This post is courtesy of Guest Writer Carey Anderson.
This is your unlucky day folks cause the Black Cat manga has been licensed in America.
Train Heartnet is a sweeper. It’s a job that gets all kinds of work, from gathering bounty heads to body guarding an important diplomat. Train, however is different. Train is the infamously known Black Cat who once worked for the syndicate Chronos. During his tenure with Chronos, he served as number XIII among the other numbered members who served the high council of Chronos.
Now retired, Train and his partner Sven are going to have a lot of fun as they take down evil crime bosses to save a genetically manipulated little girl named Eve.
The illustrations by Kentaro Yabuki, the author, is a traditional anime style but, it’s so boring. There is no redeeming quality to how this man can draw his characters. The worst thing is probably his sense of fashion as Train’s vest looks like it comes equipped with freakin’ donuts!
The story is probably the most unoriginal thing I’ve read since a yoai doujin of Sasuke and Naruto. All of his characters feel like a rip off of one or two characters from other series like Cowboy Bebop, Naruto, and Lupin III. I hope this series finds some ounce of originality in the near future otherwise it will just end up in the bottom of the bargain bin.
