missparkbom's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
shoggoth_roof's review against another edition
5.0
Just another great volume by Urasawa. In this volume we follow the steps of Dr. Tenma, Dr. Reichwein, Dr. Gillen and a bit of Lunge's investigation. We meet some new characters and discover something new about Johan Liebheart, but still the mystery is unsolved. Simply amazing.
En este nuevo volumen de Urasawa seguimos los pasos de los doctores Tenma, Reichwein y Gillen, a la vez que descubrimos la investigación personal de Lunge. Encontraremos nuevos personajes y más cosas sobre Johan pero sin que se termine de resolver todo el misterio. La serie es simplemente genial porque consigue mantener la intensidad de los eventos y se ve cómo está perfectamente medida la trama y la forma de presentar los eventos y datos.
En este nuevo volumen de Urasawa seguimos los pasos de los doctores Tenma, Reichwein y Gillen, a la vez que descubrimos la investigación personal de Lunge. Encontraremos nuevos personajes y más cosas sobre Johan pero sin que se termine de resolver todo el misterio. La serie es simplemente genial porque consigue mantener la intensidad de los eventos y se ve cómo está perfectamente medida la trama y la forma de presentar los eventos y datos.
snapdea's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
eileenmccoy's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
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? Yes
5.0
atypicalr's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
indeedithappens's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
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? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Deportation, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse
600bars's review against another edition
3.0
Nice to be back to reading a physical book. This one started to make sense out of the fragments of the earlier installment. I was confused as to who Robert was bc I forgot about him. Or maybe he hadn't already been introduced? This section didn’t have Nina and Tenma in it very much, we mostly had this dude Richard who was plagued with guilt over having killed someone on duty. The person he killed was at the same orphanage as Johan back in the day. Robert ends up suicided by Johan. Richard was being treated by a psychoanalyst whose name I can’t remember, who mentored Rudi in college (Rudi and Tenma were also classmates). Now the 2 psychologists (Rudi and Dr. whatever) want to clear Tenma’s name and also prevent him from killing Johan so he doesn’t become morally tainted or whatever. There is also this whole subplot about a very rich man, Herr Schuwald and his illegitimate son and Johan is his personal assistant. Nina seems to be taking classes at the same place Johan is attending. Johan also takes care of a bunch of children and has them playing a russian roulette-esque game where they jump off buildings. There was also a brief aside where Tenma helps out at a hospital for undocumented immigrants that is being run by a 17 yo vietnamese girl. How is Tenma always falling into these situations?
I was confused a bit about the Madame character who had assumed the identity of Karl’s mother. She’s dead now so hopefully I don’t have to concern myself with this?
Things are starting to make slightly more sense I guess, but what I don’t get is how are all these people in the same place (Johan Tenma Nina) and they haven’t run into each other yet???
What is going to happen with the kids book that affected Johan so much?
Lunge trying to put himself in the mind of Tenma was interesting. He needs to step away from the case in order to see the situation clearly because rn he is too zoomed in. It’s like when you look at a super zoomed in photo and think it’s blades of grass when actually it’s a photo of a green sweater.
Yeah even tho I’m getting back into my stride I didn’t enjoy this volume as much as the first one because it was getting away from the characters I care about the most.
I was confused a bit about the Madame character who had assumed the identity of Karl’s mother. She’s dead now so hopefully I don’t have to concern myself with this?
Things are starting to make slightly more sense I guess, but what I don’t get is how are all these people in the same place (Johan Tenma Nina) and they haven’t run into each other yet???
What is going to happen with the kids book that affected Johan so much?
Lunge trying to put himself in the mind of Tenma was interesting. He needs to step away from the case in order to see the situation clearly because rn he is too zoomed in. It’s like when you look at a super zoomed in photo and think it’s blades of grass when actually it’s a photo of a green sweater.
Yeah even tho I’m getting back into my stride I didn’t enjoy this volume as much as the first one because it was getting away from the characters I care about the most.
petitemass15's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Suicide, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism
pliego29's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0