Gacha Gacha Vol. #05

By Eduardo M. Chavez     October 04, 2006
Release Date: August 29, 2006



Creative Talent
Writer/Artist:Tamakoshi Hiroyuki
Translated by:David Ury
Adapted by:David Ury

What They Say
Kurara finally confesses her love for Kouhei, but something's not quite right. She looks like Kurara, she sounds like Kurara, and she even punches like Kurara, but it just seems too good to be true. Is this really Kurara, or could it be some kind of trick?

Then Kouhei's love life gets even more complicated when Kurara transforms into her most fearsome personality yet. "01" is the ruler of the virtual world, and she won't rest until Kurara is "deleted." Now Kouhei must venture back into the world of Gacha Gacha virtual reality for his most dangerous mission yet. Can he save Kurara in time?

The Review
A battle is brewing inside the heart and mind of our heroine Kurara. The four personalities inside her have decided they each want to stake claim on hapless beef lover Kouhei. . The "girls" are going to have at it with much more than honor and beauty on the line. The winner here takes all - the guy and the body. The stakes are very high but the contestants knew they were up for a challenge early on. But their challenge was at one point more of supremacy over only Kurara?fs mind.

Despite all the flesh he sees before him the only meat he wants to sink his teeth into would be 100% Grade A Kurara. No fillers and exceptions will do for him. However, he has no choice here. Or at least he thinks he doesn't. Remember that promise he made to Kurara at the tart of the series? Yeah, it is about time he followed through on that.

The final volume of the first storyline comes to a conclusion with much of the usual rushed results we have seen so far. In only five chapters readers were introduced to two more personalities and the climax quickly arrived without properly developing the conflict. This title has generally been about the episodic stories that Kouhei and Kurara share. If you are going into this volume looking for more of the same GachaGacha succeeds. This volume starts off with a pair of touching chapters and the final chapter with its conclusive ending was well worth the wait.