ariaojou 's review for:

86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 8: Gun Smoke on the Water by Asato Asato

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Perhaps one of the heaviest volumes out of the bunch in some ways. Since this is my 2nd time reading, I took the liberty of skimming through the battle scenes, which are too complicated for me. Still, this volume focuses on the perspective of other Eighty-Six and how they learn to find the meaning of fighting to die vs fighting go survive - which makes it a meaningful read, still.