Lupin III 6
Posted: February 16, 2007 Filed under: Lupin III Leave a comment »Yeah, I think the art style just takes some getting used to. I didn’t have any problems reading this one, but it did take me three volumes to get in the groove. I like this series, but three volumes at a time is enough for me. I’ll probably get the next three at the next Right Stuf Tokyopop sale.
The theme in this volume was kinda weird. Only the first few stories were like this, but it started off with Lupin holding a job. Holding a job that he cared about, and I still can’t figure out what his motives were in the first story. He was off and on throughout the rest of the story in corporate life, though the most enjoyable of these stories was the one where he didn’t work for the company, but helped out a guy who had his plans stolen for him. The end of that story made me laugh pretty hard.
The other story I liked a lot was one where Lupin got stuck in a Mystery Mansion where all roads led back to the house. That one was kind of confusing, but we learn in the end that perhaps Lupin’s got a few screws loose. The theme is in the story before it too, where Lupin is a greedy slave to a man with mysterious origins and who calls Lupin Amigo.
Also, Jigen went against Lupin in one story. Not that there are many constants in this series, but I thought one of them was that Jigen and Lupin never went against each other. There was no doublecross involved though, so oh well, I guess.
