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Madness #2
Madness, Volume 02
In 3000 AD, mankind is in chaos after a series of natural disasters. And it's up to the Catholic priest Izaya and his mass-murderer companion Kyou to save the day...
258 pages, Paperback
First published July 24, 2004
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December 31, 2017
If the first volume was introducing characters and the world, volume 2 is all plot!
Izaya grows as a character, Kyo stays angry, Oboro remains delightful, Miyabi continues to be perfect, and there's twists everywhere! Maybe not the most original of ones, but twists none the less.
The art remains wonderful, I still enjoy the mix of violent action & humor, and it's just a fun read. More importantly, I love that ending.
Madness is a great story contained within two volumes and if you can handle the Rating, I highly recommend checking it out.
Izaya grows as a character, Kyo stays angry, Oboro remains delightful, Miyabi continues to be perfect, and there's twists everywhere! Maybe not the most original of ones, but twists none the less.
The art remains wonderful, I still enjoy the mix of violent action & humor, and it's just a fun read. More importantly, I love that ending.
Madness is a great story contained within two volumes and if you can handle the Rating, I highly recommend checking it out.
August 28, 2020
It’s an alright series, The story’s not all that great but the artwork is pretty great 👌😁💕
July 19, 2022
This manga was crammed full of action. It was a good read but could have used a bit more romance.
January 14, 2012
So the story continues...recap - attacked, killed, bloody, need medical attention.
Kyo and the gang return to their hideout were a creepy doctor (it puts the lotion on its skin) and his little robot pal with jealously issues have been manning the fort, or squatting, it's not really clear. Miyabi is mangled and Kyo leaves her in the docs care finally able to drag Izaya off to do the nasty. Coitus Interruptus occurs when Oboro uses a remote they took off the dead would be assassins on his beloved leader.
It turns out that there are microchips implanted in everyone who is considered Madness. They were a lab experiment get out on the world to wreck as much havoc and mayhem as possible. This isn't to say that they were all angels before the experimentation but this chip ramped them up into monsters. Now that they have served their purpose, the ringmasters are using tamed Madness as their chip retrieval team. The remote disables the untamed Madness so they can be killed easily - only it don't work on Kyo.
Then we get back to the killing.
Our beloved uke Priest Izaya discovers a horrible secret that rattles his faith and convictions down to the core. (Okay he lays in bed and cries for days but I think he's entitled.) This leads up to an explosive climax (not that kind guys) and more body parts you can shake a stick at.
In the end you do get a warm fuzzy HEA - well as warm and fuzzy as you can get with a sociopath.
You need both volumes in hand before starting this little journey. Waiting for volume 2 was hell and you need the answers it provides to change your opinions about our ragtag group of mass murdering heroes.
Kyo and the gang return to their hideout were a creepy doctor (it puts the lotion on its skin) and his little robot pal with jealously issues have been manning the fort, or squatting, it's not really clear. Miyabi is mangled and Kyo leaves her in the docs care finally able to drag Izaya off to do the nasty. Coitus Interruptus occurs when Oboro uses a remote they took off the dead would be assassins on his beloved leader.
It turns out that there are microchips implanted in everyone who is considered Madness. They were a lab experiment get out on the world to wreck as much havoc and mayhem as possible. This isn't to say that they were all angels before the experimentation but this chip ramped them up into monsters. Now that they have served their purpose, the ringmasters are using tamed Madness as their chip retrieval team. The remote disables the untamed Madness so they can be killed easily - only it don't work on Kyo.
Then we get back to the killing.
Our beloved uke Priest Izaya discovers a horrible secret that rattles his faith and convictions down to the core. (Okay he lays in bed and cries for days but I think he's entitled.) This leads up to an explosive climax (not that kind guys) and more body parts you can shake a stick at.
In the end you do get a warm fuzzy HEA - well as warm and fuzzy as you can get with a sociopath.
You need both volumes in hand before starting this little journey. Waiting for volume 2 was hell and you need the answers it provides to change your opinions about our ragtag group of mass murdering heroes.
July 26, 2010
3.5 out of 5
October 7, 2016
"I won't die until I do you" okay that was funny.
Would have liked a bit more story work done, but basically being a romance novel in manga form it wasn't bad.
Would have liked a bit more story work done, but basically being a romance novel in manga form it wasn't bad.
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