I really like most of what Minekura does, so my meh reaction to Wild Adapter surprised me. Kubota was too Sociopath Stu for me, though the Komiya stuff kept me interested in volume 1 even despite the fact that Komiya's main role was to proclaim how wicked-cool Kubota is. Gojyo really had a short, hard life this time. Volume 2 was okay, though I was ( Read more... )

I'm glad I had an opportunity to browse Wild Adapter volume 3 at the bookstore, because I would have been annoyed if I'd bought it. I've loved everything else Minekura has done but Kubota and Tokito have about two shades of characterization each in this volume and the plot did nothing for me. Kubota is cool and superior, while Tokito is impatient ( Read more... )

I'm still not feeling the Wild Adapter love after having read volume 2. Kazuya Minekura's storytelling and art seem far more dynamic in Saiyuki and Bus Gamers than here. So far we still get that Kubota is the wicked cool Sociopath Stu whom everyone wants, though the somewhat Goku-like brash yet mostly sweet Tokito is the chink in his armor of ( Read more... )

I was thinking about the thing where some fans have decided that Kubota and Tokito are a reincarnation of Hakkai and Gojyo. (I could see it.) Imagine if your karma is to sometimes take turns in meeting for the first time while literally lifting your injured partner out of the gutter life after life?

Whereas some earlier volumes of Kazuya Minekura's Saiyuki Reload meandered off the road at times--although they were mostly enjoyable meanderings--volume 6 feels like we're hurtling forward, completely on point, and it's great. The one side-trail bit here is funny and may well have importance further along. There's a nice mix of angst, plot, and ( Read more... )

Westfield Comics has this listed as coming out in January:

WILD ADAPTER VOL. 1 SC - [of 5] B&W Creators: Author: Kazuya Minekura ; Art by: Kazuya Minekura Description: When an assassin tries to quit the profession, he takes in a boy with a mysterious past; the boy has been exposed to the drug wild adapter, which has caused his arm to transform ( Read more... )