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I'm still really torn on whether or not I like this series. The worldbuilding is super realistic, and I like all the politics and systems that have an effect on how adults act. Especially seeing how some of the adults act like they are acting just and fair, while they are still corrupt as shit. Hope that slimy son of a bitch gets what he deserves!

Still pretty annoyed by how all the women, especially the teens girls, seem to wear next to nothing all the time, although it was more natural in this volume than the previous one.

Overall interesting story, and I like where the story is going! Hope maybe we get to see more worldbuilding of more than just the general area and how the whole city connections work, because I'm so interested in that!

Lots of great drama and action in this post-apocalyptic future where ape-like creatures have killed off most of humanity. The survivors have banded together in forts. Their teenage children have grown restless trapped behind the walls of the struggling town and fed up with the many rules meant to supposedly keep them safe. Not only is the story good but the art is great.

3/5
Quality of writing: 3
Plot development: 3
Pace: 3
Characters: 3
Enjoyability: 3
Ease of reading: 3

A year ago I read the 1st volume of Gung-Ho. I was raving about it and I needed the 2nd volume ASAP. Now that I've actually read it... I'm a little bit disappointed. Maybe it's been too long or my expectations were too high.
This time around the characters just annoyed the crap out of me, the story line didn't excite me and seemed really predictable.
Will I read the 3rd volume if/when it comes out? Probably.

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Things are really starting to intensify, the mistrust, the abuse of power, and the desperation to survive at all costs are written all over people's faces. Loyalty really plays a big role that allows for understanding; despite the supervisor's attempt to keep control her preference for the colony's bureaucrat despite his sliminess is apparent. She wants to beg people who obviously don't want to waste resources on their colony to survive an attack. But it looks like those bureaucrats sees that colony as a canary cage. The kids meanwhile are struggling to properly communicate, sometimes it's that feeling of being invincible or more righteous, other times it's a sense of compassion. Seeing that girl Celine's unstable home life is tragic, despite people's best efforts to help her out, she feels she's letting them down by instinctively letting that pencil pusher have power over her. Everybody's trying to survive and work together in their own way but there's little transparency. Who really cares where the big white apes come from when people are pushed aside in the state of desperation.

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Humanity is on the brink of extinction from the savagery of some kind of mutated animal they call Rippers.

The survivors are now living in colonies, adopting orphans and training them to defend themselves and the colony from Rippers attacks.

It's interesting to see how when humans are cornered, trapped they'll easily turn to violence, and lose their humanity.

Zack has to prove his brother's innocence after he is accused of rape and possession of contraband and illegal substances.

The children of the Apache colony will experience real life attacks that forces them to work in teams. They loose their way but discover bravery and courage along the way

There's a bit of sexual and nudity content as well as violence in case you don't vibe to themes like this.

I especially loved the drawing style and the plot. There's an amazing cliffhanger at the end that will definitely leave you wanting more.

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Gung-Ho Vol. 2 by BENJAMIN VON ECKARTSBERG is an action-adventure graphic novel that will appeal to fans of Lost or The 100. I had a bit of trouble understanding the graphic novel, but I'll try my best to summarize it. The story involves a post-apocalyptic island involving bears, weapons, ATVs, and prisons. According to the synopsis, a character named Archer is betrayed and "exiled from Fort Apache, and tattooed with a cross on his forehead, a mark that makes him an outlaw, unable to seek refuge in any colony whatsoever."

Overall, Gung-Ho Vol. 2 is an action-adventure graphic novel that you really need to have read the first volume of in order to understand. Going into this, I thought that I would be able to pick it up and understand what was going on. That was my fault. I really didn't understand this graphic novel, and I wish I had read the first volume first. One highlight of this book is the art, which is clean and sleek. It reminded me of futuristic, digital artwork that is used nowadays instead of the hand-drawn, hand-colored artwork of comics past. If you're intrigued by the description, or if you're a fan of action-adventure graphic novels, you can check out this book when it comes out in January!

This book follows the events of the previous volume. The teens have had time to heal from their punishment. Archer tries to help Celine, but ends up being accused and convicted of rape, branded with an x on his forehead, and exiled from the safe haven of the city. Archer's brother Zack knows that he is innocent, so he and a group of other teens go to save him with unintended consequences. Some residents of the city go to try to find the supplies from the wrecked train, but fail. Now, the city is facing attack from a group of criminals and the very likely possibility of a white wave.