Law of Ueki 15
Posted: February 21, 2009 Filed under: Law of Ueki 1 Comment »Wow, this volume was pretty awesome. I’m kind of surprised, actually, because I have not been enjoying it for the past several volumes. Things are switched up a lot here, plus I think some of the monotony was broken up by the fact we’re getting down to the end of the series.
The final battles in the current round take place, including the end of Mori’s fight. Mori’s power is actually pretty awesome, and after seeing her in action… maybe worth the wait? Her opponent has a high IQ, so his gimmick is that he’s planned everything that could possibly happen in battle. So… is Mori smarter?
There’s a final battle with Ueki where we learn he lost all his Celestial Powers. Tenkai has a rather lengthy explanation for this, but rest assured it makes for the shounen battle you would expect. No surprises there, really.
The awesome part (aside from Mori’s battle) comes when we get some background on the King of All Cosmos or whoever he is and why it is that he decided to have this competition. The King was apparently decided at random in the past, and the current King changed the method after meeting a cute human girl. She is… well, exactly who you think she is. She is funny though, and so is the King, so I really did like this story.
At one point, the King says something along the lines of “It was as certain as a guy in a sitcom falling off a bike.”
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I love the humor in this series a lot. It gets a little bit of its old charm back in this volume, thanks to the King and lines like that.
The volume does end on a potentially sad note, though. I’ve got the next volume, which is the very last one, and I intend to read it tonight. Right after I finish writing these, actually.
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