I already reviewed Bloody Monday, but the story has since advanced a good deal so I shall offer my new and improved* opinion. When we last left our heroes, they were a spunky gang of kids fighting a dark and evil organization. Little has changed on that front, except the organization has many new members (including Jesus <- not really, he just looks like him), there are spies on the side of the good guys, and lots of people are dead. Don't get too attached to any of the characters, as you might find them very dead before the story is over.
The story also grows more ridiculous by the minute, although you probably wouldn't notice it. I was pleased that Fujimaru's hacking skills had real-world limitations. But as the story has progressed, those real world limitations have been fading away. Now he can do essentially anything he wants as long as he throws enough techno babble around it to justify it. Oh, and characters who totally SHOULD be dead aren't. While some characters drop like flies, others elude death with increasingly impossible luck. Not that the story is bad by any means, but we're way beyond the suspension of disbelief zone and much deeper into "it just works, okay?" zone. Thankfully, my initial fondness for the story hasn't diminished at all. It still remains the same edge-of-your-seat thrill ride tightly woven with twists and turns and clues that I'm smacking myself for missing the first time around. If you like the first few chapters of Bloody Monday, rest assured that there is more of the same to come. That being said, it can get tiresome after awhile. The constant leaping between the frying pan and the fire is rather intense, but sometimes I wish it would just end. It's almost as if nothing good ever happens. Ever. The longer the story goes, the fewer breaks you'll get as you read it. It can be frustrating at times, but it's wildly addictive.
--Ou-bento
*Now with half the calories!
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