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ノー・ガンズ・ライフ [No Guns Life] #2
No Guns Life #2
« Mon nom ? Jûzô Inui.
Depuis la grande guerre, je gagne ma vie dans cette ville grouillante d'extends : des hommes à qui on a implanté la technologie d'extension des mécanismes corporels.
Mon business ?
Résoudre des affaires impliquant les extends. »
Afin de sauver le jeune tetsurô des griffes de berühren, gigantesque multinationale qui règne sur la ville, Jûzô a utilisé son revolver. Mais l'utilisation d'extensions meurtrières étant interdite par la loi extend ; Jûzô risque désormais l'arrestation et le démontage par l'agence pour la reconstruction, qui contrôle les extends...
Depuis la grande guerre, je gagne ma vie dans cette ville grouillante d'extends : des hommes à qui on a implanté la technologie d'extension des mécanismes corporels.
Mon business ?
Résoudre des affaires impliquant les extends. »
Afin de sauver le jeune tetsurô des griffes de berühren, gigantesque multinationale qui règne sur la ville, Jûzô a utilisé son revolver. Mais l'utilisation d'extensions meurtrières étant interdite par la loi extend ; Jûzô risque désormais l'arrestation et le démontage par l'agence pour la reconstruction, qui contrôle les extends...
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First published August 19, 2015
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37 books15 followersTasuku Karasuma (カラスマタスク; Karasuma Tasuku) is a japanese mangaka.
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January 19, 2020
The second volume in the series, No Guns Life, Vol. 2 by Tasuku Karasuma is the next volume in this gritty noir science fiction manga which was begun with No Guns Life, Vol. 1. The arc in this volume is in the 2019 anime adaptation of this title, which goes by the same name. Those who prefer to pick up a manga series after the ending point of an anime adaptation will want to wait for a future volume before beginning their collection.
Juzo Inui is a cyborg, and Extended. With a gun for head, along with plenty of other alterations, Juzo has no memory of his early life and works as a Resolver, taking on and resolving cases involving other Extended. This volume sees new foes, new potential allies, and deeper politics coming into play.
Olivier Vandeberme is tasked with capturing an Extended prisoner named Hayden Gondry, the very first extended noncompliant. This very dangerous man is loose on the streets, and several other people have already turned up dead. Juzo finds the entire operation dumped in his lap—its his job to find Gondry and bring him in alive to answer for his crimes, not to mention shed some light on some very shady subjects.
Duty and passionate revenge collide in a battle of ideals as a battle between Extended rages. Gondry is a man connected to Olivier’s past, and, as the first Extended, of interest to Juzo as well. But bigger parts are at play here. There are serious crimes Gondry must pay for, but as strange order begin coming down from above, Olivier calls the motives of certain government officials into question.
The lifestyle of a loner Juzo leads along with the small crew of friends who won’t leave him alone also come to a bit of head. Juzo struggles with the competing needs to keep those around him safe from unfolding events and prior enemies and trusting in his companion’s abilities and competency at protecting themselves.
The art in this manga is extremely dark and gritty. Extended characters are stylized, with cyborg elements built into their design which are quite different from the fare we usually see from similarly themed manga. The world built here is a dark one, covered in the shadows of noir and the hazy smoke of cigarettes. Its immersive, a place that’s just as fascinating as it is dangerous. Interesting use of perspective and foreshortening make the city look enormous, with buildings looming overhead and alleys closing in around characters in claustrophobic fashion.
No Guns Life, Vol. 2 by Tasuku Karasuma is a fantastic gritty noir story featuring an incredibly distinctive cyborg protagonist. An incredibly engrossing story, No Guns Life is quickly rising in the ranks of manga I’m most looking forward to. Those looking for a sci-fi story in a noir atmosphere will absolutely want to pick up this series.
I received this manga from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This review and others originally found on Looking Glass Reads.
Juzo Inui is a cyborg, and Extended. With a gun for head, along with plenty of other alterations, Juzo has no memory of his early life and works as a Resolver, taking on and resolving cases involving other Extended. This volume sees new foes, new potential allies, and deeper politics coming into play.
Olivier Vandeberme is tasked with capturing an Extended prisoner named Hayden Gondry, the very first extended noncompliant. This very dangerous man is loose on the streets, and several other people have already turned up dead. Juzo finds the entire operation dumped in his lap—its his job to find Gondry and bring him in alive to answer for his crimes, not to mention shed some light on some very shady subjects.
Duty and passionate revenge collide in a battle of ideals as a battle between Extended rages. Gondry is a man connected to Olivier’s past, and, as the first Extended, of interest to Juzo as well. But bigger parts are at play here. There are serious crimes Gondry must pay for, but as strange order begin coming down from above, Olivier calls the motives of certain government officials into question.
