Great Pretender

Great Pretender is a manga based on the original anime of the same name. The anime ran for 23 episodes, successfully telling a smashing story of action, mystery, drama, and crime. The manga hit the ground running getting the same thing started, setting out to be a fresh take on this action-packed tale of worldwide spectacle. And then it...wasn't. After such a promising start, it was cancelled after three chapters due to the author's health issues. Well. I can't say there's much incentive to read this now is there? The three chapters we did get were great, of course. It's Great Pretender, after all. What a greatstart to an awesome story of exciting large-scale white collar crime. But considering it never goes anywhere...there's nothing you can get out of this that the anime doesn't already give you, and you absolutely want to watch that; it's the only way to see the entire story. It looked like this manga was going to feature some changes from the anime that could have been interesting (for example, Abby having long hair), but ultimately it amounted to nothing. I did still really enjoy the three chapters I read, but since it doesn't amount to anything at all, there's no reason for anyone but the most diehard of Great Pretender fans to read this.