Knights of the Zodiac 22
Posted: December 29, 2010 Filed under: Knights of the Zodiac Leave a comment »Masami Kurumada – Viz – 2008 – 28 volumes
This… this volume had plot in it. I don’t even know what to make of that. It’s mostly exposition and explanation. I guess we need some reasons as to why the Gold Knights of Athena have turned traitor, and, of all the things to explain, how living Knights can enter Hades. It’s pretty cool that we learn about that, and yet two Big Bangs colliding goes mostly unnoticed at the beginning of the volume.
Does the reasoning behind the traitorous Gold Knights make sense? Mmm… yes? And no? I mean, what is going on is revealed as suddenly, then disregarded, as quickly as anything else in this series.
There is one major event having to do with Athena. She suddenly takes an active and somewhat tragic role in the battle, and the story does pause to consider this longer than it has anything else so far. It’s kinda cool, what’s going on, and I’m curious to see what kind of role Athena will ultimately play. I’m sure it will be spectacular.
No exciting fights this volume, though the Bronze Knights re-enter the fray, only to be completely disregarded by the Hades Knights as too low-rank.
Then they jump into hell.
The end.
