Review: Sakamoto Days (Vol. 13) by Yuto Suzuki

Title: Sakamoto Days: Vol. 13

Series: Sakamoto Days #13

Previous books in this series: Sakamoto Days #1 | Sakamoto Days #2 | Sakamoto Days #3 | Sakamoto Days #4 | Sakamoto Days #5 | Sakamoto Days #6 | Sakamoto Days #7 | Sakamoto Days #8 | Sakamoto Days #9 | Sakamoto Days #10 | Sakamoto Days #11 | Sakamoto Days #12

Author: Yuto Suzuki

Genre: YA, manga, adventure

Publication date: September 2024

Published by: VIZ Media

Source: Borrowed from library

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Synopsis: Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He’s now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?!

In order to avoid expulsion from the JCC, a young Sakamoto, Nagumo, and Akao are assigned a special mission—along with another outcast, Uzuki. The assassins close in on their target at a special department store for hit men, but unbeknownst to them, their actions there will alter the course of their futures forever…

My rating: ★★★★⯪

This was a bit of a flashback volume, going back to when Sakamoto was in school with Uzuki aka X, and Nagumo, among others. I really enjoyed following Sakamoto in his younger days and learning more about his past and his connections to all these characters we’ve come across throughout the series.

Review: Square³ by Mira Grant

Title: Square³

Author: Mira Grant

Genre: Adult, horror, sci-fi

Publication date: December 2021

Published by: Subterranean Press

Source: Purchased ebook

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Synopsis: We think we understand the laws of physics. We think reality is an immutable monolith, consistent from one end of the universe to the next. We think the square/cube law has actual relevance.

We think a lot of things. It was perhaps inevitable that some of them would turn out to be wrong.

When the great incursion occurred, no one was prepared. How could they have been? Of all the things physicists had predicted, “the fabric of reality might rip open and giant monsters could come pouring through” had not made the list. But somehow, on a fine morning in May, that was precisely what happened.

For sisters Susan and Katharine Black, the day of the incursion was the day they lost everything. Their home, their parents, their sense of normalcy…and each other, because when the rift opened, Susan was on one side and Katharine was on the other, and each sister was stranded in a separate form of reality. For Susan, it was science and study and the struggle to solve the mystery of the altered physics inside the zones transformed by the incursion. For Katharine, it was monsters and mayhem and the fight to stay alive in a world unlike the world of her birth.

The world has changed. The laws of physics have changed. The girls have changed. And the one universal truth of all states of changed matter is that nothing can be completely restored to what it was originally, no matter how much you might wish it could be.

Nothing goes back.

My rating: ★★★★☆

This was such an interesting concept for a novella, and I really enjoyed it! The whole rift thing with a parallel world and creatures coming through that apparently look like legendary Pokémon...

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Review: Sakamoto Days (Vol. 12) by Yuto Suzuki

Title: Sakamoto Days: Vol. 12

Series: Sakamoto Days #12

Previous books in this series: Sakamoto Days #1 | Sakamoto Days #2 | Sakamoto Days #3 | Sakamoto Days #4 | Sakamoto Days #5 | Sakamoto Days #6 | Sakamoto Days #7 | Sakamoto Days #8 | Sakamoto Days #9 | Sakamoto Days #10 | Sakamoto Days #11

Author: Yuto Suzuki

Genre: YA, manga, adventure

Publication date: June 2024

Published by: VIZ Media

Source: Borrowed from library

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Synopsis: Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He’s now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?!

It's an assassin showdown! Shishiba and Osaragi take on Yotsumura and his geisha on the streets of Kyoto. What happened between Shishiba and Yotsumura in the past to sour their strong mentor-disciple relationship? Meanwhile, chaos engulfs the JCC as the battle between Sakamoto and Kanaguri comes to a head!

My rating: ★★★★☆

This volume was INSANE! We get the background into Amane’s past with his parents and omg... I can’t. We know from previous volumes that his dad killed his mom, and he is understandably enraged. However, in this volume, we learn the motives behind his dad’s actions and I was well and truly shocked. It was awful! I just feel for this family 😢