Law of Ueki 9
Posted: January 6, 2008 Filed under: Law of Ueki Leave a comment »I was kinda disappointed with this volume. There’s a fight between Robert and Ueki that lasts most of the volume. While it’s impressive, and lots of new techniques are unveiled on both sides, none of my favorite elements of the series are present. No new weapons, no new powers, no new characters/opponents, and no new arenas (which is a fairly recent favorite… but geez, some of those arenas were awesome).
The two are stopped in the middle of the fight because of a forced truce in the tournament. An old character shows up, and I WAS very happy to see him. Ueki decides on some positive things, and things go on from there. We are vaguely introduced to a new fighter at the end of the volume, but I wasn’t too fired up about him since his role isn’t all that fantastic or original, and he’s not that cool a person like some of the other opponents.
Ai’s power isn’t revealed yet, which is a big bummer. Ueki gets some new talents, which sounded amazing, but alas.
Mostly I was disappointed because of the lack of quirky new stuff. Without quirky new stuff, this series doesn’t have much going for it, but it does the quirky thing so well. It’s also pretty good at comedy, but this was also a serious volume, so there wasn’t much time for that.
