Today's review is on Gunparade March, volume 2 by Hiroyuki Sanadura. It is 190 pages long and it was published by ADV manga. The cover has three of the characters on it in an action scene. The intended reader is someone who has read the first volume likes of Mecca manga in war storm . There is very mild foul language, mild sexuality, and warlike violence in this volume. The story is told from third-person close of the main character Hayami. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- Full Phantom Force!
50 years since the Invasion, the Phantom Beast devastating extermination of the human race continues. With its body count Rising, Japan was forced teenagers into the battle. Army unit 5121 is no exception. Victory is that is fine, but when the realities of War feel the pangs of hunger and the desire to live another day, will these battle-hardened teams have the strength to face failure and tragedy? survival and Triumph or Not Guaranteed, but count on the brave teens of the world to fight courageously in Gunparade March!
Review- We pick up right after the ending of the first volume with unit 5121 going back into the battlefield after their Beach vacation. Akira has been given AMAC to fight in and the first half of the manga is dealing with that battle and the biggest loss being losing Akira to the Phantom Beast in spite of everyone's best efforts. Shibamura has to face herself and deal with feeling like she let her honor and her friends down. But the most interesting thing that happens in this manga has to do with how Hayami really joined unit 5121. We find out more about his past, that he was some kind of test subject. What we see of the lab that he was in, there were Phantom beasts and other children in there. I hope in the last volume it explains what's going on; are the children Phantom beasts, are the Phantom Beast human, or some or is some other kind of strange experiment going on to try and stop the Phantom Beast? With a lot of threads to clear up with only one volume left I'm curious to see how Sanadura can do it.
I give this volume a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this mango with my own money.
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