I recently read volume 9 of the Gundam manga "Ecole du Ciel". For those who don't know, Ecole du Ciel is about a girl called Asuna who goes to a school called "Ecole du Ciel" in Montreal. It's a mobile suit training school, but with a hidden agenda. Starts with drama and slice of gundam school life, but it heads to space soon enough.
In volume 9, we finally get to see Le Cygne in action. Le Cygne (or Swan in French) is what the mecha designer calls a "Kunoichi Gundam". It may have taken a while, but the wait was worth it, though this Gundam is quite different from others I've seen. It has tons of little bits that add up to make it a very versatile Gundam. From a huge shield with verniers to boosters all over the thing, it can certainly move.
As for the story, it's mostly a big revival of the rivalry between Asuna and Erisia, except it's blown into overdrive with MS vs MS. Or perhaps it's MS vs MA instead. While tension rises and Erisia gets more berserk, we see an familiar face again. Then it ends with a cliffhanger as the ship they try to save gets blown to bits. Darn.
After holding off for years to read this, I finally get a chance to. Then I find out this is the final volume that Tokyopop released in English. And it was released in 2010. Plus, Tokyopop is largely defunt on the manga side and even with it's supposed revival I doubt this little series got enough attention. It is mostly for an avid Gundam fan, though I'm not exactly one myself. Hopefully I'll get a chance to continue this series in Japanese some time in the future.
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