endo's photo-assisted, variably intricate, kinetic manga realism is as dazzling as ever. --Ray Olson

^BYA/M: A little sex, a lot of violence, but this is focused on a solid, believable teen protagonist. RO.

Ray Olson
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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (February 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593077025
• ISBN-13: 978-1593077020
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,154,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IN THE MIDDLE OF A GANG WAR, April 9, 2007

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Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eden: It's An Endless World!, Vol. 6 (Paperback)

Elijah's botched rescue attempt has left his mother in critical condition and his sister still in the hands of Propater. On top of that, the AI Maya seems to have joined sides with the enemy as well and Cherubim has been blown to bits. Plus, Elijah has the blood of a cop on his hands and his friends are going to be none too happy when he arrives in his jail cell. Even if he gets out alive, there is a gang war brewing on the streets between his father's men and an up and coming gangster named Pedro. Helena complicates things even further by buying the prostitute that Pedro loves to work in her brothel in an effort to save her from her destructive heroin addiction.

As you can tell from the plot points outlined above, the world of Eden is about as far from the Biblical garden as it is possible to be. In fact, probably the closest approximation is Hell. But there is a certain elegance in the ultimate degradation, and a certain beauty in the worst violence as portrayed by Endo's highly realistic and fluid art. The writer has done a good job of moving Eden from a militaristic ultra gore action piece to a more meditative (albeit still with lots of blood) poem about the lower classes and the gangsters that control the streets. Even Pedro, who does some pretty evil things in this volume, is shown through flashbacks to have a heart and a true love for Manuela, even though his physical abuse would belie otherwise. Eden is the best manga series being printed right now. Nowhere else can you find the masterful combination of art, writing, and honesty about the human condition.