Law of Ueki 10
Posted: March 5, 2008 Filed under: Law of Ueki Leave a comment »Aww, when do we find out about Mori?! I’m serious, I want to know already.
There is a small bit of the next leg of the contest revealed, which is that the next step can be undertaken as a group of five contestants. Since Mori, Rinko, Sano, and Ueki are already together, they seek out a fifth member. This volume is all about the fifth member and recruiting him. Also, saving a house full of orphans from a Yakuza guy. You know.
As you can expect, the fifth member is very silly. His power, while quirky, isn’t quite as funny as some of the others we’ve seen so far (in this volume alone, we have the power to turn rubber balls into acid, the power to turn voice into ice, and the power to turn hair into a drill). He sort of doesn’t use the power to fight, though. His skill lies in tricking people, and he does it very well. When we first meet him, he tricks Mori and Ueki into washing a car because he claims it’s so fun that he won’t let them help him. He also uses a portrait of a gorilla in his profile in the King Candidate computer system as an intimidation tactic. He’s just great.
I realize that this series is kind of shallow and really derivative of One Piece, but I just can’t help myself. I always look forward to the really, really weird powers and the weird ways they get used in battle, and I just like Ueki and Mori a lot. It’s very positive and upbeat compared to some of the heavier shounen tournament-style series I read, and I enjoy it immensely. I don’t think a lot of people read this, and I always see sort of negative comments about it being a copy, but I think it really is great for its own reasons.
