Now that we have Love Bullet, Volume 1 in English, I know we’re all wondering what will become of our new favorite Cupid, Koharu. Well, luckily Love Bullet, Volume 2 (ラブ・バレット)  is out now in Japan and you can bet I scooped that baby up right away!

Koharu is still getting the hang of her job, with her “sempai” Kanna’s assistance when wild card Chiyo shows up to challenge them all to a duel. If Kanna or Koharu wins, she’ll leave them alone, but if she wins, Chiyo wants them to do something for her.  The result of that duel will take the three cupids well out of the city, to a small town, which is still reeling after a landslide had tragic consequences at a local high school. And we’ll meet the fourth member of the cast, Cupid Ena, who insists that this is her territory. 

Once again, the story is breathtaking, with ripples that will affect everyone in the story. 

Not a huge spoiler and one of the funnier moments is Koharu appearing to a human as she cuts vegetables. With Chiyo and Kanna assisting invisibly, the person is gobsmacked by how much Koharu is able to chop.  

Like Volume 1, the real story here is sad, full of lost opportunities and missed moments and maybe an impossible future. Now that we have all the characters on the stage, I am very interested to see where this story will take us. I expect to need tissues wherever that is.^_^;

The armaments get absolutely ridiculous in this volume, with heart shaped drones and mortars. I love inee’s commitment to the bit.  ^_^ We also learn a little about the Cupid economy and just how much our eternal joy is worth. Also, I am even more deeply skeptical that becoming a Cupid is a Goddess of Love’s “blessing.”  I wonder if there is a story behind the scenes here. I hope there is.  Volume 2 has the same kind of happy-go-lucky violence we see in Volume 1, with Chiyo going even crazier about reckless use of weaponry. She’s definitely a stray bullet on her own and I wonder what well find when we get to her backstory. 

Ratings:

Art – 8 
Story – Poignant, violent, terribly sad and hectic, 8 
Characters – 8
Service – Violence with hearts
Yuri – 2

Overall – 8

The art is great, the story is both frantic and deeply, tightly wound. I’m looking forward to Volume 3 for sure. ^_^