Baccano!, Vol. 9
1934 Alice in Jails: Streets

The vice president of the Daily Days newspaper company goes to Chicago to gather information, with his photographer Carol. Huey LaForet’s eye was stolen and his hit squad Lamia is on the move. Christopher meets a new friend, a young boy named Ricardo Russo. Still feeling the mental effects of losing s......more

Last time, in the Prison volume, there were almost no new characters, and the story was composed of people who were relatively normal, but this Streets volume is full of new faces. It turned into a Baccano! story with lots of characters who were somehow broken or very colorful. This pretty much sums......more

It took me a while to get through this one. There were a lot of new characters, and to be honest, I only cared about Christopher. As the story progressed though, I fell in love with the villain Renee. It ends on a real high note, converging to the ending of volume 8. Sounds like Volume 10 it's going......more

Zawiodłam się. Naprawdę zawiodłam się. Po genialnym tomie 8, który dosłownie pochłonął mnie, poczułam jedynie zawód rzy czytaniu 9. Myślałam, że to będzie kontynuacja, okazało się, że książka wprowadzila mnóstwo, mnóstwo, ogrom nowych bohaterów, których za cholerę nie mogłam spamiętać i wydarzenia,......more

Considering this one is entirely either characters I'm apathetic to / dislike, or new / weird characters, I went into this one assuming I'd actively dislike it. I'm surprised the plot came out as enjoyable as it did. The set-up has me looking forward to the next book as the finale of this trilogy ar......more