+ Anima 8
Posted: August 24, 2008 Filed under: + Anima 4 Comments »Natsumi Mukai – Tokyopop – 2008 – 10 volumes total
How many volumes does this series have, 9 or 10? I’m going to be somewhat disappointed if we don’t ever get any background on Cooro before the series ends. This entire volume was basically taking care of all of Husky’s background, which may be slightly more important than Cooro’s anyway since it’s been alluded to all throughout the series.
Husky gets sold into slavery and winds up close to the castle and its inhabitants. He sort of gets what he wants, but then is stolen away against his will by Nana and Cooro. The two of them help him into the castle anyway, and he explains to them that his mother is one of the King’s wives and how he wound up as a + Anima and how he escaped and stuff like that, along with his real name. There are some fun parts where he tricks a few people into thinking he’s a ghost, and I thought those parts were pretty good. Nothing spectacular, but I still maintain this series is one of the better light fantasy series you can get. Good for kids too, despite some of the more recent slavery developments in the plot.
This has been the longest continuous story in the series so far, and I do like it a lot. Getting honest-to-God story, especially story segments this long, is kind of a treat, especially since right before this, we got some backstory for Senri right before this. That leaves us with some background details for Nana, a whole ton of background for Senri, and a rather extensive story for Husky. What about Cooro?
The next volume summary makes it sound like things are moving back to the simple, one-off stories, which is fine by me. I still like the cute stories, and I love the characters. Looks like it is 10 volumes, so maybe I’ll get my Cooro story yet.
I can’t wait to read about Cooro’s past as well, so I’ll join you in hoping he gets some focus before the story ends! The glances we’re given about the man hunting for Cooro leads me to believe Cooro’s backstory will be part of the story’s final climax. I’m curious on how the series as a whole is going to end too.
The next volume had something that hinted to a story about +Anima with black wings, so I’m kind of hoping it leads into a 2-volume story about Cooro, but it also had “plus” and “and then” thrown into the description, which made me think that there might also be shorter stories, too. I’ll like it either way, but I’d love to see a big finale with Cooro like you mentioned.
Oddly, I had forgotten about the person asking around for Cooro until you mentioned it just now. Usually I’m good at remembering details like that.
I’ve read all of them half-way through 10, and all I can say is that in 9 you don’t get much info on Cooro until the very end (and that’s only a little), although the volume itself is good. Volume 10 is AWESOME, and slowly pieces together Cooro’s past throughout, and with lots of HuskyXNana interactions. ^^
Ah, good to know. I just got volume 9 last week, and I don’t think I have to wait too long until 10 comes out, so it’s good to know that it seems like everything will work out as I hoped.