The lifestyle of a loner Juzo leads along with the small crew of friends who won’t leave him alone also come to a bit of head. Juzo struggles with the competing needs to keep those around him safe from unfolding events and prior enemies and trusting in his companion’s abilities and competency at protecting themselves.
The art in this manga is extremely dark and gritty. Extended characters are stylized, with cyborg elements built into their design which are quite different from the fare we usually see from similarly themed manga. The world built here is a dark one, covered in the shadows of noir and the hazy smoke of cigarettes. Its immersive, a place that’s just as fascinating as it is dangerous. Interesting use of perspective and foreshortening make the city look enormous, with buildings looming overhead and alleys closing in around characters in claustrophobic fashion.
No Guns Life, Vol. 2 by Tasuku Karasuma is a fantastic gritty noir story featuring an incredibly distinctive cyborg protagonist. An incredibly engrossing story, No Guns Life is quickly rising in the ranks of manga I’m most looking forward to. Those looking for a sci-fi story in a noir atmosphere will absolutely want to pick up this series.
I received this manga from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This review and others originally found on Looking Glass Reads.
July 4, 2020
In volume two, the Extended Management Squad is after Juzo for having the gun on his head fired - which he is not allowed to do because use of over-extensions is forbidden. EMS Chief Olivia takes Juzo and his friends into custody. Tetsuro, Juzo’s engineer friend Mary, and several of Juzo’s associates are put into protective custody, away from the pursuing Berühren agents. In exchange, Juzo has to bring in an escaped over-extended mass-murderer named Gondry, who escaped custody and has gone on a fresh killing spree. Juzo also has to team up with Kronen, another EMS agent. Juzo’s search leads him to the heroic icon, Mega-Arm, who has technology that preceded the models in Juzo. But as Juzo gets deeper involved in the workings of Berühren, he starts uncovering sinister plots that go back to before the Great War to the formation of Extended technology.
Juzo is an interesting, dark-and-twisty protagonist, very similar to Batman. Several characters ask the important questions, like where are his eyes within his gun head, but we never really get a straight answer. For some of these technologies to work, Karasuma is asking the readers to suspend disbelief and just go with it all. After the initial shock within volume one and the realization that some of these technologies will never be explained, I found myself following Karasuma and not asking how things work. The world-building for this series is intense and grim. There are only a few characters who are altruistic and don’t have ulterior motives. This collapsed civilization is reminiscent of Blade Runner and Mad Max in its scarcity of resources, violence, and emphasis on technology “bettering” the citizenry. The art style is similarly blackened and very grim. It can be a little rough at times, especially with non-extended humans, because of over-exaggerated facial features like pursed lips or rough noses. This makes the Extended look more beautiful and smooth than the humans, and draws the reader’s attention and affections towards those imbued with technology, rather than normal humans.
There is a lot of violence and some gore during the fight scenes. The use of cigarettes is a constant as Juzo needs them to suppress his technology system from overloading. There is also experimentation on humans, particularly children, that contribute to the grisly themes. There are some suggestive themes between many women and Juzo, who is oddly irresistible, and mention of human trafficking and prostitution. VIZ rates this as Older Teen, and it’s part of their VIZ signature line that has more mature storylines.
Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 11-12
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Juzo is an interesting, dark-and-twisty protagonist, very similar to Batman. Several characters ask the important questions, like where are his eyes within his gun head, but we never really get a straight answer. For some of these technologies to work, Karasuma is asking the readers to suspend disbelief and just go with it all. After the initial shock within volume one and the realization that some of these technologies will never be explained, I found myself following Karasuma and not asking how things work. The world-building for this series is intense and grim. There are only a few characters who are altruistic and don’t have ulterior motives. This collapsed civilization is reminiscent of Blade Runner and Mad Max in its scarcity of resources, violence, and emphasis on technology “bettering” the citizenry. The art style is similarly blackened and very grim. It can be a little rough at times, especially with non-extended humans, because of over-exaggerated facial features like pursed lips or rough noses. This makes the Extended look more beautiful and smooth than the humans, and draws the reader’s attention and affections towards those imbued with technology, rather than normal humans.
There is a lot of violence and some gore during the fight scenes. The use of cigarettes is a constant as Juzo needs them to suppress his technology system from overloading. There is also experimentation on humans, particularly children, that contribute to the grisly themes. There are some suggestive themes between many women and Juzo, who is oddly irresistible, and mention of human trafficking and prostitution. VIZ rates this as Older Teen, and it’s part of their VIZ signature line that has more mature storylines.
Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 11-12
Read more graphic novel reviews at www.graphiclibrary.org
April 14, 2021
If you're looking for a pulpy noir manga, this might be for you. I'm still not sure if it's for me, but something keeps me reading. I think maybe it could use a little more breathing room. The visual and narrative style feels really cramped. Still, I'm a sucker for a reluctant, cigarette-smoking detective that constantly narrates themselves, plus, this one has a revolver for a head.
