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Siam is
determined to take over East Ikebukuto, but she and her army are going
to have to get through the cats of the Free Collars Kingdom to do it.
So, she sends out the Siam Army Pest Exterminators to clean out unwanted
riff raff. These Pest Exterminators are using Happy Trick, a product
that uses silvervine, a substance that contains Nepetalactone, which
causes cats to trip out and gain extra strength. The cats of the Free
Collars Kingdom are able to put a stop to the Siam Army Pest
Exterminators after Cyan defeats their leader, Assassin Chami. Cyan then
wants to go after Siam, but Amesho convinces him that he is not ready,
as he barely defeated Chami. After training, when a citizen of East
Ikebukuto sends out and emergency signal from the Sunshine Aquarium, the
Free Collars cats are off to the rescue. Coon is the one that sent out
the signal and Scottie has been captured. Coon has had a spell cast over
him and attacks Cyan. Cyan are able to save Coon and Scottie, but he
realizes that something must be done about Siam. He and the Free Collars
Kingdom cats march over to West Ikebukuto to face Siam and her army on
their own turf. This is going to be the mother of all battles.
Free
Collars Kingdom - Volume 3 is a
manga book written and drawn by Takuya Fujima. This book was translated and adapted by
William Flanagan and Lettered by North Market Street Graphics. This book contains
the following Cat Tales (chapters):
Cat Tale 13: Cyan's Rage
Cat Tale 14: Behavioral X Rehabilitation
Cat Tale 15: The Place One Must Be
Cat Tale 16: Siam's Collar
Cat Tale 17: The Return of the Queen
Cat Tale 18: (Final Chapter) A Stray
Cat's Heaven
There is
also some special extras in the following sections: Author's Note, Honorifics
Explained, Cultural Notes, Bonus Mini Manga: Free Collars Love Theater,
and Translation Notes. The book reads from right to left and back to
front, just like a book from Japan. This manga book is intended for
readers ages 16 and up.
Maybe it
is the translation by William Flanagan , or maybe it is the writing, but
this book is extremely hard to follow. Maybe that's why there was only
three books in this series? I don't know, but once again, after having
liking the first book so much, I found myself not really enjoying
Free Collars Kingdom - Volume 3 very much as I should have. There is
a ton of dialog which does not flow very well in English. Sure, it is
the final book in this series, and, yes, it does tied up all the loose
ends, but it was very hard to follow what was going on. The artwork is
beautiful, but sometimes cluttered and confusing. The concept of the
story is pretty cool, it is just the execution that left me wanting
more. I really wanted to understand about the lives of these cats, but
just didn't get into the story very much. Overall, I thought Free
Collars Kingdom - Volume 3 was a good book that could have been
great if the reader could have understood what was going on a little
better. Too bad . . . it had potential.
I rated
this book a 6½ out of 10.
I rated
this series a 7 out of 10. |
