Yesterday to my supreme joy my Guyver books arrived in the mail.

In stead of buying them when they came out I wanted to wait and get all three of them at once, and that was yet more torture but worh the wait. Since we don't have a Chuang Yi comic topic I'm creating this.

For now I'll start off with book six. *spoilers*

I certainly like the artwork more than the Viz version, I mean on that book we see a character that appears later in book 10 (nice spoiler Viz!) Barcus doesn't look too happy. This is kind of a retread of the first time I read book six last year (viz version), except of course the paper quality is better, the original sound effects are in, and translations differences. But I couldn't help but notice that the scene in which the other eight Zoalords realease that Guyot is a traitor (one of those 'mass gasp' scenes) it's different from the one in the viz version. I wasn't expecting Takaya to redraw these, since I didn't see too much point. Earlier he re-drew Guyver II with a more original look but why this scene? No biggie. Guyot still gets the Unit Remover, Alkanphel appears and defeats Aptom easyly (while looking really good in that white suit. I want one of those!), and thankfully Murakami recovers from his last fight at last.

One thing I noticed was that Shin revears to the Zoalord of lighting as "Praxtor" and yet at the end of the book is a chart of all the Zoalords and their names, here he is called what I was expecting him to be "Purg'stall" or something to that degree. No idea but I hope they keep it "Purg'stall"

A fine book from Chuang Yi and is a great set up for the next two books.

Alkanphel: Are you sane, Guyot?

I'm gonna order this one pretty soon, since I don't have it yet. ;;;

You mean book six, Fanatic? Or one of the later two?

Let's see now Book Seven. *spoilers*

Nice cover art, once again. Guyver I dashing towards us is cool. I liked the Viz cover for book seven, but it works out because the first page shows this picture (Guyver I's head apearing in front of the Relic).

So we have Guyver I and Guyver III exploring the Relic. One thing that was on my mind quite a bit was this:. Dr. Odagiri said that any material that they used to try and cut through the shell of the Relic would be melted by it's interior defense chemicals. So before the two Guyver's exit the outer most layer of the Relic's interior a liquid spills out and fills up the area that they are in. From Viz's translations it seemed like one last barrier to kill off anything that didn't have a Guyver, so then why didn't the camera equipment that they were carrying melt? At least this question was answered in this version by Agito saying "It doesn't appear to be some kind of acid or poision" (of course it might not appear to be harmful due to them having Guyvers but at least it works so that Takaya didn't have a plot hole)

Meanwhile Guyot is causing a lot of trouble in Relic Point, due to his fight with Alkanphel. Not only that but Aptom is tearing up the remants of Team Five and has an explosive battle with Zektole. And we get to see Aptom's Fifth form for the first time (Zektole/Elegen form) thought only for a few panels.

The book (and Viz's run) ends with Guyot using his trump card, the Pseudo Black Hole.

Like Book Six this was a revisit but a improved revisit. Book 7 is certainly awesome what with seeing Guyot himself getting pushed back, Aptom battling the other Hyper Zoanoids and becoming stronger, and the two Guyver's exploration fo the Relic.

Aaah, I love the Guyver.

Next

History in the making Book 8: the book that Viz was too afraid to go to (or rather too cheap).

I need book 8 which came out not too long ago. I already have volumes 1-7.

I just recieved 7 and eight. The translations seems to be improving. Not that the others were bad, but they had a couple of hiccups. These did it very nice. Especially eight. Does anyone know when the next few will be released?

Edited November 7, 200520 yr by Guest

I just recieved 7 and eight. The translations seems to be improving. Not that the others were bad, but they had a couple of hiccups. These didn't very nice. Especially eight. Does anyone know when the next few will be released?

They have to negotiate for the rights to the next 3 to 5 books. So we might be waiting a couple of months like we did between volumes 5 & 6.

I hope they decide to make it at least three books for the next contract. Five would be awesome.

Come on, guys kick into gear.