Rating: 4/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Copy courtesy of the publisher!
Even though AnchoR is RyuZU's little sister, her immense power poses a threat to Naoto and the crew. When the two siblings confront each other, an explosive battle ensues that bends time and space! Even RyuZU's Imaginary Time and her unique power, Mute Scream, may not be able to best an automaton built to destroy. Meanwhile, in Akihabara, a massive weapon appears, leaving the city's armed forces at a loss. If Grid Akihabara falls, all of Japan may be in danger. Can Naoto handle a weapon strong enough to break the entire Clockwork Planet?
I am forever blown away by the full colour pages at the beginning of these volumes! They're so well coloured and drawn and aaaahhh! This volume starts off tense, with the big showdown between RyuZU and AnchoR, and we get a nice action filled start! I have to say, I really, really love how the battle was drawn, and how RyuZU's power was drawn too! It was incredibly well done.
We get to know AnchoR as she joins our team officially once everything calms down, and we get another new character too in the form of Vermouth...you may remember him from one of the other volumes. Of course, he's missing his body now and only has his head but at least he's still alive and kicking...sort of. He should be a fun presence and should shake the team up a bit, changing the dynamic and providing some of the banter.
Once the big showdown is over....there's a hint it might calm down. But it's not all over yet, something bigger is coming. A giant electro magnetic weapon breaks through to the surface and it's shady operator thinks Naoto is Y. I'm kind of inclined to agree with him to be honest. I'm not sure what his ultimate plan is but he's the bad guy right now!
We close the volume with the weapon undefeated and everyone in peril because it has the power to completely wipe Japan off the grid. The government are scrambling with no idea what to do and there's a mysterious new girl who seems to know Marie in the palace. Now that we have AnchoR on our team, I feel like things are about to shift up a gear again. With each new arc things take a step up and get more and more high stakes. More elements and dangers are being brought in, along with plot threads and intricacies and conspiracies and so on. Not to mention the hints about Y! I'm forever trying to work things out and failing epically!
This volume has a nice pace to it, and provides us with plenty more intrigues and another potential new showdown! So far, there's never a dull moment with this series!
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