No Guns Life, Vol. 7

ノー・ガンズ・ライフ [No Guns Life] #7

by Tasuku Karasuma

After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life—or who replaced his head and why—Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended.

When you are a tool of a megacorporation, can you ever escape their grip? Juzo hasn't got an answer just yet, but he's determined to live his life for himself. Too bad for Juzo that the agents of Berühren have other ideas. A man claiming to be Tetsuro's brother wants to test a new version of Berühren's Harmony device, and Juzo and Tetsuro are the guinea pigs. Survival means Juzo will need to unleash his full capabilities as a Gun Slave Unit, but this time it may not be enough...

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Dystopia

216 pages, Paperback

First published August 17, 2018

About the author

Tasuku Karasuma (カラスマタスク; Karasuma Tasuku) is a japanese mangaka.

Reviews

[Roberto Diaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good continuation somewhat rough on the edges.

I like tha fact that the main "corporate evil" arc continues, but we get some worldbuilding in the middle with what's up with many of the extended in this world and its effect on our common views.

Solid Cliffhanger. Worth the read.

[Ben Brackett · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have no idea what's going on in this book anymore. The chapters are super rushed and confusing.

[Abigail · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. This volume was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I liked some of the stuff it did with Pepper (a character I traditionally do not like), but then the middle arc with the tough girls was pretty average (at least in the parts that were about the tough girls themselves). Likewise, the addition of Rin, a girl from Tetsuro's past, was interesting, but not entirely gripping. That being said, the final arc, which is the arc discussed on the back cover, had some of the single coolest fight panels I've ever seen. It was brutal, it was epic, and I loved every ounce of it. One of the things I think this series does best is handling Juzo's power levels, and this was a great example. The story is constantly finding good ways to flux Juzo's abilities in ways that are logical, true to the story world, and not contrived, and this was another great example. Love the art, love the characters, and excited to read the rest of the series.

[Ignacio Mazuecos · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been a great volume! A bit confusing at the end, but I can't wait to see what happens in the next one!

[Isel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dam. What happened to Juzo's partner? He give himself up for experimenting? And right through the eyes 😬😱

[DonutKnow · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art is so cool, epic, noir and action-packed! I love Juzo 🖤🖤😍

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finished this volume up on Christmas would you look at that.

Harmony helps Juzo unlock special functions to take down Seven and Pepper. Unfortunately Seven is taken away before he could be killed and Pepper is lost to the wreckage only to be found later and rescued in a hospital. There’s some stuff about trying to teach Seven to be a free thinker but perhaps I’ll find out later on if that stuck.

Pepper reveals who Juzo’s old partner was but we don’t find out until the very end of the book that he’s the one who is behind making harmony (?). We have a short story about saving a woman who used to be an athlete because her friend misses her and wanted to apologize but you know given the genre- she is a prostitute and we have to save her.

Juzo seeks help from the husband character from a few books back to try and find out more about his past partner. He ends up coming in clutch at the very end saving our heroes skin by quickly helping them run away before his old partner kills him (he got very close).

Also Tetsuro’s old friend from the factory where they gave them harmony (Rinko) it shows up for barely a chapter to kind of low-key flirt with him before abruptly disappearing.

I think the fight scenes are starting to take on a life of their own with better posing and lines of action but it still needs a little bit more polish.