Gentlemen’s Alliance † 9
Posted: June 16, 2010 Filed under: Gentlemen's Alliance † Leave a comment »Arina Tanemura – Viz – 2009 – 11 volumes
I was very shocked when I got to the “Epilogue” in this book. I assumed that the story kept going through the last two volumes, but when everything wrapped up so well in that chapter, I figured they must be side stories.
Then, while I was writing this up, I realized the Togu question hadn’t been answered. I mean… this is a shoujo manga, so we have to know which boy Haine ends up with in the end, right?
This did wrap up Haine’s family story much neater than I expected. Haine went from being a total delinquent to a loving and accepted member of her family in about 100 pages. She is much happier in the end, but delinquent Haine is one of my greatest joys in this series, and she’s also quite scary, so I was a little sad that didn’t go on for longer.
Even creeper was her delinquent friend, who kept all the teeth she beat out of Haine’s mouth when she gave up the gang years ago. I mean… there wasn’t even a point to her showing off the teeth. She could’ve told the story without a visual aid. But she just had to show them off. I’ve got nothing to add to that.
Good delinquent Haine parts: She did beat the crap out of another gang nearly singlehanded, apparently. Also, everyone on the student council crouched around her in a moment of sukeban worship. I may only be getting a kick out of these bancho parts because I played Kenka Bancho recently, but all the same, they put a smile on my face.
I’m… just going to keep reading, because since the side characters have all their major issues resolved (save for the Togu twins), I’m not quite sure what those last two volumes have in them, and I feel I should reserve judgment on the story until I’ve read them.
So more later.
