Creator: Kairi Fujiyama
Publisher: Del Rey
Age Rating: Teen
Genre: Action
RRP: $10.95
Dragon Eye v2
Reviewed by Dan Polley

The Dracules are set to take over Mikuni, but will Issa be able to overcome his weaknesses and stop the threat on the city? So begins Kairi Fujiyama’s second volume of Dragon Eye.

As the threat of the Kaligera, one of the Dracules, emerges toward the city, Issa must think fast and remember back to earlier in his life in order to defeat the beast. But once reinforcements arrive and capture the Dracule in a spell, will the squad leader whose soldiers captured the Dracule allow Issa to fight Kaligera on his own terms?

Eventually, Issa must deal with the consequences of his actions, which, like many of his actions before this, seem to be questionable. Top members of VIUS rightly don’t fully trust Issa’s leadership and it is made clear that one slip up could result in a heavy penalty against the Squad Zero leader.

But Issa, along with Leila and Kazuma, and four others, set off on a reconnaissance mission to the outskirts of the city, where several farmers have reported seeing beasts — or perhaps Dracules.

Issa’s health gets in the way for part of the mission, but after a key point, the group of seven is split into two groups, a sure sign that Issa’s VIUS leadership might not last long — if the seven of them can get back.

Both groups find that the only way out from where they’re trapped is to head deeper into unknown territory. And after each group encounters their fair share of Dracules, the tension rises as they fight to get back home … alive.

The excitement in this volume is much greater than it was in the first as the motives of several characters is widely known heading into the volume. Issa remains a mystery, his life before entering VIUS has yet to be explored.

Dragon Eye continues on its journey into the heart of Dracule land. With a combined Squad Zero and others ravaging for Dracules, this and coming volumes are sure to be exciting.


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