Warning! This volume contains graphic violence, verbal abuse and blood.
I don't even know why this isn't talked about. Most of the manga collections I've seen on video sharing sites don't have this title. Why is it not famous? This is a seinen manga with teenage girls as it's characters. However, the issues that are expressed here are definitely shoujo. Am I repeating myself? I'm sorry, I'm just disappointed to see that this title isn't a part of some famous person's collection. You should have!
It might not be an Attack on Titan but this is Literature!
Where we left off: Five girls survive a bus accident, and now the bullied girl establishes a dictatorship within the group. She appoints herself as the queen, while the others are appointed as Royalty, Commoner, Servant & Slave. Now our main character Mizuki Konno is defending herself from Haru Ichinose; who wants to eat food and survive.
Limit Volume 2: (by Keiko Suenobu) Who's the slave? When things calm down after the decision, we slowly see Kamiya's (the cover girl if I can call her that) reason for being calm and collected. Kamiya decides that Konno and Ichinose accompany her in catching fish for dinner. Meanwhile, the bus company realizes that their bus driver hadn't come back from the trip to the High School camp and has sent an employee to look for them, only to find out that the bus never came to it's destination. As the three girls were catching fish, Usui (who had her feet broken) was breaking down and feels abandoned. Now, she walks away along with the scythe and we end at a cliffhanger: "one more." (Hi-mit-su!) （￣ー￣）
What would you do?
Art: It gets lighter? This is the calm before the storm and therefore this is a lighter colored volume compared to the first one. It's still serious and dark when it needs to (like when they realize that the bus never came to it's destination).
Panel Pacing: Good. It was half efficient because they used more box panels instead of free flowing panels but I'm not saying that it's not good. I'm saying that they have too much of that and they need to use more of the page. That's my personal preference. It's still efficient with the free flowing parts combined with the box panels.
Story: The story has mostly been a valley between two mountains. You still get a few dark parts but it's not as BIG (or should I say, focused) because they focus more on rebuilding rather than surviving. For the most part, the events in the volume all happen on the second day. Even if it is slow, it tells every detail which is important for the story. It does not focus on major parts of a day (in the story) but it spreads the details of minor ones. (Do I even make sense?)
Do you get it now?! She's fragile!
Characters: Here we see what drives Kamiya and Usui. Kamiya doesn't really get interesting yet but as a character, you understand her simple goal. Usui is the character you see that gets baby-ed by her parents (over-parenting?) and you can see why she's paranoid. Morishige seems calm this volume, not being aggressive and actually helping the group. She's helpful to those who didn't shun her that much. These girls are all relatable and you can understand their actions though they are a bit extreme.
Bottomline: Do I need to say it? READ IT! It doesn't have action in it but it gives you a breathing room and ready's you for the storm ahead. I really want people to read this because this a gold mine waiting to be dug. It's not as good and gory but it is helluva ride! Suspicions, lies and betrayal, what would we have next? Find out on volume 3!
Since it's the new year, won't you suggest something? Pretty please? Thanks! And also give me your used manga. Please?!
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