Old Boy, Vol. 1

Old Boy, Vol. 1 - Garon Tsuchiya, Nobuaki Minegishi, Kumar Sivasubramanian The cover of the book features a small blurb that compares this to Pulp Fiction or Payback. So far, it seems a bit closer to the later film, but we shall see. Our protagonist was locked away in a secret prison for 10 years, then one day, out of the blue, he is drugged, packed in a large trunk, then dumped in some park. He is free. He has no idea why he was imprisoned, but he knows he wants to find out and get his revenge. This is a gritty, pretty well paced read. I think readers in large measure will stick with it because, like our protagonist, we want to find out why he was imprisoned. We get hints of who may have done it, but still, that lingering question remains, the motive. The volume sets up the series pretty well, and it is a series I do plan on following. This is one I do recommend.