Ikebukuro West Gate Park 4
Posted: December 31, 2008 Filed under: Ikebukuro West Gate Park 1 Comment »The story maintains the average all the way to the end. I liked the mystery in this volume once again, which was about the disappearance of a yakuza boss’s daughter. Makoto is teamed up with a member of the yakuza gang, and the two have literally no leads to go on. Makoto’s usual methods, the G-Boys, only turn up an urban legend, and the real source of information turns out to be a hikikomori who went to school with both Makoto and his yakuza partner.
There’s a few chapters after the main mystery ends, but they aren’t about Makoto. Honestly… I probably would have kept reading this series if it had continued. I liked the mysteries a lot, even if the characters never struck me as particularly good. The series is worth picking up if you’re looking for a good manga mystery, though keep in mind it deals with some weirdly unnecessary adult content sometimes. I was surprised that the sex industry worked its way into almost everything, but I don’t think the stories would have been quite the same without it.
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