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archipeligo's review against another edition
5.0
Spoiler summation. Not enough room in my private notes for it, so don't read if you don't want spoilers.
We learn Meiko's backstory: Her parents were deadset on educating her and her sister by faking intensive violin lessons that turned out to be schooling sessions. Meiko helped her father design a power plant (?), but her father intentionally put in a major flaw, intending to destroy it. A supervisor discovered it and offered not to turn him in in exchange for one of his daughters. Meiko secretly went to him and killed him, thus ending up on Bitch Planet.
Her father, Makoto, arrives at Bitch Planet to help build a Megaton stadium. He is set on seeing his daughter (now dead), but the administrative projection on Bitch Planet tries to avoid that. When he presses, they present him with a simulation of Meiko, but he clearly sees through the ruse. He overpowers a guard and takes control of the Control Center, opening all the cells and causing a massive riot.
Meanwhile, Kam presses the guard under her control to bring her blueprints of the prison and all associated complexes, as she searches for her sister. Former guard, Whitney, now accused of killing a guard (in the previous issue) is placed in a cell with Kam. She discovers the blueprint and Kam pieces together that there's a secret cell nearby. When Makoto opens all the cell doors, they make a run for it and discover Eleanor Doane, a former female president thought dead, locked in there. A guard takes Eleanor hostage and tries to get her to send everyone back to their cells. Whitney gets pushed over the railing and dies? Possibly? Probably? Anyway, the guard takes Eleanor to the control center and tries to make Makoto open the door. It seems that the guard kills Eleanor, until Makoto opens the door to reveal Kam has killed the door and the former president is safe.
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We learn Meiko's backstory: Her parents were deadset on educating her and her sister by faking intensive violin lessons that turned out to be schooling sessions. Meiko helped her father design a power plant (?), but her father intentionally put in a major flaw, intending to destroy it. A supervisor discovered it and offered not to turn him in in exchange for one of his daughters. Meiko secretly went to him and killed him, thus ending up on Bitch Planet.
Her father, Makoto, arrives at Bitch Planet to help build a Megaton stadium. He is set on seeing his daughter (now dead), but the administrative projection on Bitch Planet tries to avoid that. When he presses, they present him with a simulation of Meiko, but he clearly sees through the ruse. He overpowers a guard and takes control of the Control Center, opening all the cells and causing a massive riot.
Meanwhile, Kam presses the guard under her control to bring her blueprints of the prison and all associated complexes, as she searches for her sister. Former guard, Whitney, now accused of killing a guard (in the previous issue) is placed in a cell with Kam. She discovers the blueprint and Kam pieces together that there's a secret cell nearby. When Makoto opens all the cell doors, they make a run for it and discover Eleanor Doane, a former female president thought dead, locked in there. A guard takes Eleanor hostage and tries to get her to send everyone back to their cells. Whitney gets pushed over the railing and dies? Possibly? Probably? Anyway, the guard takes Eleanor to the control center and tries to make Makoto open the door. It seems that the guard kills Eleanor, until Makoto opens the door to reveal Kam has killed the door and the former president is safe.
carolynaugustyn's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, this is dark and some real kickass female storytelling right here. I can't review this properly without giving away certain details but please just got on this and read the series.
mdettmann's review against another edition
4.0
I adore the retro artwork and the ads in between each issue were hilarious and wonderful. This volume fills in some gaps and sets up what will probably be a really awesome arc, but as a whole volume two was a place setting and I can only give it 4 stars. Overall I'm excited to continue reading this series.
sonofatreus's review against another edition
3.0
Some of the ideas in it are good, as is the art, and I generally liked the exploitation elements. But after two volumes (and seemingly the end of the story), it feels incomplete, and maybe even incoherent (in the sense that it didn’t all stick together). Valiant effort though. Now I’m wondering why I’d heard such good things about it when it came out.
karimorton33's review against another edition
4.0
A great instalment in the Bitch Planet series! I again liked the resistance of the "non compliant" women, and also enjoyed the added content at the end of each issue. I was surprised at the end, so am eagerly awaiting the next collection!
space_gaudet's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
kendrastrand's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0