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The story starts off well and some interesting characters are introduced. Art is decent and there is even a fair amount of character development. But just as I was getting more involved with the plot I could not help but notice that the manga contains only four volumes.

There are some one-chapter marvels, so the size should not matter, but this is a different case. Whatever the original circumstances and whatever befell the mangaka, this manga stops abruptly, leaves the reader unsatisfied and is incomplete. Worth reading only if you are prepared to be left clueless at the end.

Overall, I liked the movie, but it was certainly not perfect. I am better at criticizing, rather than pointing out the strong points, please bear this in mind.

There were two things I did not like about the movie:

1) it seems to be drawn for an international audience mainly and somehow this disappoints me. I am an anime fan living in constant fear of Japanese anime studios being bought by the American market and Hollywood. I hope this is not a sign of things to come. Big budget, "cool", but smells fishy to me.

2) It was too fast-paced, like a movie based on a successful manga or anime series. But in the case of those movies they are backed up by the manga/anime plot and we watch those movies just to see our favourite characters in action. This one only has plenty of action and gore, no character development or explanations. read more