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Biohazard Marhawa Desire #5

Resident Evil, Vol. 5: The Marhawa Desire

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The highly virulent C-virus became a global disaster, but where did the outbreak start? In this prequel to the hit Resident Evil 6 game, the terrifying origins are revealed.

Chris Redfield goes up against the bio-organic weapon, Nanan, using every trick he has to fight against her horrific tentacles and deadly virus gas. The mysterious Hooded Woman appears in the middle of the struggle—what secrets does she know that could change the outcome of this final battle? What is the truth behind the Marhawa Incident? Includes a special epilogue!

168 pages, Paperback

First published October 8, 2013

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Capcom Co., Ltd. is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Ghosts'n Goblins, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil.
Capcom also developed and published Ace Attorney, Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void. Its head office is in Chūō-ku, Osaka.
Originally established in 1983, it has since become an international enterprise with branches and subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and East Asia.

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Profile Image for Quentin Wallace.
Author 34 books178 followers
September 6, 2015
Great end to the series. Overall, as I stated in an earlier review, this was one of the best Manga series I've ever read. This final volume was very suspenseful, as the team tries to make its escape from the isolated school with hordes of zombies as well as the horrifying "boss creature" trailing them. It felt very much like the final battle of the video games, with that same frantic, thrilling vibe.

Without getting into spoilers, I'll just say the team doesn't escape unscathed, and I was a little upset about it. Also, the identity of the person responsible for the entire incident is finally revealed, and let's just say it's a character very familiar to Resident Evil fans. The series leads directly into the Resident Evil 6 video game, which I haven't played but plan to eventually.

Overall, I would recommend this manga series to any Resident Evil fan for sure. It's a must read for fans. Even if you aren't a Resident Evil fan, if you enjoy zombie stories with plenty of suspense, action and horror, with great art, pick this series up. The only bad thing about it was that it had to end!
Profile Image for Stacie (MagicOfBooks).
737 reviews81 followers
December 6, 2018
I will also do a video review here at my channel: http://www.youtube.com/magicofbooks

I have made it to the final book in this series! Gotta say, I was pretty impressed. I went into this series, being a huge fan of the "Resident Evil" video game series, not expecting too much with these graphic novels. I think what these graphic novels did was make you care about these characters. With the video games, you do care for some of the characters, but you don't really know them as well as you would like. Writer Naoki Serizawa crafted a well told story that's about a zombie outbreak at a prestigious Asian boarding school and developed quite a number of characters that you care about. When certain people died, I was genuinely shocked. Something else Naoki Serizawa did was have compelling villains. In the "Resident Evil" games, the villains, for the most part, are one dimensional and flat. Not that that's a bad thing. I love villains like Wesker and Alfred (and even the anti-heroes like Ada and Jake). But you don't really know anything about them. With these graphic novels, the villains are actually compelling and have reasons for their motivations. And their motivations are quite tragic and I found myself sympathetic. Also, this series didn't rely on using franchise favorites to tell the story. "Resident Evil" fan favorite Chris Redfield is barely in this series until the final 2 books. The story is mostly through the point of view of Ricky and his uncle, Doug. This series can stand on it's own from the video games. There's not an overabundance of backstory. You can head right into this series with no previous knowledge of the games. Now, there is a big character reveal at the very end of book 5 that might be meaningless if you've not played the games, but other than that, there's nothing confusing.

A few minor issues I had: there's nothing particularly bad about the artwork. It has a very traditional manga style and flow. But sometimes I would be a bit confused about what was going on in any given panel, especially the big, action packed scenes where blood or guts would be flying, or bullets being shot off. Sometimes it could be a bit overwhelming in one shot that wouldn't be explained very well. And my last minor issue is mostly just a connective thing. These series is promoted as being a prequel to "Resident Evil" 6. Maybe I just don't remember "RE6" that well, but I'm not sure what exactly was the connective tissue between book to game. I guess the virus? A new strain of virus is introduced and I think that's what carries over to "RE6."

Overall, I really enjoyed this graphic novel series for a game series that I love. It was fun, intense, gory, and emotional. And I think there was a really well told story in there. Sometimes the games can feel a bit all over the place, going from location to location, but I think the graphic novels were very focused by staying at the school and focusing on the characters there. If you enjoy the "RE" games, I recommend checking out this series.
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1,959 reviews30 followers
December 12, 2019
The last volume to the prequel of the Resident Evil 6 game.

