Very funny! Interesting too. Nice mix of comedy and action. ( )

Once again I find myself starting off a series with volume 2. However, in this case I have a fairly decent handle on what's going on since I've watched the first 16 or so eps of the anime, which I love. That being said there are a number of differences between the anime and the manga. The anime works on a different timeline with major events happening at totally different places than in the manga (yes, I can see this from just the one volume!) There is also a difference in the main characters interactions with each other and in the villains interactions as well.

In this manga Sven and Train have been partners and sweepers (a.k.a. bounty hunters) together for around two years. At the behest of Rinslette (a pretty woman with a crush on Train in the manga, although not in the anime) they infiltrate a laboratory which is developing creations in nanotechnology, including Eve. Eve is an experimental little girl who is discovering she has a human side thanks to Sven who she almost killed. When Train discovers the head honcho of the lab is working with his former associate from Chronos (an elite organization which employs "erasers" such as Train was), Creed, he becomes hell bent on getting revenge for reasons which I'm aware of from the anime, but have not really been revealed in the manga yet.

As in the anime, my favorite character is Sven who has pretty much taken on the role of father figure for Train and Eve, although he really does smoke too much! The drawings here are well done although the fight scenes get a little sketchy and you have to kind of guess at what's happening. This is not necessarily a bad thing IMHO because I'm not a huge fan of overly graphic violence and there have been parts in the anime where I've found myself wincing and looking away.

Overall I was really pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the manga, especially with my incessant comparisons of it to the anime. I think I'll certainly be reading the series as well as watching the anime. ( )

Partner Train ketika masih bergabung dengan Chronos, Saya Minatsuki, dibunuh oleh Creed. Untuk menyelesaikan urusan di masa lalu itu, Train muncul di hadapan Creed dalam sosok Black Cat. ( )