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REVIEW: Silver Diamond GN 4

I go back and forth on the paper quality/extras issue. I definitely crave good paper and amenities like dust jackets and color inserts, but I also want to continue seeing releases, even on a more spartan budget. I'm generally less irked when a publisher cuts back on materials costs for a longer series than on a short series or single volume, as it's more of a budgetary commitment. (This assumes that the physical quality is at issue and not the quality of the translation.)

I'd jump on vol 5 of "Demon Flowers" (Kuruizaki no Hana) in pretty much any form at this point. Official electronic download of the final proof? Sign me up. I freely admit I dread seeing it released on newsprint... but let me take this opportunity to assure TokyoPop that I'd snap it up in a heartbeat. I can glean only so much from the art in my Japanese edition, and it's The Final Volume. Please schedule. Much appreciated.

In any case, there really is not much to recommend this particular volume when it comes to character development. We get to see Rakan being Super-Generous and Thoughtful, providing pre-prepared food to his companions after they end up on the rear end of nowhere. Meanwhile, Chigusa continues to make clumsy, suggestive overtures to Rakan—and gets precisely nowhere with them (besides garnering the contempt of the other men, that is). And the Pac-Man gone all snake-shaped named Koh does not appear save for the briefest of cameos, more's the pity.