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  • Yakuza Demon Killers #4



    Yakuza Demon Killers #4
    Released by: IDW Publishing
    Released on: February 1st, 2017.
    Written by: Amit Chauhan
    Illustrated by: Eli Powell
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    Ochita's training is complete, she's now officially a Yakuza but when Gaikotsu and his demon horde attack during the celebration and a witch named Dodomeki gets involved, Ochita winds up taken down before she even really had much of a chance to retaliate, that strange sword having become one with her arm. When this fourth and final chapter begins, the powers that be at the Mifune (yes!) Corporation are upset that their secret feud has now been made public. Daichi feels that Hayato has lost control of the situation and insists that Goto be sent his way to deal with it.

    Rizzo is trying to get Ochito conscious again while a giant mammoth wreaks havoc across the square. Nearby, Katashi and Michi discuss the battle, they're concerned that Tatsuya doesn't have what it takes to defeat the beasts. Elsewhere, on some other plane, Ochitoa sees… things… things that cause her on the physical plane to spit up blood and snap back into it. Her first order of business? Punch Rizzo out. Ochita is definitely not herself, in fact, she just might be possessed by Rakt Naga, the evil presence that was trapped inside the sword that bonded with Ochita's form. Gaikotsu is rewarded for his loyalty, as the possessed Ochita heads out to do battle with Tatsuya in mammoth form!

    Of course, as Ochita lays siege to Tatsuya, his comrades in arms attack her. It doesn't go well and they flee to the tower they inhabit, the tower that is protected from demons - but Rakt Naga now has a human form. Meanwhile, Rizzo wakes up from that sucker punch and sets out to make things right…

    The ending of this four issue mini-series will probably take you by surprise, but at the same time, not so surprisingly it leaves things open for a follow up story. Chauhan's writing takes things in a decidedly dark direction this time around. Some of the humor from the first three issues is here but it's far less pronounced and to wrap things up, he definitely up the serious-meter a fair bit. It works. It feels right for the story being told and given how and why things play out the way that they do here it was the right decision.

    Eli Powell's artwork, aided by K. Michael Russell's coloring work, is as solid here as it was in the first issue. The style is a dark one, but again, it suits the story and the coloring goes along with it, never going too heavy on bright primaries or lighter tones too often, really only using those warmer colors to create contrast with the industrial cityscape or the dark characters that inhabit it.





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