The Return of Gray

Gunsmith Cats #3

by Kenichi Sonoda

Uber-babe bounty hunter Rally Vincent is on the trail of counterfeiters, but vengeance-minded killers are on the trail of Rally. And they've got her pal Misty under wraps. Rally has to team up with a pal who happens to work for one of Rally's bounty targets! Round and round Rally goes, but where she stops...you'd better believe she's heavily armed! Duck and cover! Gunsmith Cats is gun-blazing, tire-screeching, eye-popping manga as only Kenichi Sonoda can deliver. Includes two special Gunsmith Cats short stories.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels

248 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 1998

About the author

Japanese Profile: 園田健一

Sonoda Kenichi is a Japanese manga artist and animation character designer.

Reviews

[Sean Newgent · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like the running gag with this series is one of the girls loses her skirt or shorts and is forced to spend half the chapter running around in her underwear. Gray returns, like clockwork Minnie May is kidnapped, Rally has to save her, but at least this volume Bean Bandit gets some time to shine. There's a midvolume chase sequence that is a lot of fun and really displays Sonoda's ability to draw cars and action. I feel like I should be downgrading the scores for this series as I progress based purely on how repetitive it is and the lack of any really compelling through-line plot. But I am entertained even if it's basically an invitation to wank and read a bunch of pointless violence. I guess I'm the kind of loser this is meant to appeal to.

Oh well.

[Max Z · Rating 3 out of 5]

The high-octane action becomes maybe a little too zany in the end but it's fine all the way, car chases and shootouts every few pages. And I was suprised to see Bean Bandit in the last story arc, whom I fondly remember from Riding Bean OVA.

[David Doel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was hard to put down, especially the second half! And, I say that despite the second half being mostly a car chase, which normally only works in movies. Also, Bean Bandit is a amazingly memorable character.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good manga👌😁❤️❤️

[Andre · Rating 1 out of 5]

Re-reading. Comments for the series. I remember liking these in the 90s as action mangas with cool guns and cars. I now find them to have the details of action movies without the meat of it, filled with clichés from mangas and movies, all "cool-looking" scenes with no story/character depth behind it. More free space on my shelves.

[scarlettraces · Rating 3 out of 5]

Guns and panties aren't really my thing, but 3 stars for the car chase.

[Trip · Rating 4 out of 5]

(I'm so retro, I read this as individual issues.)