Full Metal Panic! Volume 8

Full Metal Panic! Light Novel #8

by Shouji Gatou, Shikidouji (Illustrator), Elizabeth Ellis (Translator)

Sousuke has been torn away, not just from Kaname, but from the entire life he’s made for himself. His flight brings him to a lawless border town in Southeast Asia, whose economy revolves around mech battles played out for sport and profit. On a lead that Amalgam is involved with the corrupt authorities there, Sousuke joins a ragtag team headed by an impetuous young local and her reluctant foreign sponsor. But as he seeks what he’s lost, will Sousuke lose what he’s gained?

Genres: Light Novel, Science Fiction

300 pages, ebook

First published January 20, 2006

About the author

Shoji Gatoh ( 賀東招二), born on July 11, 1971, is a Japanese author from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for the creation of the Full Metal Panic! series that included light novels, manga and anime. He is not only an author but also an anime scenarist, for example "The Day of Sagittarius" of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and three episodes of Lucky Star.

Reviews

[Derek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Synopsis: After the events in Continuing On My Own, Sousuke finds himself alone. Kaname is kidnapped, the Arbalest is gone, and he has no support from Mithril. Falling back onto his skills as a Guerilla fighter before he joined Mithril, he goes to Southeast Asia to look for clues about the secret organization Amalgam and what they have done with Kaname.

The final act of this novel is an absolutely jaw-dropping extended action sequence where Sosuke has to go up against nearly insurmountable odds in order to capture a member of Amalgam who has been tasked with killing Sosuke...

[Lauren Priest · Rating 5 out of 5]

Continue to Fight

Another dramatic, intense, sad and action filled adventure in the Full Metal Panic series? Sousuke's determined march into enemy territory has left him at death's door but he has the answer to one of his questions. The question now is, will he live to do something about it? He has to! The hero can't die now! What's going to happen to the full Metal crew now? I can hardly wait to read volume 9 and find out.

[Chee Sheng · Rating 5 out of 5]

With the number of separation happening in the last book, we are seeing more of our male protagonist trying to take up the role of being a hero, trying to dig out as much information as possible that will lead him to the female protagonist. He ended up crossing path with the police department and the enemies, but with the cost of losing......

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This started off slow but revved up to a brutal finale.

[Tuấn Khang · Rating 4 out of 5]

Burning One Man Force

This series keeps getting darker and darker. Sousuke wants to fight alone, but it's impossible, he gets people involved, and collateral damage is inevitable. Fire of revenge is burning in his heart. This time he has to face the ruthless Kurama again (an enemy he has met in the previous book, Continuing on My Own - Vol. 7), with an old model Savage (1st Generation) to fight a lot of stronger ASes, even the M9 (3rd Generation)

so sad for Nami, and here I though he would form a harem with all Whispered girls, nah, just kidding :-j

I guessed the next book we will see what the survivors of Mithril do...