Hyper Police, Vol. 1

Hyper Police #1

by Mee

In a future time, most humans have destroyed themselves and been replaced by monsters and demons. Natsuki is a powerful but clumsy "cat-girl" who works as a bounty hunter for "Police Company." Her job is to track down wanted monsters. Things get interesting when a demon fox lady joins Police Company with a secret intent of eating Natsuki to gain her powers. The two work together and solve various cases while Natsuki has to worry about being gobbled up by her partner!

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 11, 2005

Reviews

[Owen Hatherley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Incredibly puerile but I do love this particular sweet spot of late 80s/early 90s manga - cityscapes! big hair! posthumanism! chaotic layouts! incomprehensible plots!

[Helen Arlet · Rating 5 out of 5]

What do you call this setting? It's not post apocalyptic. The apocalypse hasn't quite happened yet. It's not quite what I would consider cyberpunk... It's not dieselpunk... Is grungepunk a thing? If it is, that's probably what I would call this.

A grungepunk sci-fi set in a dirty, crumbling future where humans are almost extinct and the world has been inherited by monsters and furrys. Focusing on two privatized police officers... A short cat girl and a kitsune... who also wants to eat the cat girl... but happens to be her partner...

One part adorable, one part sexy, one part dark and gritty, one part humorous, one part action packed. I will say I loved the setting and the characters, but most of all I loved the harsh realistic tone of the overall story. I finally get to see the badass cop/bounty hunter heroes deal with the most frightening threat of all. Crippling debt.

[Mike McDevitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Complete chaos.