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Switch #5
switch, Vol. 5
Kai Eto may look like a squeaky clean kid, but the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division's new investigator hides a violent alter ego and a dangerous past. Together with his stoic partner Hal Kurabayashi, Kai is assigned to track down and stop the distribution of a dangerous new drug--Dragon Speed.
A night on the town with fellow NCD employee Mari turns into a nightmare for Kai when they get mixed up with the Ryugen drug ring in a deadly case of mistaken identity.
A night on the town with fellow NCD employee Mari turns into a nightmare for Kai when they get mixed up with the Ryugen drug ring in a deadly case of mistaken identity.
184 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Otoh Saki
23 books10 followersAssociated Names:
AIKAWA Lira
LIRA Kotone
SAKI Roka
Part of the mangaka group Naked Ape.
Along with her Naked Ape partner NAKAMURA Tomomi, the two frequently release doujinshis as part of the Acute Girls doujinshi circle.
Additionally, often works with the mangaka YAMAMOTO Kana, as part of the doujinshi circle Negahyst.
AIKAWA Lira
LIRA Kotone
SAKI Roka
Part of the mangaka group Naked Ape.
Along with her Naked Ape partner NAKAMURA Tomomi, the two frequently release doujinshis as part of the Acute Girls doujinshi circle.
Additionally, often works with the mangaka YAMAMOTO Kana, as part of the doujinshi circle Negahyst.
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May 25, 2011
1st. read: 2/11/09
April 19, 2018
Tachibana (the unnamed female agent whom interacted with Kai, Mari, Miyoshi, and Ibu in the last volume) causes true mischief by selling Mari a Handbook of Doom for love trapping Kai via ferris wheel. Alas, most of Mari’s attempts to put the handbook’s advice into action are doomed when Agents Shiba and Takei, along with the Ryugan themselves do all they can to ruin her romantic plans.
This volume turns much darker in the next storyline when Takei is injured during an operation. Shiba finds a mysterious youth with a tattoo was caught in the same accident as Takei, suffering from amnesia. Kai, another victim of memory loss, is asked to get close to the young man, to help him remember. Not only is this always a dangerous proposition for Kai, but the tattoo on the mysterious youth marks as the slave of the Ryugan. This means his masters may want him back and the Ryugan has already shown themselves to be more than willing to carve their way through anyone or anything standing in the way of what they want. Hal experiences that willingness once more, while he’s doing everything he can to catch those at the heart of the mystery (making his fellow agents blus in the process), only to find himself confronting an old enemy with a new face. His enemy taunts him about the ‘switch’, which is right under his nose…
Mari’s crush hits hilarious new levels in this book, plus it was a delight to see Tachibana get a name and develop further as a character. Takei deepened as well, plus we readers got to meet some new characters; Agents Shiba, Isobe, Goda, Tsukiyuki, and the mysterious youth who experiences traumatic flashbacks hinting at his past. Not that Miyoshi, Ibu, Hiki, and especially Hal and Kai were neglected. Hal showed just how far he’s willing to go get information while Kai revealed a little information about a past he can’t remember. The main storyline involving the mystery of the switch moves into high gear where Hal meets an old enemy and Kai finds himself getting more and more emotionally involved with the young man he’s supposed to be helping to recover his memories.
For a deepening plot, filled with threads coming together, the addition of more compelling characters while the existing ones develop, and the strikingly attractive artwork I’ve come to look forward to from Naked Ape, this gets four stars.
This volume turns much darker in the next storyline when Takei is injured during an operation. Shiba finds a mysterious youth with a tattoo was caught in the same accident as Takei, suffering from amnesia. Kai, another victim of memory loss, is asked to get close to the young man, to help him remember. Not only is this always a dangerous proposition for Kai, but the tattoo on the mysterious youth marks as the slave of the Ryugan. This means his masters may want him back and the Ryugan has already shown themselves to be more than willing to carve their way through anyone or anything standing in the way of what they want. Hal experiences that willingness once more, while he’s doing everything he can to catch those at the heart of the mystery (making his fellow agents blus in the process), only to find himself confronting an old enemy with a new face. His enemy taunts him about the ‘switch’, which is right under his nose…
Mari’s crush hits hilarious new levels in this book, plus it was a delight to see Tachibana get a name and develop further as a character. Takei deepened as well, plus we readers got to meet some new characters; Agents Shiba, Isobe, Goda, Tsukiyuki, and the mysterious youth who experiences traumatic flashbacks hinting at his past. Not that Miyoshi, Ibu, Hiki, and especially Hal and Kai were neglected. Hal showed just how far he’s willing to go get information while Kai revealed a little information about a past he can’t remember. The main storyline involving the mystery of the switch moves into high gear where Hal meets an old enemy and Kai finds himself getting more and more emotionally involved with the young man he’s supposed to be helping to recover his memories.
For a deepening plot, filled with threads coming together, the addition of more compelling characters while the existing ones develop, and the strikingly attractive artwork I’ve come to look forward to from Naked Ape, this gets four stars.
December 16, 2017
Me tomó algo de tiempo terminar de leer este tomo ero más porque tenía una pereza de leer muy grande.
El manga toma un giro bastante interesante hay cosas que no me estan gustando del todo.
El dibujo sigue siendo bastante alarmante y me confunde un poco.
También esta el problema de que los dialogos ovupan mucho espacio del cuadro y este no se puede apreciar del todo.
La historia y los personajes son los que no pierden ese toque tan carismático que atrai.
El manga toma un giro bastante interesante hay cosas que no me estan gustando del todo.
El dibujo sigue siendo bastante alarmante y me confunde un poco.
También esta el problema de que los dialogos ovupan mucho espacio del cuadro y este no se puede apreciar del todo.
La historia y los personajes son los que no pierden ese toque tan carismático que atrai.
February 7, 2016
I found this to be a great volume. The workmanship was great and led to me having a better sense of what the creator was trying to portray.
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