Yuri se retrouve mystérieusement sur le toit d’un gratte-ciel. Ne sachant pas ce qui lui arrive ni où elle se trouve, elle voit foncer sur elle un personnage masqué et armé. Elle l’évite grâce à son instinct de survie, mais elle découvre un monde étrange, urbain.
La seule façon de se déplacer et d’éviter les assaillants est d’emprunter les ponts qui relient les toits des immeubles d’une ville qui ne ressemble pourtant pas à Tokyo. Qui sont ces hommes masqués qui semblent en vouloir à sa vie ? Où se trouve son frère ? Comment sortir de ce monde affreux…!?
Yuri’s brother’s reveal in this volume, Rika Honjou. He has his own team mates and is now taking part in the Helicopter Takedown plan. The Sniper Mask has a defect, a crack on his mask which makes him maintain a bit of his consciousness, but only vague memories—he’s somehow connected to Rika. Slowly unveiling of this world’s or the “realm”’s secrets.
Mirai Nikki-esque concept where the victor will be taking the seat as “God” of this realm?
Muy bien, ya sabemos quién es su hermano, pero seguimos sin saber quién es el sniper mask, obviamente, debe ser alguien relacionado con nuestros protagonistas, pero la intriga me carcome y más con ese final, cuando vemos que podría ser algo más.
Fue muy bueno que decidieran mostrarnos distintos povs, porque ayuda a entender mejor la trama y este mundo, en el que ya vimos, hay algunas fallas y eso puede ayudar a Yuri, Rika y Nise con su plan de acabar con todo el lugar. Pero esas fallas están siendo, lo más interesante de todo, no voy a mentir, Sniper Mask, es mi personaje fav, hasta el momento y ya vimos que hay un error con su máscara. Pero más allá de eso, qué rayos planean con aquellos que alcanzan ese nivel "divino", qué se supone que hagan (!!??).
Mi è piaciuto molto questo volume perché finalmente si scoprono un po' di cose sul Dominio, così viene chiamato il mondo fatto di grattacieli dove si muove la nostra protagonista Yuri. Ma la cosa che più mi è piaciuta è il fatto che finalmente consociamo il famoso fratello della ragazza e devo dire che è un personaggio molto interessante. Mi piace il mistero e l'adrenalina, il rivelare poco a poco dettagli sul mondo, sul funzionamento delle maschere e le dinamiche di questo gioco; devo dire che viene sfruttata abbastanza bene anche la brevezza dei capitoli e la storia mi incuriosisce sempre di più.
Finalmente si riesce a vedere in volto il tanto atteso "fratellone" e questo volume, sembra finalmente lasciargli molto margine rispetto al solito. Infatti quasi tutto il volume è dal suo punto di vista. I contorni di questo nuovo "mondo" stanno finalmente iniziando ad essere più nitidi, lasciando intravedere quello che in realtà è. In questo volume si viene a conoscenza di un terzo tipo di maschera, completamente diversa rispetto agli altri due. Sempre più interessata a vedere come continua
It looks like I have to give this series a second thought. Dalam volume 3 ini, praktis tidak ada perkembangan plot yang signifikan dan mengikat rasa ingin tahu, selain tampilnya satu sosok pembunuh bertopeng netral yang tidak membunuh dan bentuk mulut pada topeng tidak melengkung ke atas ataupun ke bawah, yang ternyata menyerupai konsep pihak netral dalam perang kuno. Entah apa pula alasannya m&c! menunda penerbitan volume ini sampai berjarak satu tahun dengan volume sebelumnya.
With each passing page, with each passing chapter, I love this series more and more. I just want to know more. Maybe I should just wait until the manga is completed, because I probably can't wait for new chapters to come. :P
In these 3 volumes there is a lot of death (of course, because that is how the world, and the masks, work), but we also find out more about the different masks (You have 4 types so far, emotionless, angry, happy, and faceless. (The last one is apparently a special one.)), and also meet new people, though again, like I said in the previous review for Vol.1 to 3, you shouldn't get attached to them. This world is not kind, and anyone, even if we have only known them for a few seconds, can get killed, or commit suicide.
Not only that but we finally meet Yuri's brother, and see how it is going for him. We see him talk to his sister, discuss plans. Yuri's brother is awesome. I wasn't all too sure about him in the beginning (when he asked her to do that), but then it turned out he was a good guy.
We also have another new team. The sniper guy and a girl who apparently can do some pretty kick-ass stuff and is apparently immune (she is closer to God). It was a bit of a strange combo, we we do see that the Sniper guy isn't that much of a baddie after all.
We find out several things in these 3 volumes, and I can slowly get a better understanding of this weird, strange world. Though of course there are various questions that I still want answered. How do people get to this world? How are they chosen? Why is all the death needed? Why is the groundlevel forbidden? Who made this world? How are people chosen to be closer to God/God? And so many other questions. I just want to know more and more, and I love that. I do hope that we will get all the answers as the series continues, for now it is still ongoing, so I guess there is hope.
Nise and Yuri, I just love them together, and I am delighted that they found each other. I do worry for Nise though, I won't spoil anything, but read, and I am sure you will worry too.
Yuri, just like I said in the previous review, I do find it a bit strange that she knows so much about guns, that she knows how to handle them. But also strange that at times she acts like she was in the army. It just feels out of place. One moment she is defenceless, the next she is kicking butt like she never did anything else.
It seems the world doesn't discriminate on age, or sex/gender. We have seen kids, we have seen older people. It is quite interesting, though of course it makes me more curious on how this world works.
Also just like in all books/media like this series it is clear that often the humans are the biggest threat to fear.
As I also read in comments, and I agree with it, the art is changing. It does seem more cute than it did in the beginning. It isn't a bad change, it is actually quite nice.
What more? Mm, nothing more, I just flew through these 3 volumes. Before I knew it I was at Volume 6. :P