World Trigger, Vol. 23 (23)

This is not an objective review. I love this series. The art and story remind me of the art and stories of Osamu Tezuka or Hiromu Arakawa. This volume is not as action packed as other volumes, but it does set up story lines and intrigue for future volumes in an entertaining way.

I can't recommend the physical volumes enough. it's so nice to have access to the little qna bits and all the extra we get from the author. not to mention, the cover art is always really nicely done. it's a great series and I'd say this volume is pretty important to the story, especially with the way things are going. I hope the author shows more of urushima now that we see most people have interesting thoughts on him <3

This was another good volume from Daisuke Ashihara! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

This was a really enjoyable volume because it gave us a lot of lore of the world of the neighbors and how Border became involved with them. There were several 'royalty' reveals but also some great and unexpected twists in terms of Jin's meddling and side effect. Of course, there is the great action as well since we see the end of the rank wars and the beginning of the discussions that will lead to the away team testing.Story: Although Tamakoma II's rank war ended in their great victory, there is still one other rank war going on. Chika wants to watch it since it includes her sniper sempai on Nasu's team, Hiura, who is leaving Border to focus on school. At the same time, though, Galapoula is laboring on how to effectively delay Meedan's away mission without incurring Meeden's wrath or loss of life. Leave it to Jim to come up with a solution thanks to his side effect!It was great to see the Galapoula guys again and this time we get to learn a lot more about them. Jin is carefully playing around several futures and eagle-eyed readers will notice that when he says he is not going on the away mission because he has more important things to do on Earth, Kuga's side effect is activated in the background and Kuga gives a 'hmph.'The next several volumes will be about the testing that these groups will go through in order to be selected for the away mission. This volume, in the meanwhile, is a nice interlude that sets things up.Extras include a side story and a really awesome chart that shows how Border away mission hopefuls answered the question: "who do you want to be teamed up with and who do you prefer not to be teamed up with - and why?" There are some very funny answers depending on which agent that is definitely worth the read.In all, we now enter the next arc of World Trigger: testing in a simulator for the away mission. But this is a 'do not miss' volume thanks to the lore drops and the funny extra. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.

ワールドトリガーが大好きで、コミックは電子、紙と買っています。葦原先生に少しでも感謝の気持ちをと考え、こちらの英語版も買わせていただきました。英語ではこういう表現になるのかー、という発見もありますし、普通に勉強にもなります。そして日本語の紙版コミックより少し大きいのが良い！！形も違うので、タチキリで消えていた部分が見えたりします。おすすめです。