Aug 25, 2007
Manga review for Kamiyadori Book 1 by Kei Sanbe. Translated by Ray
Yoshimoto and adapted by Mike Wellman. US edition published by
Tokyopop in December 2006. Japanese version published in 2004 by
Kadokawa Shoten. $9.99. Rated M for Mature. Contains nudity and
graphic violence. Kei Sanbe fashions another apocalyptic world
after leaving the CMX series Testarotho with a very awkward ending
due to it being cancelled. A virus of tenacious contagion spreads
across the world, changing its victims, be they plant, animal, or
human into grotesque monsters called kamiyadori. Only a special
forces unit of the police known as Right Arms, imbued with the
power of the Kamiyadori, can battle on equal terms with the
monsters. Their job, to exterminate the infected without mercy or
pity. Jillald, a Right Arm, has begun to doubt his purpose and the
reason why he has killed so many. His partner, Vivi, an uncivilized
Rojek, has no such doubts. My Grade: B