This is the latest English adaptation of an Osamu Tezuka work, and the first published by Digital Manga Publishing, a company that has never released a Tezuka manga before to my knowledge.  The images included in this review were taken from the excellent preview on the DMP site.  You should check it out, although just so you know there’s probably adult language and/or situations in it.

 The story focuses around these seven beautiful sisters who are sworn to get revenge on all of mankind, emphasis on “man”. And to pretty much wreck all of civilization, all for the sake of their mother who was betrayed and had her life ruined by a merchant of war that was her husband many years before. 

The girls’ plans hit a snag when they encounter an alcoholic dock worker (with the bedside manner of Popeye) named Gohonomatsu Seki.  The problem he creates is the fact that he is immune to all of the sisters’ tricks of seduction and manipulation.  This leads to Seki running for his life to different exotic locations including tribal islands and America.  This main story is fine but it can get kind of cliché at parts with how the characters speak to each other and respond.  The story is also sexist in a lot of ways; the women in the story are often little more than “damsel” stereotypes.  However, this story was written in the 60s and the roles of men and women were vastly different, considering.

The parts that are really great in this book are the short stories.  At about halfway through the book, they switch gears from the main characters, to completely different people and how they are coping with all of the problems the antagonists are creating in the world.  All of these stories are interesting, creative, and have good “twist” endings that really show what Tezuka is made of.

The artwork is expressive and very clean and cartoony is some parts.  This is something that we’ve come to expect and love with all Tezuka stories.  There are also a few parts in the story too where Tezuka depicts African-Americans in a very stereotypical manner and that too is a regrettable part of this story being made in the 60s.

All in all, not the greatest Tezuka work, but it is not without some great moments.