When someone has your back.
Creative Staff
Story: Sunrise
Original Script: Masafumi Nishida
Art: Mizuki Sakaibara
Original Character and Hero Design: Masakazu Katsura
Translation/Adaptation: Labaamen & John Weery, HC Language Solutions
What They Say
The heroes have uncovered that Kriem is the one controlling the Mad Bears and quickly move to neutralize those stationed around Stern Bild. Meanwhile, Kotetsu and Barnaby finally reveal the secret behind Jake’s mysterious powers!
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
This volume opens up amidst a hostage crisis and the heroes are dispatched. Tiger and Bunny are off to stop Martinez with the help of Ben and regular citizens. As they show up to capture Martinez, Lunatic also arrives on the scene. Tiger takes on Lunatic, while he encourages Bunny to face and beat Martinez.
Tiger tries to convince Lunatic that their powers for saving people, not killing them. The differences in their pasts are great as their role models had different philosophies. Bunny is trying his best against Martinez, but he’s doubtful of his ability to win. Tiger cheers him and he gets a few good shots in even after his power is depleted.
The hostages are still at risk, but the people jump into to stop their execution. The exosuits don’t look like there are going to stop despite the citizen’s heroics. The other heroes arrive just in time to stop the exosuits. Martinez was stopped, the people saved, but Lunatic got away. Lunatic doesn’t stay away long, and enters Martinez hospital room and kills him. For once Lunatic questions his sense of justice.
In Summary
Sort of strange place to jump in reviewing a series, but the final volume was just as fun as I remembered the anime. I appreciated it very much, how beautiful Bunny looked, especially in the front color insert, which looked more like the cover a romance novel. Despite my love for the anime and my intense desire to ship Tiger and Bunny, the manga brought to life the anime well. The art was clean and crisp, which seems to be desirable by most people. This would be a good series, either anime or manga, to introduced an American comic lover to. There’s a lot of nostalgia in the story, which makes the reading enjoyable and a lot of fun.
Content Grade: A
Art Grade: A
Packaging Grade: B+
Text/Translation Grade: A
Age Rating: Teen
Released By: Viz Meda
Release Date: November 8, 2016
MSRP: $9.99
