If you have not read the previous volume, this collection is quite confusing in places as it is not always clear who is who: however there is a glossary of names at the end. The plot deals mainly with a long battle between rival warlords, armies and a few mysterious characters with masks who cannot talk nor remove the mask without dying. It is also about Lord Simba, a woman general subject to her uncle.

It is a story of a massive battle and finishes on a bit of a cliffhanger before the printing of Volume 3. It is gory in places as one might expect from a battle. Some of the story takes place in a mysterious otherworld which is magical in nature.

The artwork is very good and, in the digital edition, is all black and white. The story is engaging and entertaining. I’d like to know where it goes from here.

Recommended to lovers of manga comics.
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