When the Harry Potter books were still coming out, a number of my friends would go reread the last book or two right before the new one hit the shelves. I never understood why. Then I read Eden, and understood why from the inside out.
I’ll admit Eden isn’t exactly a six-hundred page epic, but author and artist Hiroki Endo manages to squeeze so much stuff into each volume that it feels necessary to go back and read the previous volume before picking up the new one. It’s a pleasure instead of a chore, as my friends demonstrated by re-reading Potter.
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, Eden is really complicated. There’s no way to describe it in a single sentence without leaving out all the things that also make it such a wonderful story. Sure, it has nigh-invulnerable cyborgs, the South American mafia, and the coolest looking virus ever. Even with all that, though, Endo reminds us that without equally interesting people, almost any story would be instantly forgettable. Volume 12 is no different. Along with all the catch-up, action, and detail, we finally get acquainted with Elijah’s younger sister and delve into her past.
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