GetBackers 25
Posted: October 6, 2008 Filed under: GetBackers 3 Comments »With the majority of the fighting taken care of last time, I was expecting this volume to be mostly side stories, especially since it was fairly clear the next story line didn’t start until next volume. I’m all about side stories, especially after an arc as epic as the Maruido/Kiriudo, as long as it doesn’t have anything to do with hot springs. It didn’t.
There were a few things to wrap up in the forest, like Kabuto’s true form, the matter of Shido being… inert, and leaving things a little less grim than the last volume finished up. I didn’t mind the happy ending too much, especially since Ban and Ginji came out okay in the end.
Let’s see, what were the side stories? There was a really weird/awesome one that involved everyone playing a game in Infinity Fortress where the prize was one million yen. Emishi was the target, and really, the game was more a gift to him. This story took up two chapters and was really more about showing the characters goofing off after the seriousness of the last story. No fanservice other than the characters bickering/joking with one another, and even I have to admit I was won over by Akabane’s lines, so it wound up being a pretty fun side story.
Another one of the side stories dealt with Ban and Ginji helping one of the Honky Tonk girls get back some money she was cheated out of. I liked this one too, and like I said, it’s nice to see Ban and Ginji hanging out together in non life threatening situations. This story had the added bonus of leading into what I assume is the next major plot arc, which is about the GetBackers… er, organization in general and, if I’m lucky, how Ban and Ginji got together in particular. I’ve only been waiting, like, 25 volumes for this, so I’m all about rushing forward now.
This was a review copy provided by Tokyopop. I’ve also got the next volume, so here’s to starting on the GetBackers origins right away!
I’m gonna try to get back into reading this series. It’s been 2 years!
I was wondering what you were going to call the next volume, given how you numbered some other things. Are you gonna call it GetBackers 26, which it really is, or GetBackers: Infinity Fortress 1? :)
I’ve been agonizing over it. I may do a split for this one, where I list out the volume name and put the Infinity Fortress name in parentheses. I realized while pondering this question that it doesn’t make much sense to label reviews with volume numbers that don’t correspond to the English release, but on the other hand, I have a strong fondness for order. I should really change the numbers on Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure back though, I sort of feel bad since they really don’t make sense to most people.
Oh, I completely sympathize with you on the order front! I’d like to just call it 26, but that might not help anyone who decides to go read it. I am thinking of doing:
GetBackers: Infinity Fortress 1 (26).