Bloody Monday - Chapter 1
Falcon
This series is already 3 volumes and ongoing, but scanlations only started now. My first impression was really good, just from reading one chapter, I’m already anticipating the next one more than most other series I’m reading at the moment.
It all starts in Russia, Christmas eve, where a woman is buying some sort of virus. The seller adverts her of the risks the virus carries. The virus could wipe out a city in a matter of days if an outbreak occurs. There’s also a vaccine to this virus and the woman has already taken it.
Seems like they have been meeting before and today they close the dial. The guy tries to move on the woman, but she quickly comes with an excuse to go to the bathroom. There, she puts some of the virus on her lips.
They walk together to the rail station and the man gives one final advice before entering the train, the virus should be tested first, just to be on the safe side. She agrees and kisses him goodbye.. The virus test has just begun.
We then shift to Japan, where our main character, Fujimaro, lives. He’s a student and there’s a problem at school, a teacher, Hikage, is abusing his power and indirectly leads a girl to almost commit suicide. He’s also known for harassing girls.
Fujimaro’s friends, Aoi, Anko and Otoya decide to use the schcool newspaper to expose the teacher’s crimes. They need evidence and Anko remembers the famouse hacker Falcon who used his skills in pcs to expose people’s crimes. But, nobody has heard from this hacker for a long time.
Fujimaro acts uninterested in Hikage and fakes a stomachache so he can go home.
Once he gets home.. there’s some spoilers, so I’m going to let you read this yourselves.
Meanwhile, the mysterious woman has come to japan and is Fujimaro’s new teacher, she introduces her self as Maya.
Also, the PSIA, Public Security Intelligence Agency, of Japan has found some strange incripted data in a memory card inside the corpse of an ex-KGB agent. The data’s title has just been decoded, it reads "The Christmas Massacre"..
This first chapter was really good. The story thus far is original and interesting. The comedy is good and the drama is realistic and believable. I’m expecting a great series here.
