Reviews

PandoraHearts, Vol. 5 by Jun Mochizuki

writing_badger's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

berry_9029's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

rachels1127's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense

Gilbert and Oz my beloveds 
Vincent is a bitch but when is he dropping the hair care routine! His cut unironically slays!
how much yall wanna bet Oz really is Jack in some way 

tangerineontoast's review

5.0

Oh my God, this story is gonna be the end of me.

There was so much new information unveiled this volume. We finally got a glimpse of what happened 100 years ago during the tragedy of Sabrie and we also found out that both Alice and Vincent were there as well! Further, Jack Vessalius revealed that Glen Baskerville is still alive!

I am so curious to find out what happened between them 100 years ago. How did these best friends turn on each other and cause such a tragedy? How does their story intertwine with Alice‘s and Vincent and Gil‘s?

I also wonder when we are going to see Break‘s backstory as we have just gotten glimpses of it so far. He is also going to have to make a tough decision, considering Sharon has been kidnapped by Vincent who is also apparently working with the Baskervilles.

There is just so much to still unpack and I wonder how the story is going to progress further.

slowshows's review

5.0

break being like “who could be friends with someone like vincent” and the next panel literally being vincent showing up at the meeting with his immortal murder friends like “hi guys!” PEAK COMEDY

summitend's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

casswife's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

andreavisbal240's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

brideshead's review

4.0

Oooooooh, so Cheshire was Alice's cat?

Spoiler

And Alice was human... hmmmmmmmm. How did she become the Intention of the Abyss? *ponders*

This was an interesting volume. Break is growing on me all the time, and I am really curious as to what the relationship between him and Sharon is. They seem very attached to one another.

Also, I did observe that Vincent has a broken chain on the cover, whereas Gil, Sharon, Break, and Oz all have connected chains on their covers. I remember Echo being a companion of Vincent, and she seemed to be a chain. However, she was apart from him, and she sorta takes care of him... maybe she somehow severed their contract? Freed him from it?

And can I ship Alice/Oz? Pleeeeeeeease?

I've noticed that almost all of my sentences in my Pandora Hearts "reviews" end in question marks. :D Not that I mind. Even though the mystery keeps getting murkier, I am starting to pick some things up.

lambageddon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5