Akira. Vol. 4

A shattered and broken Neo-Tokyo divides into two camps. Tetsuo reaches a crossroads. Shit gets real when the Americans and Soviets enter the arena. Kaneda's missing. The story feels more mainstream-y now, but to be frank, I am still struggling to work out what the art is depicting for a lot of pers Leggi tutto

This shit is epic.

Review for book 5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Outline of the story: After the destruction of Neo-Tokyo, the Grand Tokyo Empire declaims independence from Japan, survivors are pretty much in survival mode, fighting violently over food, women and resources. Under Akira's rule (well, actual Leggi tutto

Very unexpected! Volume 4 is all I wanted from the story as it diverts from the usual build up and shows us the aftermath of that epic ending we had in Vol. 3 but it really starts to suck with the plot. At the final chapters it gets so bad with all the weird gun fighting and watching the main charac Leggi tutto

The first part of volume four, despite a tense cat-and-mouse fugitive type of action set in a post-postapocalyptic world, felt flat and a bit of a drag. The sense of vagueness that radiates around the numbered people irritiates me sometimes (so I am glad that 19 gave a bit of backstory about them).

You can find my review on my blog by clicking here . It has been over 30 years since Katsuhiro Otomo has stunned the world with his visionary six-volume manga, which also gave birth to one of the best animated movies of all time of the same name. By not only reforming the way stories are told through Leggi tutto