 More action from Judoh City as Daisuke & J take care of a few more cases, in the latest disc of Heat Guy J...
9 - Trust
Daisuke's following up on rumours of a passport scam - if his
information is right, the ringleaders are getting hold of legitimate
passports by 'disposing' of the rightful owners & selling them on.
Seems Monica's mother, Christina, may be involved in some way too - as
a potential victim - so it's time for Dai to take a little more than a
professional interest in the case...
10 - Guns
There have been repeated threats to blow up one of Judoh's major
towers, but as yet they've all been hoaxes - so as a 'crime yet to be
committed', it falls to Daisuke to investigate. Trying to get an
insight into the motivations behind the threats, Dai turns to an old
miltary reservist & his group of washed-up men. Valter misses the
old days when Judoh's army actually had things to do, and his words
give Dai a flash of inspiration as to who - or what - has been making
the threats...
11 - Mirage
There's a pretty woman going around killing mob bosses - three in the
past few days - and Edmundo's investigating. The culprit seems to be
something of a superwoman, too - even a hail of bullets fails to stop
her. Edmundo's got other things on his mind, as well - new love Elisa
Ryan. Elisa seems to be having memory problems, and her blank spots
coincide nicely with the timings of the murders. Not willing to accept
that his new girl may be connected to the killings, Edmundo's suspended
from the case, and decides to call in Daisuke's help in proving her
innocence...
12 - Visitor
The Celestials are in town for a rare visit, and the city's residents
are out celebrating in force. It's more than just a festival, though -
the Celestials are the only people able to maintain a lot of Judoh's
high-end technical systems, such as the air & water purification
plants. So when 12 Celestials are killed while in the city, their
support for Judoh's systems is withdrawn, unless their future safety
can be guaranteed. WIth less than 24 hours before Judoh's systems begin
to shut down, Daisuke is called in to work on the case - with his first
priority being to find the one Celestial still in Judoh, living as an
ordinary citizen. The search becomes more complicated when Bomba &
Vampire become involved...
Heat Guy J continue its run of standalone episodes up to #11,
before throwing the eternally frustrating 'to be continued...' marker
up at the end of episode 12. Visitor is a particularly
interesting episode, too, as it gives a lot more detail into the
setting of the show & the vulverabilities of Judoh than we've been
show so far, so from that alone I'm looking forward to the next volume.
Other than that, the remaining episodes are the usual J routine, with J & Daisuke acting on a variety of subtle hints to solve the mystery-of-the-week. Trust
is probably the 'best of the rest', but there's a fair amount of
fleshing out done on the minor characters (particularly Monica &
Edmondo), which is nice to see - one of my initial worries about the
show was the large cast & the small amount of time given to them.
Seems that's being corrected now.
Overall, then, another worthwhile disc, with perhaps the beginning of a story arc in there. |
