GetBackers 21
January 20, 2008
Yeah! The plot really gets going in this volume. We get to see the lightening lord, a riff between Ban and Ginji, Akabane comes into play, and action, lots of glorious action.
The insect clan seems to be cursed by their bug forms, and it seems like the majority are ready and willing to take out both the beast clan and everyone Shido hired to help him, some are seeking the help of the retrievers and transporters to break them of their curse. Not sure if that means they’ll spare their lives, but it’ll be interesting to see if this divides the forces in any way.
Did I mention that I love both Ban and Ginji? Because I do. We get teased more about the relationship they share, in the non-romantic sense. We also get to see both at the top of their game fight-wise in this volume, and I just love that sort of thing. I go between periods of love and hate with this series, but once it gets going, it can be really good. It’s the lame in-between parts that are tedious to read.
January 21, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Getbackers is the book I’ve been on the fence about longest. I’ve tried a lot of volume ones in the past year and many of them such as Knights o/t Zodiac, Variante, To Terra, Alive, and Mushishi, have left me cold. So I’m reluctant to spend another $9.99 for a book that will end up in the ‘unloved’ stack on my desk. The action and story need to be substantial. Is the action like Tenjho Tenge - crazy fist flying martial art action? Is it Dragon Ball Z action, where a man can destroy a planet by blowing his nose? If I buy the first volume will I be hooked?
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January 23, 2008 at 1:50 am
Nah, Getbackers can be good, but isn’t that good most of the time. I have a serious love-hate relationship with it. As much as I like what’s going on right now in the story, there’s been some seriously terrible plots in older volumes. All the characters do have some sort of different cosmic superpower, but a lot of the fights just aren’t that cool for some reason.
And I remember being really frustrated with the first volume. It’s mostly shorter, comedic stories when I’d rather be reading the action stuff. It doesn’t get into a good, longer story until… well, like volume 6, and then it stays way too long on that story.