Variante 4

Surprisingly, this was another instance of me disliking the rest of the series, but liking the last volume. While the rest of this series was kind of mediocre, the ending was actually pretty great.

The love story I was being baited with all through the series finally came through in the end. I was pretty pleased by this, especially since it seemed like the male half already had someone he was going to be forever in love with. How far the relationship came, and whether it was simply acknowledged or went further I’ll leave to the imagination. I was happy with what I got, though.

Much of what you expect does happen. Of course the secret research is publicly outed, of course things start to crash down around the main character and people start to close in on her, of course there’s a big explosion at the end, just like a proper action series. That’s very important to me. The politics of what was going on and the specifics of the plot weren’t that interesting to me, and to be honest, this stuff all felt like it was going through the motions, but I didn’t mind so much. It’s like watching a chick flick and having the couple getting into a fight and making up with a kiss. You know it will happen, and there’s nothing special about it, but you’d miss it if it wasn’t there.

There’s a few subplots resolved and some character relationships worked out, but I wasn’t all that interested in what was going on with the side characters. What plays out was probably supposed to be a surprise, or shocking, but considering the fact I barely remembered all of them, it was mostly just things going through the motions again.

I got pretty involved in all this stuff. It does do all the action parts of the plot right. What really impressed me was the last 20 pages, though. I can honestly say I didn’t see what happened coming, since manga almost NEVER end like that. I almost doubted myself, because the last few pages throw a wrench into the works, but I am certain that everything happens exactly as it looks. There’s an awesome fight, and some unexpected aftermath. It was superb. Worth reading the series for? Well, I don’t know about that, but it was certainly an extremely welcome reward for the loyal reader.