Ken and his rival Kaoruko recover the mysterious crystal that will prove her scientist father isn't a crackpot. But Leo, the ringmaster of the Legendz Carnival, has other ideas and will do anything to get his hands on it. Their explosive duel finally releases the true power of the Golden Soul Figure, but will it be enough to stop the forces of Darkness that areclosing in on Ken and his friends?
The plot really picks up with this volume. There is a twist in the plot and we found out who the real bad guy is, a famous mythical creature that made me squee with glee. Relationships develop all around, Ken and his Windragon get some pretty cool powers and of course very heavy on the battle scenes. Quick-paced, certainly not a deep story but fun for the younger crowd or those looking for some old-school battle-game manga. Ririko, the girl featured on the cover of the volume, has managed to get herself kidnapped once again and the volume ends with a secret revealed and our gang poised to rescue friends and defeat the enemy. Since the next volume is the last one, I'm expecting a pretty fast rushed ending but the whole series so far has been a fun whirlwind with this one bringing us to the brink of the climax.
So different from the Anime but still good. While Leo started out as a very hate able Character but become somewhat tragic and actually a like able character to and it will be interesting to see how they deal with Jabberwock in the final volume when compared to how the Anime handled its ending.