Gestalt 7
Posted: May 21, 2010 Filed under: Gestalt Leave a comment »Yun Kouga – Viz – 2010 – 8 volumes
Man, I really love this series. The characters are sometimes hard to tell apart, and sometimes the action scenes aren’t very clear… and there’s stuff that doesn’t make sense. But I really, really love this series, and I am super-excited now that things are climaxing.
There’s a really cool scene at the beginning as the characters arrive in a harbor town from which they will be departing for G. Each of the four main characters encounters a ticket girl and asks for something specific, and the ticket girl offers commentary on all four. It was a pretty neat scene, and it’s a fun reminder of just what a motley crew the four really are.
There’s also a neat scene that shows us what all of Ouri’s siblings are up to, and how they’re slowly dropping out of the fight. I did like that their fight helped drive the plot as much as anything else, though it’s a shame that almost all the siblings are so faceless here at the end. On the other hand, had they played a bigger part, that would have been just too many characters.
There’s a fun fight against a siren, some misgivings, and a small island interlude just before they get to Gestalt. My favorite part was probably Ouri’s Gestalt-rooted interpretations of the stories that Olivier was told at the Church of Salsaroa.
And, from here, they land on Gestalt, and a true clash of the gods commences. In this volume, we find out what moves the dead Messiah, and who Black Olivier really is. We also find out that Ouri has more siblings, and at the very end, we also see why she keeps her hat on all the time.
The ending’s going to be pretty weird, but I’m interested to see where everything winds up. I love that the mythology took such an epic turn at the end of the story. And I’m really looking forward to whether or not Olivier gets his memories back, and whether the curse/handicap on Ouri will be lifted. She really steals the show, and hopefully she’ll make a fine king at the end.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
