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A review by annaptobias
Bloody Monday, Volume 1 by Kouji Megumi, Ryou Ryumon
3.0
Full review at Tokyo Jupiter
Bloody Monday starts off big: conspiracy, Russian espionage, a viral outbreak. Now, if this were a Hollywood movie, we’d be seeing the likes of Jason Bourne or James Bond rushing to contain the damage. But, since this is a Japanese manga, we have as our hero a teenage hacker.
Fujimaru TAKAGI, a 2nd year and a staff member at the school newspaper, has a secret life as the famous hacker "Falcon." He was out of commission for a while, but an incident involving a lecherous teacher pulled him back into action. Fujimaru’s father, Ryunosuke, is a deputy chief at the Third Division of the Public Security Intelligence Agency (which is Japan’s version of the CIA, I’m guessing), also known as "Third-I". The father is involved in a lot of high-level intelligence stuff, and while he prohibits Fujimaru from hacking, he knows that the kid is pretty smart so he gives him a chip with encrypted data that he wants Fujimaru to crack.
Bloody Monday starts off big: conspiracy, Russian espionage, a viral outbreak. Now, if this were a Hollywood movie, we’d be seeing the likes of Jason Bourne or James Bond rushing to contain the damage. But, since this is a Japanese manga, we have as our hero a teenage hacker.
Fujimaru TAKAGI, a 2nd year and a staff member at the school newspaper, has a secret life as the famous hacker "Falcon." He was out of commission for a while, but an incident involving a lecherous teacher pulled him back into action. Fujimaru’s father, Ryunosuke, is a deputy chief at the Third Division of the Public Security Intelligence Agency (which is Japan’s version of the CIA, I’m guessing), also known as "Third-I". The father is involved in a lot of high-level intelligence stuff, and while he prohibits Fujimaru from hacking, he knows that the kid is pretty smart so he gives him a chip with encrypted data that he wants Fujimaru to crack.