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Watsuki Nobuhiro: Busô Renkin vol. 4
The volume in which Kazuki and Tokiko battle the Hayasaka-twins, and enter the headquarters of the LXE.
I never meant to read this manga, and the only reason I did was the freaky crazy villain Chôno Kôshaku (he's like Hisoka of Hunter x Hunter, just less perverted but more weird), so this volume loses major points with me when he only appears in about two or three scenes. One of them, the public bathhouse scene, was cracktastically fabulous in so many ways, and I can eat several bowls of rice just with the picture of that tub hanging from Chôno's crotch, but still! We need more Chôno!
Speaking of the bathhouse scene, as far as I understand the relative sizes of the penes of the four friends can be expressed as Daihama > Kazuki > Rokumasu > Okakura, right? Somehow, that fits perfectly with Okakura's characterization.
As usual I'm not enjoying the battle sequences, because I can't tell what's going on. I lost interest in Rurôni Kenshin when it entered the Kyoto arc and began to be centered around battles, so that sort of figures. But Watsuki himself mentions in the liner notes that this manga loses major amounts of votes in the Jump reader's polls when it enters battles, which must mean I'm in the majority for once! Wheee!
Speaking of liner notes, they're very extensive as usual, but Watsuki never fails to annoy me with his constant putting down of himself. Like the way he draws himself as a fat pig? Really, now, if he doesn't respect himself how the heck am I supposed to? Also, this might just be my prejudice speaking, but it also smells of "omg I suck and I know it, aren't I just speshul? Feel bad for me!!!" He might just mean it as comic relief, but news flash! It's not funny unless you're a comic genius on the level of Matsumoto Hitoshi, k?
The tagic past (TM) of the Hayasaka-twins was neat, though. If the male counterpart is coming back in some form, I'll get volume five.
... okay, who am I kidding, I'll read volume five just to see what's up with Chôno's wings. But it better be good, Watsuki! And no more whining, damn you!
Category: Shonen/seinen | Posted by Alicia at November 11, 2004 07:03 PM