Noir - The Firing Chamber (Vol 3)

Noir - The Firing Chamber (Vol 3)
by Matt Greenfield, Kôichi Mashimo

Noir - The Firing Chamber (Vol 3)
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Actor: Christine M. Auten, Jason Douglas (IV), Mandy Clark, Melinda DeKay, Victor Carsrud
Director: Kôichi Mashimo, Matt Greenfield
Brand: ADV Films
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-13
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Adv Films

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DVD Review: Never Let the Right Hand Know...
Summary: 5 Stars

The surprise in this third DVD in what has proven to be one of this years most stylish issues, is the sudden appearance of a mysterious killer who keeps doing Noir's jobs for them. Of course, when you are a pair of assassins, this doesn't create a sense of gratitude and Mirielle and Kirika go one full alert. When a promising information source is killed, Mirielle decides that Les Soldats are involved, but this helps little. Les Soldats are as inexplicable as the mysterious assassin is.

Chloe, the viewer finds out, is a pure killer, capable of a cruel sort of kindness. One with skills that surpass Mirielle's own. But, Chloe marches to her own agenda, or rather, to the agenda of Altena, a secret power in the world's most secret organization. Chloe believes she is the true Noir, rather than a team that has merely adopted and old, unused name. And she puts up a pretty good argument. Leaving a trail of spectacular yet efficient murders behind her.

It is hard to decide who is one whose side. Chloe is taking on Noir's targets and has no qualms about endangering the team, but she doesn't attack them directly. Which she seems quite capable of doing. Soldat politics are so baroque that Altena is no clearer than her minion. In the end, the viewer must be resigned to appreciating yet another twist in a story full of subtle complications.

The killings themselves are classic 'Noir' - saying more about the women that carry them out than the victims. It is almost a shame that the core plot has so much activity in it that the episode plots are a bit obscured. But writer Ryoe Tsukimura manages to achieve an edgy sort of balance where the interplay always enhances the whole.

Based on a rare interview on this DVD, Chloe and Altena are more than an interesting detour, but will drive even more of the increasingly baroque plot. I don't mean that in a negative sense, story and character development continue to be the vital keys in this series. 'Noir' is clearly remarkable for combining beautiful women and weapons in a series that defies the 'girls with guns' anime genre and refuses to stoop to anything that resembles fan service. This remains high on my recommended list.

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NOIR: THE FIRING CHAMBER
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