March 17, 2020
Really enjoyed all the details in the art and composition once again! It was neat to read the pilot one shot at the end--I like the changes they ended making for the final draft of chapter one and the story.
January 28, 2023
Juzo the revolver Resolver is easily becoming a favorite! I cannot recommend this series enough! If you like guns for hire (pun intended), government conspiracies, and cyborgs then this one is for you!
February 27, 2020
I read this
April 10, 2021
it’s alright, don’t feel like i have to know what’s gonna happen next
July 20, 2021
Great volume, once again! I really like the world this is based in, and the characters are very interesting, so I can't wait to know more!!
The bonus content gave me a bit of a Batman vibe as well 😉
The bonus content gave me a bit of a Batman vibe as well 😉
March 19, 2022
I love this series. The characters are so fun, the art is nice, and the world is fun to learn and explore. Excited to see all three grow as the series continues.
October 3, 2022
Juzo Inui is my kind of hero! 💪
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 25, 2020
After an introductary 1st volume, No Guns Life starts to slowly pick up the pace, by introducing us to new key characters, and by throwing us straight into the action.
To start, while I understand that the kid in this manga, Tetsuro, is integral to the main story, having nearly the whole volume focuse solely on Juzo and his affairs was more than I could ask for. Juzo is somewhat a detective, and the small parts of this volume where he is investigating are captivating, and part of this is thanks to Karasuma's skill of building the world by progressing through the story, rather than exposition - he wants the reader to understand the content themselves, rather than have it thrown at them as a pile of dry information.
The new characters, Kronen and Olivier feel genuine and even while being supporting characters, they quickly become essential parts to the current story. From Olivier's inner conflict between emotions and justice to the chemistry between Kronen and Juzo, which works in the sense that they don't really like each other, but there's somewhat of a growing bond between them that makes for an enjoyable read when they are in the panels together.
Once again, the art is great - Karasuma even adds a horror element to it, by utilising shadows when drawing certain villains.
All in all, the story is still developing, and while the volume is great, nothing major happens - we do, however, start to have a better understanding of the world that Juzo lives in, but there are many questions still unanswered and I can easily say, that I'm very intrigued to see what happens next. Isn't that exactly how a detective story should go?
To start, while I understand that the kid in this manga, Tetsuro, is integral to the main story, having nearly the whole volume focuse solely on Juzo and his affairs was more than I could ask for. Juzo is somewhat a detective, and the small parts of this volume where he is investigating are captivating, and part of this is thanks to Karasuma's skill of building the world by progressing through the story, rather than exposition - he wants the reader to understand the content themselves, rather than have it thrown at them as a pile of dry information.
The new characters, Kronen and Olivier feel genuine and even while being supporting characters, they quickly become essential parts to the current story. From Olivier's inner conflict between emotions and justice to the chemistry between Kronen and Juzo, which works in the sense that they don't really like each other, but there's somewhat of a growing bond between them that makes for an enjoyable read when they are in the panels together.
Once again, the art is great - Karasuma even adds a horror element to it, by utilising shadows when drawing certain villains.
All in all, the story is still developing, and while the volume is great, nothing major happens - we do, however, start to have a better understanding of the world that Juzo lives in, but there are many questions still unanswered and I can easily say, that I'm very intrigued to see what happens next. Isn't that exactly how a detective story should go?
December 14, 2022
The gangs and BC want Juzo, now so does “The Extended Management Squad.”
Olivia Scarlet: crush on Juzo, chief of EMS, hires him to try and find a rogue serial killer (Gondry) who had something to do with her dad‘s death.
Gondry: overextended, being controlled in secret
Kronen: EMS squad member and somewhat decent friend to Juzo
“Mega” Tokisada: treated like a god due to him being the first of the extended, future enemy?
Gondry is captured, Olivia is demoted, and Juzo n Kronen learn to trust one another.
The remaining chapters are from the development process of the series. Juzo has to help a client only to realize that she hired him just for the sake of being able to pull his trigger and that she is secretly a mass murderer left over from the war, his trigger gets pulled by one of her new body parts that is “pure”.
Olivia Scarlet: crush on Juzo, chief of EMS, hires him to try and find a rogue serial killer (Gondry) who had something to do with her dad‘s death.
Gondry: overextended, being controlled in secret
Kronen: EMS squad member and somewhat decent friend to Juzo
“Mega” Tokisada: treated like a god due to him being the first of the extended, future enemy?
Gondry is captured, Olivia is demoted, and Juzo n Kronen learn to trust one another.
The remaining chapters are from the development process of the series. Juzo has to help a client only to realize that she hired him just for the sake of being able to pull his trigger and that she is secretly a mass murderer left over from the war, his trigger gets pulled by one of her new body parts that is “pure”.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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