Sorcerer Hunters 10
Posted: September 18, 2008 Filed under: Sorcerer Hunters Leave a comment »It’s a shame it took me so long to read this volume. I think this is one of the series from Tokyopop which is biting the dust and not coming back, which is a shame. It looks like volume 11 is scheduled to come out in October, and I would be delighted if it did, but I have a feeling I’m going to fill in the end of my collection with the older volumes.
It’s doubly a shame, because this volume was really good. I’ll be the first to admit that this series is kinda… dated and not very good, but I like it because it has good ideas, even if they are buried under layers of unfunny comedy. I’ve talked about why I like the plot in general in the past, though. For a ten-volume celebration, we are treated to a flashback starring Carrot and Marron’s parents, Onion and Apricot. The flashback lasts the entire volume, and actually ends on a cliffhanger that will probably last at least two more chapters into next volume.
When Apricot questions Mama as to why they have to kill the sorcerers and how that’s any different from the sorcerers killing the parsoners, Mama sends her on a special mission. Somehow, in the middle of the flashback, we get yet another flashback, which is pretty awesome, and kind of obvious the minute you set eyes on the new characters. I liked it, and I hope it leads to more information about the plot, the best part of Sorcerer Hunters.
Another kind of cool thing was that Apricot has a fighting style bizarrely similar to Chocolate and Tira. She seems to be able to get herself into a berserker rage and strips herself down in an outfit which is nothing short of impossible coming from what she was wearing before. I kind of like it, as fanservicey as it is, and at least she’s not rubbing her breasts all over other people. That’s Chocolate’s job.
So yeah. A plot volume! See, sometimes, I am rewarded for sticking with this series.
