Chicago 2
March 25, 2007
Chicago was contained in 2 volumes, but it felt like it could’ve gone on a little longer. It ended with the wimpy kid that they saved getting a career in photojournalism like Robert Cappa, but didn’t resolve things like the relationship between Rei and Shin. Oh well.
There were two main cases in this volume, one with a heartless kid murderer that serves to tell the story about Rei’s past, and another that shows what was going on in Bay District D. The two stories wind up being connected, and the main culprit escapes, but the story about Rei going on a murder revenge spree with her grandpa was still awesome. Bay District D was only okay. We get to find out that the Chicago bar was named after a drink, called Shi Kago, or cradle of death, which also seems to fit somehow.
The true gem in these volumes are the stories that involve Thunder Sanders, the bald doctor that Tamura draws in the image of the self-portrait she does. Sanders plays no role in the story other than to crack dumb jokes, and I felt like he was included just so she could put in these older stories she did. The older stories are really twisted and really funny, and there’s one each at the end of the Chicago volumes. They’re short though, only a handful of pages between them.
I wonder if this series is still in print, and I’ve never seen anyone else talk about it except me (I even made a website about it back in the day, I LOVED it when I read it through the first time). It is quite good though, and would serve well as a random action fix for anyone looking for a really good short series.
July 31, 2007 at 2:14 am
Hey hi!, I have read her comic and i greatly enjoyed the 1st series of the chigago. I have yet to find any copy of her 2nd one so I have not read yet. It is cool to find tat they are ppl out there who also enjoy her comic.
August 1, 2007 at 4:21 am
Oh yeah, I really like Yumi Tamura. It’s really a shame I haven’t found time to start Basara yet, because I’d really like to read the story that made her so famous. But I really did enjoy the shorter stories that Viz published a few years ago, Chicago and Wild Com included.
I’m also glad to hear someone else read this, because I’ve literally never heard anyone else talk about it. Hope you find the second volume soon.
November 28, 2007 at 9:53 pm
I have it, but haven’t read it yet. The main plot of Basara concludes in its 25th volume, which has just been released, so now’s an excellent time for you to read it! The last two volumes are side stories, I believe.
November 29, 2007 at 6:07 am
So the main story is 25 volumes, and the series is 27? I’ll probably buy it and push through it in one go once I do the same for Angel Sanctuary which, long story short, I have in its entirety but have not read. I’ve been meaning to read Basara for about five years now.