Sorcerer Hunters 9
Posted: September 29, 2007 Filed under: Sorcerer Hunters Leave a comment »Hm. There was some weirdness surrounding the release of this volume, mainly that volume 8 was shown as the next volume for release at most retailers months after I had bought my copy. But it came out, then this followed right after, so whatever. I’ve got the newest one now.
So after a really great treatment of Carrot last volume… we’re back to basics. One of the problems this series has is when it introduces a new Haz Knight or character (here, we get Cinnamon Tea), this character steals the spotlight. Somehow, this spotlight should be shared with one of the five main characters soas to show some development for them, but it usually isn’t. In the main story in this volume, there is a big joke made out of the fact none of the regular cast really did much of anything. Let me tell you, I wasn’t laughing. I was mad as hell.
The main story here was that there was a Sorceress who was using virgins for some evil purpose. Her nephew was defending her and keeping investigators away with his magic gun, which kills most people. We do get to see Carrot’s zoanthropy briefly… but since the Misu sisters are carried off in the same scene, it’s not really explained how he transforms back. An effort is made to get to the mansion of the Sorceress to rescue Tira and Chocolate… but the results are less than ideal. The final showdown was pretty cool though, if brief.
Then we get about 2-3 chapters of fanservice. I’m done with that at this point. I want this series to be good. I really do. There are many fine plot and fantasy elements being totally squandered on this fanservice. When it figures out what it’s capable of, Sorcerer Hunters is pretty cool. Unfortunately, we get a lot of volumes like this, though. No direction has really emerged since the whole Sacher thing, and that was a few volumes ago now. Maybe the flashback next volume will save face again.
