Gunslinger
Girl Omnibus 1
Yu
Aida
Seven
Seas Entertainment
Gunslinger
Girl is probably
one the most brutal and intriguing fictional worlds. Taking place in
modern day Italy, where the Social Welfare Agency rescues young girls
who suffered some sort of traumatic event, and brainwashes them to be
elite killers for the Italian government.
That’s
pretty much the premise of this manga series. The series was created
by Yu Aida and first appeared in the Japanese magazine Monthly
Comic Dengeki Daioh in
2002, and ended last year. Henrietta is the main protagonist of the
story. She’s
a young girl who survived a gruesome crime, in which, she was
brutalized for hours, and her parents and siblings were killed. The
S.W.A took Henrietta in and made her into one of the elite assassins
in the agency.
By far
this manga excels in both the story and in the artwork, but yet,
there‘s still some minor problems. The story does move at a
sluggish pace, which can turn away readers, but it’s worth it with
all of the great character development and world building. All of the
action scenes feel like storyboards to a John Woo film, but yet, Aida
occasionally has this tendency to sneak in some panty shots of the
young girls during these scenes, which is unnecessary and tasteless.
All of the character and weapons/mechanical designs are very detailed
and have an unique style to them, that‘s suitable for this title.
Gunslinger
Girl is a
fascinating title with a lot of action and over the top violence
jam-packed in the first omnibus volume. It won’t appeal to everyone
with moe designs and the (dark) mature content, but the story is
strong enough to keep readers glued to every page. With over 500
pages and a price of less than twenty dollars, it’s worth to give
Gunslinger Girl a
try. -Panagiotis
Drakopoulos
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