Saturday 14 September 2013

Shaman King Volume 9 Voyage of the Shaman

Art and Written by Hiroyuki Takei
Chapter 72 to 80
Price $5.33


This volume had few cool fights, one of the most action packed volumes so far and a very cool beginner to a new adventure.

The volumes start off with Yoh Freeing Ren and Jun. Ren tells Yoh why he needs to defeat his father. So they make their way to Ryu and Horohoro. Ryu and Horohoro got there ass handed then by this new Zombie. This zombie is Sha-wen, Bilong’s Master (we met him in volume 2). Sha-wen gave Ren and Yoh a hard time, until Bilong and Jun come in and kick his ass. This fight was awesome I do like Bilong Fighting style. Bilong and Jun beat Sha-wen and they make their way to Yuan at the top of the tower.

Yuan comes crashing down right in front of Yoh and the other; this is where the fight begins. Yuan is a big man. Ryu and Horohoro each cut off Yuan’s arms. Then Yuan regenerate his arm and counter attacks. Yuan goes on a rampage beating Yoh Bilong, Ryu and Horohoro, leaving Ren alone. Ren attack with his rapid strike and rip Yuan body apart, and then he would regenerate and counter. Each time he beat Ren and his Friends down they would just get back up. Showing him that friends are not what makes him weak but stronger. Yuan does not understand and this is why Yuan loses at the end. Ren and the guys did not really beat him the physical, but in spiritly. This is where the big Yuan breaks into hundreds spirit flames and we see Ren Father true form. This is the first time Ren and Jun see his true form. He look even scary than before.

Yuan uses his ultimate attack (dragon with all of his ancestor’s spirit flames), Ren gets a new over soul. Ren grandfather and mother stop Yuan and this ends the fight. We learn about why Yuan is the way he is and it very understandable, because he has been betrayed by his so called friends. This is the end of this story Ren goes and trains before the next round. Yoh, Ryu, Horohoro and Manta go back to japan. Ren is riding his horse and his father shows up and gives him Baolei sword there family’s most precious heirloom. Yuan also said good luck too Ren, leaving on good terms.

This is how the Arc about Ren family ends and I enjoy it, we learned a lot of Ren and his family. Yuan design was very cool.
The last few chapters has Horohoro Yoh and Ryu say goodbye to their loved ones, because they cannot come with them to the next round. Yoh Horohoro and Ryu meet Ren at the meeting place and this is where we see A LOT of new characters.

We meet Hao, and his spirit (fire spirit). He shows off his power and he has a crew with him, the only members that we have seen before are the Boz brother from the last volume. He tells Yoh and the others that he will become the next shaman king and this starts a fight and this guy is strong. Hao looks like Yoh, and Hao knows a lot about everyone, it’s very weird. How does he know this?
After this little fight we see Goldva and the other patch members and a big jet. They tell everyone to get on and the rest of the shaman fight with be held in the USA at the Patch village. So they do. Hao knew what was going to happen on this flight. During the Flight just over the USA, Goldva comes on and tell all of the Shamans that they have 3 months to find the Patch village. Then the plane disappears and everyone starts to fall. Now everyone beside Yoh Ren Ryu and Horohoro just used their Spirits to fall to the ground. Yoh and his crew had to use all of their mana to land safely and this is where the volume ended. yoh and his crew does not know where they are or where they have to go, but this will be interesting to see what will happen next.

I hope you guys enjoy and see you guys next week

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