Part two of Banya literally explodes out of the gates as it continues the story from the previous volume. The first half of this manhwa is dominated with Banya and Mei fighting with five skilled warriors. The fight scenes themselves are really impressive, being both well structured and fun to read. The enemies that the heroes face are nicely designed, they aren't too flashy and each have their own unique fighting style. The violence in this volume is often strong but used sparingly so its impact remains.
Once the first story has been wrapped up its time for Banya to do some pro bono work for an elderly woman. I thoroughly enjoyed this short adventure and I felt the pay off at the end was superb. The nice thing about the delivery men in Banya is that they will literally deliver anything which open up the possibilities for different types of stories. The final chapter sets up volume three nicely, introducing a new bad guy for our hero to defeat.
A good volume of a good series but once again I found the dialogue to be the weakest element. I don't mind slang terms being used, there is certainly a time and a place, but I'm not sure they work in this fantasy world. The terms they use are puerile and generally lower the tone, I actually found them to be quite tedious. I don't know, maybe I'm just getting old.
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