Review – Dinosaur Sanctuary, vol 6

Dinosaur Sanctuaryby Itaru KinoshitaGenres: Manga, Science Fiction Pages: 200 Series: Dinosaur Sanctuary #6 Rating: Synopsis: SUZUME MOVES ON AGAIN, AND BENKEI RETURNS! Rookie dinokeeper Suma Suzume is continuing to make the rounds through every department in the struggling Enoshima Dinoland. Now that Umeko the Centrosaurus is out of surgery, Suzume’s time with the ceratopsians comes to an end. Can she find a way to get close to Fuzuki, the decidedly peculiar head of the pterosaur department? And what happens when Benkei, the Troodon chick she raised, scampers back into her life? Volume six of Itaru Kinoshita’s Dinosaur Sanctuary covers Umeko’s surgery and initial recovery period, and then has Suma moving on to a rotation with the pterosaurs and visiting Benkei in the lab. There’s some really cute stuff here, and of course Suma’s usual near-magic ability to eventually get along with everyone. We do also get a moment between Suma and Kaidou (with Karin bailing) which gives us some more…