yourenotacat 's review for:

86--EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 12: Holy Blue Bullet by Asato Asato

3.25

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very lukewarm about this volume. All the lighthearted / humorous scenes really worked for me, while a lot of the main plot didn't. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't really care that much about the political dynamics of the Empire pre-revolution. So following a group who felt spurned by the Federacy was pretty boring. I liked the scenes that focused on the Eighty-Six (the wiretaps, Claude and his brother, the Actaeon, etc.) so volume 13 sounds like it'll be more enjoyable for me. At least Shiden got to flirt with a hot girl, I guess. Good for her.