bokurano ours, vol. 1

bokurano ours, vol. 1
mohiro kitoh
graphics/manga/scifi
viz media
published 2010

Saving the world is hard.  Saving yourself is even harder.  One summer, fifteen kids innocently wander into a nearby seaside cave.  There they meet a strange man who invites them to play an exciting new video game.  This game, he explains, pits a long giant robot against a horde of alien invaders.  To play the game all they have to do is sign a simple contract.  The game stops being fun when the kids find out the true purpose of their pact.

Fifteen kids is a lot to keep track of and try to figure out what their stories are.  Luckily, in this first volume while we're introduced to all of them the story focuses mostly on the first two kids who get 'the call'.

The story was fun and creepy enough, but there wasn't a lot of chance to get character development so it didn't feel complete.  Of course, it's not complete since this is the first volume in a series, but at least with other series you kind of have a good grasp on who the characters are.  Here there are too many to do that.  Right now, it's just a bunch of creepy little kids!

Tons of questions and so far no answers at all.  Guess I'll have to keep reading...