On the run to get to their one chance to escape Marhawa everyone must fight to survive against incredible odds. Like the last book this is an action packed zombie killing festival but although most of the book is about fighting undead hordes it also helps us feel for the protagonist doing their best regardless of being dragged in to a situation way out of control (and thus requiring the need to kill swarms of undead.) However sometimes sacrifices have to be made so if you have been reading up to this point by all means take in the body count and watch how each tragedy causes the survivors to react. My only regret is this is simply an explanation leading up to the game so if you want to see what happens next you will have to play yourself or find a video with the game so you can get some closure. :)
Profile Image for Chris.
1,987 reviews29 followers
October 16, 2018
Good series overall. Piers doesn't even need a shower after all that. He could splash some water on his face and just go about his day. Why'd he even come with? I'm glad he did, but.. Anyway, I liked it.
Profile Image for Anke Mader.
28 reviews
April 14, 2022
4,5⭐️

Auch der letzte Band hat mich nicht enttäuscht und hält was der Name Resident Evil verspricht.
Noch ein Verlust war eigentlich zu erwarten, kam aber doch irgendwie überraschend. Die Kämpfe waren toll und auch die letzten Seiten haben mir gut gefallen!
Ein würdiger Abschluss der Reihe
Author 3 books7 followers
September 27, 2015
Aku sudah mengikuti serial Resident Evil Marhawa Desire ini dari awal (meski komik volume 1-2nya akubaca secara online). Sejak baca online di salah satu situs baca manga gratis, aku sudah jatuh cinta. Eh, ya, memang sih aku ini seorang penggemar berat serial Resident Evil mulai dari video game-nya sampai film-nya, dan saat ini aku masih berburu novelnya. Hanya saja, novelnya sangat sulit diperoleh... Atau aku yang kurang rajin berburu? Huaaaaaahhh........
Oke, saya me-review dari awal saja ya, mumpung lagi nganggur :P

Overall, aku suka sekali sama komik ini. Aku memang gak sering baca komik, tapi kalau udah suka, sampai ke ujung dunia pun aku kejar! Seperti komik ini. Aku bela-belain mampir ke Denpasar dari tempat KKN tahun lalu cuma buat beli komik ini! :*

Semoga komik ini dibikin game-nya. Walaupun nggak bisa mainnya karena konsol yang semakin berkembang tapi duit tak kunjung berkembang, saya akan stalk sampai kuota kering kerontang. Hehee ^^
Profile Image for Steffi.
20 reviews
August 2, 2015
Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire was a pretty good series. The story wasn't as exciting as the stories in the video game series but it still held my attention and was very entertaining. It was good to see characters like Chris Redfield and Piers Nivans return. The manga does take place before the Resident Evil 6 video game so you get to see a little bit more of their relationship. New characters like Doug and Ricky were refreshing. Even though I did start off thinking that Ricky was going to be a very annoying character, but as the story progressed I found him more and more likeable. It would be really funny and cool to see Ricky show up in one of the next video games alongside Chris.

The story definitely had a Resident Evil vibe to it. Starting off with not knowing what was going on and then slowly learning more facts and tying everything together. I really enjoyed the flashback scenes of why everything was happening. Which was actually kind of sad and I felt pity for the monsters. And of course just like any Resident Evil video game, you have the monster that just won't die and keeps showing up inconveniently.

There is also a character from Resident Evil 6 who makes a little cameo in The Marhawa Desire as well, which was very cool to see. You'll definitely know who it is by Volume 3.
Profile Image for Yoyomaus Die Büchereule.
2,222 reviews31 followers
May 20, 2021
Zum Inhalt:

Resident Evil ist längst eigene Marke. Millionen Kinozuschauer und Videospieler weltweit zählen zu den Fans der unheimlichen Geschichte um die Umbrella-Corporation, deren T-Virus freigesetzt wird, was eine furchtbare Pandemie auslöst und die Menschen in Zombies verwandelt. Die japanische Softwarefirma Capcom, die bereits für die Videospielreihe sowie vier Realverfilmungen und einen Animationsfilm verantwortlich war, startet nun erstmals eine eigene Manga-Adaption ihres weltweiten Top-Titels.

Cover:

Auch das Cover des letzten Bandes kann sich sehen lassen. Hier sehen wir den Charakter der Merah auf schwarzem Grund, die sich in diesem Band noch einmal richtig hervortun wird. Das passt sehr gut und zeigt auch wieder, wie qualitativ hochwertig die Zeichnungen im Innenteil des Bandes sind.





