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TRIGUN MAXIMUM: ZERO HOUR (VOL. 11) |
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Thursday, 08 March 2007 |
 | | ▪ | PUBLISHED BY: | | DARK HORSE / DIGITAL MANGA PUBLISHING | | | ▪ | ART/AUTHOR: | | YASUHIRO NIGHTOW | | | | ▪ | FORMAT/COLOR: | | JAPANESE FORMAT/ BW | | | ▪ | PAGES: | | 192 | | | ▪ | RATED: | | 14+ | | | ▪ | RELEASE DATE: | | 01/17/2007 | | | ▪ | REVIEW DATE: | | 03/09/2007 | | | ▪ | REVIEWED BY: | | HOLLY ELLINGWOOD |
Knives and the Ark are geared toward destroying humanity. The Plants are considering the same. A fleet from far space has come, filled with deadly advanced humans. Vash sure has the odds stacking up against him now. As things boil down to zero hour it’s do or die and he’ll find himself with some unusual allies. One such s Livio, still scarred emotionally from his battle with Wolfwood, who faces one of the deadly advance humans. Vash, Livio, everyone on the planet is at risk of oblivion. Having someone to protect. Will hearts strong with love and the courage to protect that love be enough to lend what is needed to their arms to defeat such calculated evil?
As the story builds to a pivotal guns blazing do-or-die moment, the story has some scenes that shine. One has to do with Livio’s redemption. Another is a touching scene between Milly being told about Wolfwood and then Meryl and Vash saying goodbye to each other. However, the moments with Milly and Meryl are far too brief and like most of the story come across a bit too fragmented. The entire volume is fast paced but choppy, as is the art work, which unfortunately makes the overall manga difficult at times to follow.
IN SUMMARY:
This latest volume has some exciting moments, a few moving ones too, but suffers from overall fragmented story telling and art style. |
