Human Club 7
Posted: February 17, 2009 Filed under: Human Club 1 Comment »Ah. This was a satisfying volume. To be honest, I read half of it two weeks ago and half of it this week. The first half of the book was the conclusion to the Hong Kong story. There are some plenty weird twists and whatnot in there. The family tree gets a little twisted as Shinobu’s lineage is explained. We also get to know what happened to him and his mother when they were both sold to the brothels in Kowloon City, something that’s been hinted at for several volumes now. The ending is suitably epic, with explosions and the deaths of many characters and whatnot. The elder Li brother also just… well, he crosses too many lines. The younger Li is a pretty likable guy, though, for being an underworld boss and all that.
The conclusion to Ron and Shinobu’s story is a little ridiculous. I liked it, though. It was shoujo manga ridiculous.
The second half is either starting a new storyline in Rome with the Sicilian mob or is a one-shot about Shinobu and the son of one of the families. It’s not like the earlier one-shot stories where Shinobu drives him crazy, but he lets himself get caught and seems to play into one plan and engineer another as a favor. It’s kind of cool, and I do like the elaborate webs the story seems to spin for the characters.
This series still isn’t the best in the world, but I can’t help but like Shinobu and Ron. What can I say. It also helps that it is dirt cheap and online, though like I said, the adaptation is way sloppier than it would be if it were in book form. Read it at Netcomics.com.
[...] Hoshin Engi (Slightly Biased Manga) Snow Wildsmith on Hot Steamy Glasses (Manga Jouhou) Connie on vol. 7 of Human Club (Slightly Biased Manga) Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 16 of Kekkaishi (The Comic Book Bin) Erica [...]