Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Volumes: 38+
Spoilers?: Light.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
In a savage world ruled
by the pursuit of the most delicious foods, it's either eat or be
eaten! While searching for the tastiest foods imaginable, Gourmet Hunter
Toriko travels the world with his bottomless stomach, facing every
beast in his way.
Toriko and the gang did it! They captured Acacia’s Salad—Air! However, the victory celebration is cut short when a familiar friend-now-foe, Teppei, steals Komatsu’s heart right out of his chest and disappears into the Back Channel! Now Toriko and the other Four Kings must travel to Area 7 to capture Acacia’s Soup, Pair, to save Komatsu! Ferocious Area 7 won’t be much of a party, but they’ll still have a ball…or two!
Toriko and the gang did it! They captured Acacia’s Salad—Air! However, the victory celebration is cut short when a familiar friend-now-foe, Teppei, steals Komatsu’s heart right out of his chest and disappears into the Back Channel! Now Toriko and the other Four Kings must travel to Area 7 to capture Acacia’s Soup, Pair, to save Komatsu! Ferocious Area 7 won’t be much of a party, but they’ll still have a ball…or two!
Review:
I’m honestly
surprised with how much I actually enjoy reading odd volumes of this series.
It’s not something I would normally pick up, and it’s an odd series that I
don’t always understand, but actually quite fun to read.
As the group is
celebrating with their acquired food air, and trying it in all kinds of different
ways, they’re attacked. And Komatsu is horribly wounded. Everyone does what
they can to preserve him safely in a coma until they can find a cure, which
means that they’re off on another trip to another island, where they will be
able to heal him. This means they take a shark-train as transport, and fight a
lot of odd animals, on their way to defeat the monkey king to get what they
need.
At this point, I
kind of just accept the odd world they’re in. There’s a lot of fighting, but I
actually like seeing what weird creatures he (and the fans) comes up with. I do
think this series is a little god-mode-y, with how the characters seem to defy
death every time, but I can mostly overlook that. I don’t normally enjoy series
that include constant unnecessary battles, but I don’t mind it here.
This is
surprisingly fun, and I don’t mind seeing another volume show up in my mailbox.
A review copy was
provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so
much!
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