GetBackers 17
Posted: May 21, 2007 Filed under: GetBackers Leave a comment »So here’s where the storyline moves into a tournament-like plot where each character has an individual enemy to fight. Surprisingly, the characters don’t struggle nearly as much as in the other story arcs. Ginji is the only one who takes a beating, but he quickly takes out his opponent when he turns into the lightning lord.
Jubei joins up with the main group at this point, but they’ve lost two members since the beginning, so this is okay by me. One of the lost members joining back up with them makes it less okay, but you know, I’ll live.
Also not okay is a bunch of minor characters getting into a fight and getting more backstory than Ban and Ginji YET AGAIN. I do not care about Jubei, I do not care about whoever it was that Jubei was fighting because I’ve never seen him before. This is my biggest pet peeve, and it is a huge waste of time. This could be better spent with those characters just not existing and something else more interesting happening with the main characters.
ARGH. I hate the GetBackers for that reason.
One thing that happened in this volume which was pretty cool was the battle Ban was a ghost at and couldn’t participate in, he just had to watch Ginji get beat. Also cool is the back-and-forth with Maria Noches and the kids, who may or may not be controlling the flow of the battle with the GetBackers being used as pawns.
Anyway, yes, I love this story. I think it wraps up in the next volume, so I’m all for that. Here’s hoping they only get better from here out.
Also, this series just ended in Japan! Yay! I know it’s over in the magazine, and there are 39 volumes, but I’m not sure if there are more volumes coming out or not. We’ll see. But at least now we know it has an end.
For my reference: Boogiepop Dual 1-2, Dragonball 20-21, Doing Time, Scary Book 3.
