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The first and most striking thing that readers will notice about the new King of RPGs is how much Victor Hao's art has (pardon the pun) leveled up. Not only does the comedic energy of the characters bounce off the page—the wacky faces, the impassioned dice-throwing, the mad mouse-clicking—but the alternate fantasy world they live in shines as well. The visual grandeur in last half of this volume is especially effective, being an all-out battle involving ancient cities, wrathful lizardmen, and magical warriors.
The first three volumes of Kiddy Grade were mostly composed of episodic fluff with the barest hint of an underlying plot. That began to change in episode 9, when Éclair's experiences on Dardanos caused suppressed memories to start to resurface. With these three episodes the plot development kicks into high gear, as a continuing flood of once-suppressed memories unsettles Éclair. Though the memories come to her in a jumble, they suggest of multiple past incarnations of herself and other ES members. They also suggest of dark secrets that made her voluntarily suppress her memories and seek to start over again.
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