Eigener Eindruck:

Ricky glaubte, dass sein letztes Stündlein geschlagen hat und er nun auch zu einem der Kreaturen wird, die ihm seit einiger Zeit das Leben so schwer machen. Doch ausgerechnet die Mutante Nanan hindert die Unbekannte im schwarzen Umhang daran ihm eine Spritze mit dem T-Virus zu injizieren. Chris Redfield gelingt es daraufhin Nanan zu töten, doch noch immer muss sich die Gruppe auf dem Weg zum sicheren Helikopter gegen die Mutation von Bindi behaupten. In einem unachtsamen Moment versucht Bindi Piers zu töten, jedoch opfert sich Merah, um ihn zu retten. In einem großen Showdown kämpfen die restlichen Überlebenden gegen die nun aufkaschierenden Zombie-Schüler, in der Hoffnung, dass die BSAA bald Verstärkung schickt…



Im finalen Band der Reihe „Marhawa Desire“ geht es noch einmal richtig rund. Immer wieder kommt es zu ungeahnten Situationen, die einem das Blut in den Adern gefrieren lassen und wie es eben für Resident Evil typisch ist, muss man sich im finalen Kampf noch einmal von Charakteren verabschieden, die man eigentlich ganz lieb gewonnen hatte. Das ist einerseits schon irgendwie zu vermuten, weil es immer so ist, aber trotzdem blutet einem dann doch das Herz, wenn es denn dann so weit ist. Und sind wir mal ehrlich, es schaffen ja doch verhältnismäßig viele Personen zu überleben, was ich so auch nicht vermutet hätte. Auch der kleine Cliffhänger zum Schluss ist wieder einmal typisch für Resident Evil, aber durchaus passend. Im Großen und Ganzen muss ich noch einmal betonen, dass mir der Manga wirklich richtig gut gefallen hat, auch wenn es zum Anfang alles recht verworren wirkte. Trotzdem hat sich die Geschichte gemacht und die Zeichnungen der Reihe haben ihr Übriges getan. Das war einfach nur ein Augenschmaus und macht auch Leuten Spaß, die es vielleicht nicht so mit Zombiegeschichten haben. Aber diese Reihe hier, die kann ich mit ruhigem Gewissen wirklich allen empfehlen.



Fazit:

Ein toller finaler Band, den ich euch auch unbedingt empfehlen möchte. Wirklich klasse gemacht und noch einmal so richtig spannend, dass einem die Luft wegbleibt.



Idee: 5/5

Charaktere: 4/5

Logik: 4/5

Spannung: 4/5

Emotionen: 4/5





Gesamt: 4/5



Daten:

ISBN: 9782889211449

Sprache: Deutsch

Ausgabe: Flexibler Einband

Umfang: 160 Seiten

Verlag: KAZÉ Manga

Erscheinungsdatum: 05.06.2014
Profile Image for John Bonilla.
266 reviews
December 30, 2017
Buen final, un clásico de R.E. Aunque no incluyó el típico cohete que mata al jefe final, fue algo parecido, un arma pesada en un helicóptero ya para escapar del lugar infectado.

También estuvo bien como se realiza en 5 volumenes la mini historia ya que el volumen 6 es el juego, que a su vez que la secuela de los manga, ya que en los mangas explica la experimentación sobre el instituto del virus (ya no me acuerdo cual es, lo mencionan el el juego), que aparece en el juego para los B.O.W.s, me pareció muy bien esa relación que dan para ligar la historia y conocer más porque la locura inicial de Chris en el juego al ir perdiendo miembros de su equipo.

Al inicio se tornó medio aburrido en lo que explicaban los origenes, las historias y el porqué de todo lo ocurrido, pero conforme va pasando la historia, va adoptando más el estilo que se viene manejando desde 1998 de R.E.

Y poco más, fue muy buena historia, no se si canon o spin-off
Profile Image for Monica.
822 reviews
June 30, 2017
Último volumen, y desenlace, que no final, de ésta historia, creada para abarcar el previo al origen argumental del juego Resident Evil 6, con el descubrimiento del villano, que no es otro que una vieja conocida de los que hemos jugados a los video juegos clásicos de la saga ( y yo sin darme cuenta de ello, xd). Mucha acción explícita y al más puro estilo made in USA; con dobles combates con enemigos finales mutantes, y algún que otra fantasmada de por medio.
No ha estado nada mal para ser un manga de cinco volúmenes, que ha contenido de todo un poco de varios géneros. Sin ser una maravilla, se lee muy ágilmente y a bien seguro lo disfrutarán los admiradores de los juegos de Zombies de Capcom. Eso sí, se ha encontrado a faltar algún que otro espécimen de los clásicos en medio del ‘fregado’: lickers, Hunters y Cerberus.
Profile Image for Adrian Santiago.
1,180 reviews21 followers
September 26, 2020
Sigo creyendo que mi principal problema u objeción fue el formato manga.
Esa traducción tan plana y equis me sacaba de la historia horrible. Los "vale", "roger that", "Mother Gracia", "kyaaa", "esto..", "de alguna forma", etc me revientan.

