Full Metal Panic! Volume 5

漫画 フルメタル・パニック！/ Full Metal Panic! #5

by Shouji Gatou, 館尾冽, Retsu Tateo (Illustrator)

High school student Kaname and her undercover protector Sosuke are back again, and the bad guys aren't far behind! Kaname and American exchange student Tessa have been captured by the terrorist group A-21. They must escape, but first they must destroy a gigantic and invincible weapon before A-21 can activate it! Will Sosuke and his covert ops organization MITHRIL show up in time?

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Humor, Graphic Novels, Romance, Comics, Comedy

168 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

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

[Angigames · Rating 3 out of 5]

E niente, ci vogliono due fratelli psicopatici per smuovere un po’ di cose, è finalmente entrare nell’azione.
Questo manga non è per niente lineare, è mooolto confusionario e Caotico e la cosa comincia ad irritanti parecchio!
Comincio a non sopportare più ne Kaname ne Tessa. Il più simpatico di tutti per ora è Kruz!

[Shin Donghae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmm meski di luar dugaan Tateo sensei cukup berhasil unjuk pamer adegan mecha, namun persaingan Kaname-Tessa terasa sedikiti mengganggu dan membingungkan. Tessa seorang kapten memang gadis 16 tahun (dan lemah tentunya), namun feelnya kurang bisa tersalurkan oleh Tateo sensei. Karakter Webber justru lebih "apa adanya" dalam menarik minat pembaca :))

[Anthony Wendel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The storyline from the previous volume comes to an end. From there two short stories are presented. One showcases Tessa experiencing what life would be like if she was an ordinary girl. The other shows some old faces returning to try and disrupt Sousuke and Chidori's vacation. Luckily, instead of disrupting things, the event actually brings the pair together.

[David Doel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have only volumes 5 and 7 from this series; I missed much of the background. Despite this, I am able to follow the story which I find to be entertaining. Kudos to the author and illustrator!

[Jeffrey · Rating 1 out of 5]

In 250 books read since I've joined Goodreads I've only given out four one star reviews. This makes the 251st and fifth in those respective categories.

Starting off with jarring opening for which the reader must remember what happened before, and even then will feel lost, Gatou and Tetsuo then head into what could be an epic and exciting action sequence, that falls flat on its face and bores you to death. But wait, they're not finished yet. Afterwards, they manage to flub the traditional ghost story (that village hasn't existed for fifty years!) and make a typical isolate-the-leads plot while spending only six of the 28 pages with them actually isolated.

When the artist's story of going to Taiwan in the back is more interesting than the actual story, you've got problems.

[Edotz Herjunot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Udah punya komik Ini cukup lama, tapi baru sempet baca kemarin2.. *stok komik overload banget*

Ini komik awalnya lebay.. Chidori cewek SMA, dilindungi sama Sousuke kebangetan, sampe make senjata beneran.. emang ada alasannya sih, kenapa Chidori Ini harus dilindungin karena katanya Chidori Ini seorang 'whispered', orang yang punya pengetahuan luar biasa.

Makin kesini, ceritanya Makin macem2...
perang pake AS (semacam robot), Chidori yang mulai naksir Sousuke meskipun Sousuke lugu, terus ada Tessa kapten Sousuke yang juga naksir Sousuke..

Komik Ini asik buat dibaca, ada komedinya juga yang bikin cengar cengir, ada romantisnya juga~
pantes konon katanya Ini komik laris banget jaman dulu, ya... gue telat gaul baru baca sekarang haha

[Christopher Dodds · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so cool had an awesome battle sequence between the Arbalest and the Behemoth, followed by an exciting day at the beach and lastly a relaxing two days for Tessa which was calming for me also.