Yu Aida

When Henrietta barely survives a brutal attack that killed her family, she is "rescued" by the Social Welfare Agency who repairs her body with robotic components and brainwashes her to forget her past and become a lethal cyborg assassin.

Gunslinger Girl

[Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Feb 13, 2023 

Volume 6
Chapters 28-32

Possible spoilers ahead, be warned... 

A new cyborg and a new handler! The anime adaptation hadn't reached this part of the manga that's why this pair of fratello is new to me. Triela is no longer the oldest of the bunch because Petra, the new cyborg, now holds that position. The interesting part about this volume is that it was shown the process before joining as a pair of fratello. The reconstruction and conditioning of the cyborg and even the handler's right of selecting his choice of cyborg. Which was quite a bit unsettling. as if the little girls are no longer humans but just a bunch of dolls ready for purchase. 

Petra before and after becoming a cyborg...


The new fratello seems interesting to follow. We already got glimpse of Petra's old life before and the weird but fated chance meeting of her and his handler Alessandro before they even became a fratello. It was actually weird and saddening to know the underlying situation about Petra becoming a cyborg. I don't know if Alessandro would get a chance to realize that the teenager he talked to that day was the same girl he now handle as a cyborg. 



I actually didn't expect for an additional fratello at this point in time, but I didn't dislike it. I wonder if there would be more fratello in the next volumes. This volume is a pretty solid read. Not too much advancement on the plot but since this is more of a character-driven story, I don't really mind. And I have to say, the art is getting more and more phenomenal. It's so pretty that the art itself is making this series worth the read. Just look at this panel....




**Gunslinger Girl Volume 1
**Gunslinger Girl Volume 2
**Gunslinger Girl Volume 3
**Gunslinger Girl Volume 4
**Gunslinger Girl Volume 5


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