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Rose Hip Zero Volume 1
by Tohru Fujisawa
Product Group: Book
Publisher: TokyoPop (2006-11-07)
ISBN: 1427800251
EAN: 9781427800251
Dewey Decimal #: 741.5952
Paperback: 192 pages
Release Date: 2006-11-07
SKU: 91008000272
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 1427800251 New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
When you're a cop on the cold, hard streets of Tokyo, the only things keeping you alive may be a sweet, innocent teenage schoolgirl...as long as she's a well-trained renegade terrorist assassin. When the ALICE organization declares war on the city's police, the high stripes need Officer Kyoji Kido, a man whose gun has a kick that can rip the arm off most men. He's been teamed up with Kasumi Asakura, who certainly knows how to handle a gun, even his gun. But Asakura's mysterious past leaves a lot about her to distrust. From GTO creator Tohru Fujisawa comes this explosive tale filled with firefights, love bites and schoolgirls packing lots of heat!
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RETRIBUTION AND RESCUE
Rating  (4)
Date: 2006-11-22
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Kyoji Kido used to be the "Ace" in the Gaiji Division, a Special Forces Police unit that dealt with foreign criminals, but now he's a normal grunt in the Juvenile Division. He's been in that position ever since tracking down a Japanese merc terrorist squad called ALICE to England where they killed Kido's sister. He's tried to get as far away from the case as he could, entering the Juvenile Division to get away from blood and violence. Don't get me wrong, Kido is no pacifist. This chain-smoking smartmouth is modeled after Dirty Harry and likes to shoot first and ask questions later. His old boss has asked him to get back on the ALICE case because 30 high-ranking Police officers have been systematically killed by the terrorists and there's no end in sight. He sees Kido as the best chance to stop the killers. But he won't be working alone. He's going to be partnered with a 14-year-old girl named Kasumi Asakura,whose mysterious fighting abilities and expertise with a Desert Eagle pistol make her more dangerous to ALICE than anyone in the police special forces! Who is this girl and where did she learn her gun skills and how to pull off superhuman fighting moves?
This story reminded me a lot of the ADV series Anne Freaks and the character designs reminded me a little too much of GTO, but once I got into it, I really enjoyed it and judged it on its own merits. The art is beautiful, sexy, and menacing when it needs to be. The characters are a bit cliched but by the end of the volume, Fujisawa begins to add some detail to their personalities. I have high hopes for Rose Hip Zero but it's a long wait till the next volume. It's cool to have two very strong leads. Buy this!
If you like this book, you should check out the Anne Freaks and Full Metal Panic manga.
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