Pero hablando de los 5 tomos las únicas partes buenas para mí fueron esa vuelta de tuerca en el tomo 3 y el epílogo en China (aunque este se menciona en la sinopsis y le quita fuerza cuando llega). Fuera de eso la historia es el mismo cliqué de los videojuegos "algo pasó y a disparar porque hay zombis", la diferencia es que aquí solo lo lees y no sumerges a disparar a lo que se ponga enfrente.

El problema de aseverar que Chris y Piers se enfrentan a estos nuevos tipos de zombi, es que en el RE6 suenan demasiado impresionados, como si no se hubieran enfrentado a ello antes.
Profile Image for liv.
86 reviews
June 1, 2025
Uhh I'll mark this as a spoiler since there's a death spoiler and about who's the 'hooded woman' so heads up!!

rest in peace Merah you were such a diva 💔 I love you girl you will be missed. Also I was NOT expecting Ada to be the hooded woman oh my gosh that's crazy. My jaw dropped. I loved this series I was just bummed out that the last female character I liked ended up dying. I loved Merah and honestly the only other characters I liked were Ricky, Chris, and Piers. Other than that I loved this series it was fun to read ^^
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for River Green (Neko Libritos).
200 reviews15 followers
October 14, 2017
Nuestros personajes combatirán las amenazas biológicas, ¡es hora de la batalla final!
Por otro lado, el epílogo de este volumen es el que le da una mejor calificación, si han jugado el RE6 me entenderán.
Recomendado para aquellos que tengan conocimiento previo en la historia, pero igual puede ser disfrutada por todos.
Manga categorizado como +18
Profile Image for Doremili.
1,150 reviews24 followers
December 7, 2017
Fue interesante, y entretenido.

Verán, si no eres fan de la serie puedes divertirte con una buena historia de zombies, pues te presentan los personajes sin muchos miramientos, pero no entenderas el epilogo.

Si eres fan de la serie lo disfrutaras mucho mejor, pues entenderas todas las connotaciones de lo que sucede tras bambalinas.

Disfrute mucho la historia completa.
Profile Image for Ernesto Juárez .
431 reviews7 followers
April 9, 2020
Finaliza la serie precuela, primer contacto con el después clasificado como Virus C en el juego, matan a un personaje que pudo ser interesante, como lo harían en el juego posteriormente con otro que aquí aparece. En general más que nada para los fans de la franquicia de videojuegos, una pequeña historia antes del sexto título de la serie.
Profile Image for AndyBooks3.
224 reviews6 followers
April 13, 2023
¡Que locura, me ha gustado mucho!

La verdad es que nunca creí que iba a disfrutar tanto de unos mangas ¡Pero así ha sido! Me volaron la cabeza y el final de éste me encantó, me ayudó a entender más la historia de Resident Evil 6 y fue divino.

Lo recomiendo mucho, tanto si te gustan los juegos como si no, son muy disfrutables. ♥️
Profile Image for Kris Ritchie.
1,660 reviews16 followers
April 22, 2021
A fantastic ending to pretty great tie-in series. Again, read this before playing RE6.

We get a lot of gruesome art, game reminiscent fights and 'bosses' and some pretty spectacular character development.
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552 reviews3 followers
October 19, 2021
Conclusion to the series, though it does end in a way that leads to one of the games.

This was an awesome series to read and really lived up to the RE universe. I correctly guessed who the hooded woman was, but it's not much of a surprise. Haha.
Profile Image for Justin.
49 reviews
January 30, 2024
A bitter sweet ending to a really nice story.
I was rooting throughout this one. And I must say it was good to have read them all in ago.
Questions were answered and the last sentence was nice to read.
Would recommend if you‘re a Resident Evil Fan + you‘re into this sort of setting.
Profile Image for Don Lawless.
26 reviews7 followers
December 30, 2017
Death is everywhere Dx

I wish we get to see more of Ricky in the main series in the future.
Profile Image for Munirah Mn.
67 reviews
January 7, 2019
Definitely a great conclusion to the series. I love Ricky's character development, even though the ending feels a bit heart-wrenching.
Profile Image for Kurtis Burkhardt.
6,000 reviews51 followers
January 9, 2021
Pretty decent Zombie manga series, not the best thing about Zombies! Our lacked excitement and and story/plot needed help 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️👌❤️
780 reviews2 followers
August 6, 2022
Ich freue mich auf die Fortsetzung!
Profile Image for mati.
90 reviews10 followers
April 2, 2024
3.5⭐️ Cała historia nie była niczym specjalnym, ale bardzo mnie wciągnęła 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Raczej nie poleciłbym jej non resident evil fans, ale dla tych co uwielbiają to uniwersum warto się zaopatrzyć
Profile Image for Katie.
444 reviews4 followers
February 27, 2025
Definitely the best volume of the bunch. Pretty good story in this series overall, and a decent prequel to RE6.
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