Note: this review will contain some SPOILERS.
Legoshi finds out that Haru was abducted by a carnivore gang centered in the black market- and he’s desperate to rescue her from mortal danger. The authorities essentially turn a blind eye to the situation. Legoshi goes so far as to ask Louis for help, but the deer refuses to get involved. He then goes to the market on his own- rather impulsively and unprepared- and is almost immediately accosted by thugs. He’s extricated from a bad situation by the Panda. Legoshi then convinces the Panda to help him save Haru, even though it’s probably already too late. Things quickly go bad, with just the two of them against eight lions. At great cost to himself, Legoshi succeeds in getting to Haru just in time, and unleashes his rage into violence against the lion gang leader. He gets some unexpected assistance at the very last moment, and Louis gets a degree of revenge for some of his childhood suffering. Legoshi and Haru find themselves still in town after curfew, so they hastily find lodgings, and of course share a room, and the scene ends right when Legoshi is confessing his past aggression towards her, which she had been pretending to not remember . . . This volume got a lot more violent than the previous ones, and some of the scenes of Haru in the clutches of the lion gang are very discomfiting in nature- the gang leader wants to inspect her body before he eats it, in all kinds of compromising positions. Even though Haru is terrified and feels certain she’s going to die, she still shows some spunk and verbally defies the gang members. There’s flashbacks of her past explaning more of her personality and attitude towards relationships, which I thought had been clarified in the previous volume, but even more so now. Legoshi has now rescued her from danger twice, and I wonder how that might affect her feelings towards him, it seems on the verge of being an unhealthy balance. The story is so intense, I can’t help picking up the next volume immediately– and they follow in such close order, it’s a seamless shift from one volume to the next.
Borrowed from the public library.
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These are really sounding like something I’d enjoy! I need to hunt them down and start reading.
I thought you might like. But now I’m feeling bad I’ve probably given you too many spoilers!
No need to feel bad! All this is really familiar (like I knew the twist with the red deer, what he becomes). Either I watched further in the anime than I thought I did or I read some of these and forgot it? Either way, I’m enjoying reading your reviews about it!