The Zeon forces infiltrate Nanyang Alliance Territory but what they discover may be a shocker! Aanother fantastic eighth volume of “Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt”!
© 2012 by Yasuo Ohtagaki. All Rights Reserved.
MANGA TITLE: Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Vol. 8
STORY AND ART BY: Yasuo Ohtagaki
FIRST PUBLISHED IN JAPAN: Shogakukan
PUBLISHED IN USA BY: VIZ Signature
RATED: T for Older Teen
RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2018
The mission to recover Zeon’s Reuse P. Device technology has led Daryl Lorenz and his unit to the Rig, a network of oil platforms inside Nanyang Alliance territory now repurposed as a floating city. The Rig is a haven for refugees and deserters from both sides of the war, all living under the watchful eye of the warrior monks of the Alliance. Infiltrating the Rig undercover, Lorenz and his team make contact with a Zeon operative and begin a covert operation to learn the secrets of the Nanyang Alliance and their leader, Sojo Levan Fu, who plans to do far more than simply mass-produce the Psycho Zaku…
Zeon Daryl Lorenz and team manage to infiltrate Nanyang Alliance territory in hopes to find the Zeon’s Reuse P. Device technology that was stolen from them.
As they infiltrate the Rig while undercover, what will they undercover?
Find out in volume 8 of “Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt”!
What is “Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt” about?
Back in 2012, mangaka Yasuo Ohtagaki wrote and illustrated the manga “Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt”.
With eight volumes published, the series would receive a 4-episode ONA anime adaptation and a second season is slated for adaptation.
The manga is set during the One Year War (U.C. 0079) and the Earth Federation’s Brotherhood and the Principality of Zeon’s Living Dead Division are in battle in the Thunderbolt Section, a zone that is littered with debris from the destruction of space colonies and because the area has numerous electrical discharging.
Fighting for the Earth Federation is Ace pilot, Io Fleming and for the Principality of Zeon, Zeon’s best sniper, Daryl Lorenz is focused on killing Fleming.
As Io won the first meeting between the two, this time around, both the Federation and Zeon plan to escalate the battle as the Federation plans to send the Gundam in one more time to finish the job, but leading the Gundam are young recruits. Meanwhile, Zeon follows Daryl Lorenz piloting the new Psycho Zaku.
And with a sneak attack, they are able to decimate the Federation. With only a few survivors of the Federation, what happens when Earth Federation’s Moore Brotherhood enters a Zeon ship?
Also, the Federation’s Io Fleming and his Gundam takes on Zeon’s Daryl Lorenz and his new Psycho Zaku for control of the Thunderbolt Sector and significant losses are taken in by both sides, until Federation forces come to back the decimated group, thus capturing Zaku technology, while Lorenz and other remnants manage to hide on Earth.
Over a year later since then, Zeon Psycho Zaku pilot, Daryl Lorenz and his team manage to infiltrate Nanyang Alliance territory in hopes to find the Zeon’s Reuse P. Device technology that was stolen from them. But what they discover will shock them!
When it comes to the Universal Century Gundam stories, they are my favorite. And while many of us have been entertained by stories involving Amuro Ray, there have been a variety of stories that have taken place in the Universal Century, some more deeper than the others and others just focusing on the action.
“Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt” may seem like the latter because of the action focusing on Earth Federation vs. the Principality of Zeon but once the manga goes into character development, the storyline focuses on how people are growing tired of the war. People sick of seeing deaths of friends and loved ones.
The eighth volume features Zeon Psycho Zaku pilot, Daryl Lorenz and his team manage to infiltrate Nanyang Alliance territory in hopes to find the Zeon’s Reuse P. Device technology that was stolen from them. But what they discover will shock them! And Daryl learns how truly powerful Sojo Levan Fu truly is!
The character designs, artwork and storyline by Yasuo Ohtagaki are wonderful and I really like how the emotion of the characters are depicted. The story has been action-driven, detail of the artwork has been excellent!
Overall, the Zeon forces infiltrate Nanyang Alliance Territory but what they discover may be a shocker! Aanother fantastic eighth volume of “Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt”!