It’s Gao and Drum’s final fight against Yamigedo, and their enemy will not rest until he buries all of his opponents! How will the battle for the fate of the world end?
Also, it’s the dawn of a new era in the Buddyfight world! This time, buddies can be found… by hatching an egg?!
What will this discovery mean for Buddyfighters everywhere?!
Mitsuhisa Tamura does an excellent job spinning the events of the anime in a new way for this volume of the manga series. The differences were enough for me to not skip a single line of dialogue and the humor made me laugh. The transition into season 3 felt more realistic and intended than what the anime presented to fans. The artwork, as always, is simply amazing and did not disappoint me in the slightest.
I suppose what made this volume so lacking for me was the amount of miracles Gao obtained in this volume for him to win or continue his matches. Yes, I understand that this is a manga whose focus is intended for a younger audience. That allows for some wiggle room in terms of drama and intensifying the action. I suppose, when it comes down to it, I feel that I would rather have had Drum evolving into some greater form like he has in other volumes instead of what Mitsuhisa Tamura decided to do.
In the end this volume presented a quick finish from one story and opened up another for the readers to look forward to. It makes me wonder how much longer this series will continue considering the amount of events that were skipped to progress to where the volume ends with. Speaking of the ending, the volume does a lovely mention of the alternate Buddyfight series known as Future Card Buddyfight: Dark Game Chronicles, Vol. 1, which I highly recommend picking up and reading! The people I showed it to quickly ask me where to buy it and the other Buddyfight manga to the point where I'm nicknamed the Buddyfight Reader.
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