Rei Hiroe (1)

Book starts with the craziest showdown ever. Roberta's colleague (also commando maiden :)) enters our famous pub in Roanapur and soon Colombians come in searching for Roberta. In a firefight that would make John Wick jealous, including mounted weapons on vehicles and lots of machine huns, our maiden manages to defeat them and very soon links her employer, young master Lovelace from Venezuela, with Lagoon team. Their request is simple - they want to save Roberta and bring her back home to show more Venezuela without shedding unnecessary blood in Roanapur. And for this they need Lagoon's assistance.

What follows are very careful investigations and negotiations between Roanapur's crime organizations on how to proceed. Knowledgeable on havoc wreaked by Roberta in the past and young Lovelace's goal to bring Roberta home they want to solve the situation with minimal losses. Nobody knows who to trust but everybody knows that fragile piece in Roanapur may not last if revenge warfare takes place especially since Roberta's targets seem to be commandos from USA, those she considers responsible for bombing attack that killed her master (young Lovelace's father). If organized crime knows one thing then it is that targeting and engaging any official government operatives is safe way to doom and utter loss.

Art is beautiful and actions scenes are wow.

Highly recommended to all fans of action comics. show less

Conclusion of the Tokyo crime story arc. Similar to the "The Godfather" movie two things take place here.

Rock becomes aware that is now swimming with the sharks and that rules of the under-world are very very different from the normal [lets call it for a lack of better world] "civilian" world. He understands he stands on the very thin line (or as author says in "twilight zone") because he always tries to save innocent lives if at all possible.

And this brings us to Yukio - although Rock tries show more to save her the very nature of her life and responsibilities force her to make some rather difficult choices. Similar to Pacino's character Yukio is unwillingly brought into criminal world and finally ends up in tragedy because once in there is never way out.

Excellent story, Revy shows that she has feelings for Rock and on multiple occasions tells him to leave their crime business - because she does not want him to lose his innocence and righteous attitude. She acts as his protector and is more than willing to defend him against anyone foolish enough to try to hurt him.

Highly recommended to all fans of manga crime/action. show less

This was a wild ride. First we have a counterfeit operation going bad - barely surviving attack by the mafia Jane, leader of counterfeit outfit hired by the mafia finds herself seeking refuge in rip-off-church (nuns with guns) affiliated with the Revy. This was a wild ride, lots of action and lots of chase.

And when this story ends we are introduced to the bomb assault in Venezuela that will trigger return of Roberta, our beloved commando maiden. Executed by professionals bomb attack killed show more off her employer and she is now bent on revenge. And by revenge she means starting inter gang war in Roanapur in order to flush out the assassins.

Art is great and story is perfect action trip.

Highly recommended to fans of the series and newcomers (although I recommend you start from the beginning). show less

This was a truly wild-action run :) I wont go into details because you need to check it for yourself. I never watched the anime but manga is outstanding. There are goofy details in (as I have seen in majority of manga) but entire story, characters they feel like combination of stuff from various old-style action movies ("Wild Bunch", "Assault on Precinct 13", "Escape from New York", "Reservoir Dogs" and likes).

Highly recommended.