DNA2 Vol. 4: Crossfire
Synopsis
When Ryuuji meddles with technology he doesn’t understand, he is transformed into a dangerous shape-shifter. Unable to handle his new powers, Ryuuji sets out to take over the school, win the love of all the girls, and teach everyone who’s ever insulted him a painful lesson. Only his genetically altered classmate Junta can stop him, by becoming the most unlikely of heroes, the infamous Mega-Playboy!
Review
In this volume we continue with Ryuji as Tomoko in the men’s restroom. Boy is this dude a complete hentai; rubbing on his on butt thinking that he even replicated Tomoko’s body features. But, he does not notice until he wanted to take a peek of “Tomoko’s” chest. That is about all the fun parts you are going to be getting in volume four. This volume focuses on Ryuji trying to get revenge on Junta for stealing his girlfriend (Tomoko) away from him. Although I personally do not like Ryuji’s character, but I have to give him credit, because he was the first character I have seen that figured out his powers in a matter of a few minutes. You almost never see that in anime. A character usually takes a few episodes to truly utilize their new found powers. Take Ryu from Street Fighter V for an example, that dude took approximately ten episodes just to launch one hadoken. Quite an amazing accomplishment on Ryuji’s part… Hooray!
Anyhoo, set to make Junta’s life miserable, Ryuji shape shifts into Junta and attacks Ami. With Ami now hating the real Junta, Ryuji makes his move with Tomoko as well. Now that he is causing all this trouble, he makes a challenge to Junta. But of course, we would not think that the actual Junta could have a chance in a battle with Ryuji right? The Mega Playboy must be brought out in order to attain even a slight winning chance. Problem is though, the possibility of Junta remaining as the mega playboy the next time he changes is ninety-eight percent. Karin would not allow that to happen, so she takes on Ryuji herself. With the power crazed Ryuji sucking up the many DNA of fighters he invited into his mansion, he has stolen their various fighting abilities to accommodate for his powers. Now that he is all juiced up, he is even more unstoppable. What will Junta or Mega Playboy do now?
This is by far the most action packed volume of DNA2. And as a result of the action, we could see that Mega Playboy is not only powerful, but not that bad of a person at all. The true relationships are also shown as a result of the action in this volume. Ami confesses to Junta, Junta accepts her love, sort of, because Karin returns for more fun, after she left for home for a brief moment of the show. What more is there to this series? Ryuji is defeated, and now a new character? Whoa, the creators are not letting this show slide out with just a little battle between Junta and Ryuji. Next up, volume five, look forward to it.
The Breakdown
A new character is about to emerge, what role will she play? How will Junta, Ami and Karin’s love triangle hold out? I really do not know, let us hope it would not be a disappointing ending.