Manga: Clockwork Planet 8

Clockwork Planet Vol 8
Rating: 3/5
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Source: Copy courtesy of the publisher! 

The conspiracy plot in Tokyo comes to a conclusion, and Naoto and the crew make their way to crime-ridden Shangri-La on a bold new adventure! Though the world is shrouded in constant mystery, Naoto's incredible hearing skills, combined with Marie's genius engineering, will help lead them to the truth beneath the surface. 

The beginning of this volume see's Naoto and Marie come to an understanding as she finally figured out how his brain works, and how he thinks, before things get a bit trippy. I'm not going to lie...it was incredibly weird and I was more than a bit confused, but Marie seems to understand so I guess it's all good? 

The current Tokyo story arc we've been reading about also comes to an end, and it's all wrapped up rather nicely...until the shady character of "Omega" makes his presence known. It would appear he's been pulling the strings, and I assume he's the Big Bad they have to take down overall, but for now he just pops in to say hi. 

We move on from that story arc and our group of criminals heads to Shangri-la after being unable to reach Paris. While things seem good and under control on the surface, there are threads of betrayal being woven in already. 

I feel like this volume was a bit confusing at one point, and then not all that much happens, we set a few things up like Omega and the betrayal...or betrayals as the case may be, and then we're pretty much done for the volume. Naoto's pervy-ness is beginning to grate on me a little bit too but I guess that's just par for the course with this series.