8. MAOH: Juveile Remix, Vol. 8 by Megumi Osuga

MAOH: Juvenile Remix, Vol. 8 by Megumi Osuga (US) - (Canada)
MAOH: Juvenile Remix, Vol. 8

Pages: 192
Ages: 16+
Finished: Jan. 8, 2012
First Published: 2007, Japan (English: Dec. 13, 2011)
Publisher: viz media
Genre: YA, manga, science fiction, fantasy
Rating: 5/5


First sentence:

Junya, are you gonna be able to go to school

Acquired: Received a review copy from Simon & Schuster Canada.

Reason for Reading: Next in the series.

Publisher's Summary: "Still trying to recover from the shock of -----'s death, Junya decides to follow in -----'s footsteps. First on the agenda is revenge on the ones who caused his death. Can Junya succeed where ---- failed...?"
{edited to take out the spoilers)

Up to this point Junya has not been much of a character, so I was completely surprised with the way he has taken the death of a previous main character and is stepping up to the plate to fill his shoes.  This is an extremely action-packed, violent, raw emotion filled volume.  Taking the story to new places I hadn't dreamt of.  I had no idea Junya would enter into this underworld of assassins, dirty politicians and a god-complex vigilante with so much ease.  A new and very interesting character, nicknamed "The Pusher" has been introduced but my prediction of an old character coming forward based on his appearance in the last few scenes of volume 7 and the fact that he is on the cover of this volume proved false.  As Anderson is not even in this book!  Why is he on the cover?  The Pusher would have made a better cover pick, imho.  Two more books in the series to go and I can't wait to find out how this all plays out!