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    Yakuza Demon Killer #2
    Released by: IDW Publishing
    Released on: December 7, 2016.
    Written by: Amit Chauhan
    Illustrated by: Eli Powell
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    In the first part of this four issue series, a junkie named Ochita helped out a thief named Rizzo in his attempt to steal a sword from a museum. As they tried to get away with this, a horde of demons emerged… as dead a quartet of mysterious Yakuza who did battle with the beasts.

    When this second issue begins, Ochita wakes up from a strange fainting spell where she had a vision of a group of cloaked cultists engaged in a bizarre chant. Rizzo snaps her out of it, just as Yakuza's Katashi, Yuudai and Michi decide to kill the ensuing monsters to prevent them from getting to the nearby train station.

    What they don't realize is that Akuryo, the self-proclaimed 'devil of the deep,' has been summoned. As Rizzo tries to split with Ochita, the fourth Yakuza, Tatsuya, stops them from leaving. He grabs a small elephant statue, places it in front of him, cuts open the palm of his hand and lets his blood drip down onto it. The statue instantly turns into a massive mammoth and lays waste to the demon horde, eating their carcasses. Just as it seems like the coast is clear, again Rizzo tries to get Ochita to split with him - but a surviving demon attacks. Ochita, still brandishing the swords, responds just in time, showing unusual prowess with the weapon for someone never trained.

    And then she faints again.

    'Elsewhere…' Gaikotsu greets the demons he sent out to do his bidding. He and Dodomeki discuss their next move, noting the importance of following their master's word to the letter.

    Ochita is brought to the Yakuza's doctor who notes that the sword has fused with her hand and that it is transforming her tissue into… something. When the doctor attempts to cut it off at the Yakuza's behest, Ochita snaps out of it and it's the doctor who winds up losing an arm instead. The sword would seem to be protecting itself.

    And then the head of the Yakuza clan, Hayato of the Wakahisa family, gets involved…

    If the first half of this issue is pretty much all action, the second part does a good job of explaining who the Yakuza soldiers are and whey they do what they do. Where Ochita falls in all of this remains to be seen, but Amit Chauhan's story, as fast paced as it is, does at least fill in some of the blanks for us, which is a good thing. Introducing Hayato was a good movie, it allows for this to happen, for him to explain to Ochito who they are and what they do. In amongst the action and the back story we get some decent moments of humor (usually involving smart mouthed Rizzo) as well. Eli Powell's art matches the flow and tone of the story well. The action scenes are nicely laid out and there's a lot of detail here. K. Michael Russell's coloring work is also impressive.






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