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Reviewed by David Rasmussen Well in these trying times, we all could use a good title to distract us from our worries; luckily for you, VIZ consistently packs quality reads that take your mind off your woes, if only for a wee bit... case in point, the humor read BoBoBo-Bo Bo-BoBo… Volume 2, containing material originally published in Shonen Jump #66 through #76. I thought it was enough when I heard there was a one-shot, then I was intrigued by a new Volume One on an ongoing basis... and now? Well, we roll ever forward with new content. They still seem to be fighting the same DragonBall-Z-attired weirdo from last time (aka Giga) for the first half of the volume, once again engaging the same senseless slapstick humor from before... and really right now we need any humor we can grapple onto... so a title that is unafraid to be totally out of control and out there is a good thing in this day and age. Thanks VIZ. Nothing is sacred, everything is fair play, and have at it-- anything can and probably will (or has already happened and you’ll have to buy the last volume to see it) happen here. Nothing seems to be beyond Yoshio Sawai’s mind as everything including a full kitchen set is thrown at the reader... in this one battle. There’s more past it, and more chances to be odd... or weird... or disturbing... or all three. Now if only Weird Al will write a song about him. That’d be nice. VIZ, hire Weird Al to write a song about Bo. I dare you. Of course just fighting one DragonBall-Z-suited-nut-job will seem like a cakewalk (even if it was a really hard cakewalk that took like forever) after the mucho-bizarre events which leave everyone fighting an entire large amusement park... and something about hair hunters from 100 years ago or something... yeah, let’s not make it any easier to grasp, huh, Sawai, just keep hurling the madness... oh, next volume it’s a world at war... or however much of a world you can jam into a large amusement park filled with BoBoBo-Bo and allies and their 100 year old enemies from the past... didn’t I see that in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine once...? Whatever. Right now we need more things of high quality (hitting low below the belt with low-brow humor that actually entertains) to give us respite from the way the economy is now; thankfully VIZ, will always be there to give us that helping hand... just, you know, don’t let it go to your heads, VIZ. So, looking for a non-stop train running over you filled with not-so-cutting-edge (yet workable) humor that can really entertain and be satisfying going down? Here you go, enjoy. B+. Comment on this review of BoBoBo-Bo Bo-BoBo Volume 2 on the Manga Life Forums. |
6 October 2009
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