A past unknown.
Creative Staff
Story/Art: Abi Umeda
Translation/Adaptation: JN Productions
What They Say
Chakuro, Suou and Shuan ventured the battleship Karcharías, hoping to convince Orca to release Ouni and Lykos. But instead of rescuing their friends, they are now caught up in Orca’s plan to destroy the Mud Whale and all its residents in order to unleash an apocalypse that will overthrow the Nouses and create a parallel world where humans will never again feel pain or sadness. When words prove useless against Orca’s sophistry, will the team from the Mud Whale be forced into violence?!
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
While the Mud Whale crew tries to convince Orca to not kill everyone, Shuan loses control of his powers and Itia jumps in front of Orca. Potentially Itia is fatally wounded, this reveals an Orca that Lykos remembers as a child. It comes to light that there are “two” Orcas. One that is kind and cries easily and another colder version. One of the nous gives those present a flashback to Orca’s past revealing everything that happened to Orca to make who he is now. When it is the present again, Orca wants to die, but Chakuro stops him.
In Summary:
It’s been six months since I read the last volume of this series. I always start a new volume, and ask myself what happened again? Sometimes manga has a two page spread at the beginning with a refresher of the characters and storyline, but not in this one, which makes diving into the manga initially difficult and not enjoyable. There are also so many made-up words specific to this story, that it bogs down the story considerably. There is a glossary at the end of the book, but being that I read this digitally, it’s cumbersome to flip to the back and find your page again.
The majority of this volume is purely a flashback of Orca’s life from his teens to the present. The story is so sluggish, and nothing is really pulling me in at all. It might be a series I will drop. I just don’t find a lot of entertainment in it. I feel like reading can make one think, even manga. However, this series trudges along, can be confusing, and is overall not very exciting.
Content Grade: C-
Art Grade: A
Packaging Grade: NA (Digital)
Text/Translation Grade: A
Age Rating: Teen Plus
Released By: Viz Signature
Release Date: July 21, 2020
MSRP: $12.99 (8.99 Digital)
