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Baccano! Light Novel #9
Baccano!, Vol. 9 (light novel): 1934 Alice in Jails: Streets
怪事件の危機と疾風怒涛の中、娑婆に狂奏曲（バッカーノ）が響き渡る！
曲者達が刑務所にいる時、シカゴでは全土を揺るがす大事件が巻き起ころうとしていた！
300箇所に仕掛けられた爆発物。
同時に発生した200人以上の失踪事件。
奇妙な運命に導かれて集う人々。
すべてが繋がり始める時、娑婆（シカゴ）の空気を塗り替える者とは──!?
曲者達が刑務所にいる時、シカゴでは全土を揺るがす大事件が巻き起ころうとしていた！
300箇所に仕掛けられた爆発物。
同時に発生した200人以上の失踪事件。
奇妙な運命に導かれて集う人々。
すべてが繋がり始める時、娑婆（シカゴ）の空気を塗り替える者とは──!?
272 pages, Hardcover
First published December 10, 2006
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About the author
Ryohgo Narita
348 books383 followersRyohgo Narita (成田 良悟, Narita Ryōgo) is a Japanese light novelist. He won the Gold Prize in the 9th Dengeki Novel Prize for Baccano!, which was made into a TV anime in 2007.[1] His series Durarara!! was also made into a TV anime, which began airing January 2010
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
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June 26, 2023
The vice president of the Daily Days newspaper company goes to Chicago to gather information, with his photographer Carol.
Huey LaForet’s eye was stolen and his hit squad Lamia is on the move.
Christopher meets a new friend, a young boy named Ricardo Russo. Still feeling the mental effects of losing so easily to Vino, he decides to become the bodyguard of the Russo’s family’s heir. But the threats are not only coming from the outside.
The Russo family hires wrench-swinging maniac Graham Specter to track down Lamia.
Renee Branvillier from the Nebula corporation has her eyes on some new test subjects for her experiments.
Easily the weakest book in the Baccano series in my opinion. The protagonists of this book are just not the most interesting characters to be found in this amazing universe. Not a bad story though, with a fast pace, a lot of action scenes and a cool revelation about Sham, one half of Lamia’s twins. It’s a solid though also a bit underwhelming transitional novel in the middle of this trilogy.
Huey LaForet’s eye was stolen and his hit squad Lamia is on the move.
Christopher meets a new friend, a young boy named Ricardo Russo. Still feeling the mental effects of losing so easily to Vino, he decides to become the bodyguard of the Russo’s family’s heir. But the threats are not only coming from the outside.
The Russo family hires wrench-swinging maniac Graham Specter to track down Lamia.
Renee Branvillier from the Nebula corporation has her eyes on some new test subjects for her experiments.
Easily the weakest book in the Baccano series in my opinion. The protagonists of this book are just not the most interesting characters to be found in this amazing universe. Not a bad story though, with a fast pace, a lot of action scenes and a cool revelation about Sham, one half of Lamia’s twins. It’s a solid though also a bit underwhelming transitional novel in the middle of this trilogy.
March 9, 2022
Last time, in the Prison volume, there were almost no new characters, and the story was composed of people who were relatively normal, but this Streets volume is full of new faces. It turned into a Baccano! story with lots of characters who were somehow broken or very colorful.
This pretty much sums it up. Emphasis on the term "relatively" though.
I think this might be the one I enjoyed the least so far. But at this point, I'm far too invested in the whole Baccano story to let this stop me.
I don't know if it's the lack of familiar faces, or the lack of normality. Or whatever. But it just didn't quite hit as the previous books did. The last 30-50 pages or so kinda kept me on my toes though...
...and I'm actually truly curious about where this is going in the Finale part of this 1934 arc.
This pretty much sums it up. Emphasis on the term "relatively" though.
I think this might be the one I enjoyed the least so far. But at this point, I'm far too invested in the whole Baccano story to let this stop me.
I don't know if it's the lack of familiar faces, or the lack of normality. Or whatever. But it just didn't quite hit as the previous books did. The last 30-50 pages or so kinda kept me on my toes though...
...and I'm actually truly curious about where this is going in the Finale part of this 1934 arc.
December 7, 2018
Zawiodłam się. Naprawdę zawiodłam się. Po genialnym tomie 8, który dosłownie pochłonął mnie, poczułam jedynie zawód rzy czytaniu 9. Myślałam, że to będzie kontynuacja, okazało się, że książka wprowadzila mnóstwo, mnóstwo, ogrom nowych bohaterów, których za cholerę nie mogłam spamiętać i wydarzenia, które mnie nie interesowały. Mam nadzieję, że kolejny tom będzie lepszy :(
July 18, 2019
It took me a while to get through this one. There were a lot of new characters, and to be honest, I only cared about Christopher. As the story progressed though, I fell in love with the villain Renee. It ends on a real high note, converging to the ending of volume 8.
Sounds like Volume 10 it's going to be epic. Looking forward to it!
Sounds like Volume 10 it's going to be epic. Looking forward to it!
March 4, 2025
Considering this one is entirely either characters I'm apathetic to / dislike, or new / weird characters, I went into this one assuming I'd actively dislike it. I'm surprised the plot came out as enjoyable as it did. The set-up has me looking forward to the next book as the finale of this trilogy arc too.
January 31, 2022
So astounding
February 23, 2019
Finally more of Christopher, I love his vibrant personality and it is kind of sad that he is only a side character
I just wished for more Huey and Leeza, that combination is quite interesting
And I really wonder what Chané said at the end
I just wished for more Huey and Leeza, that combination is quite interesting
And I really wonder what Chané said at the end
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