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oliviak07's review
4.0
Foes finally meet face to face, relationships are tested, destruction continues in the name of rebirth....and a new light is shone on a few of our returning and new characters.
Out of the recent volumes of Yasuhiko's "THE ORIGIN" series, this one offered a sense of equilibrium when catching up with the plot thus far. I felt that I was able to make the connections I felt I was losing in the past few volumes (due to the amount of time passed since reading the start of the series). While a televised or streamed series will help those referenced parts that are still not clicking, it feels good to be back on a similar page.
What I found glorious about this volume was the increase of the painted and colored cells. While I am not opposed to black and white cells, I found the water color bleeding and blending of the scenes to be magical, and stunning. Each could be a cover for the volume, a piece of art for the house, and could tell an equally rich story like the subplots that are blossoming and coming to light.
Thankfully Volume 10 is in my possession, and I will not have to wait long to pick up where Volume 9 left off. Fingers crossed that what occurred in this volume sticks with me when we see what happens after our leads dueled it out in the Texas colony.
Out of the recent volumes of Yasuhiko's "THE ORIGIN" series, this one offered a sense of equilibrium when catching up with the plot thus far. I felt that I was able to make the connections I felt I was losing in the past few volumes (due to the amount of time passed since reading the start of the series). While a televised or streamed series will help those referenced parts that are still not clicking, it feels good to be back on a similar page.
What I found glorious about this volume was the increase of the painted and colored cells. While I am not opposed to black and white cells, I found the water color bleeding and blending of the scenes to be magical, and stunning. Each could be a cover for the volume, a piece of art for the house, and could tell an equally rich story like the subplots that are blossoming and coming to light.
Thankfully Volume 10 is in my possession, and I will not have to wait long to pick up where Volume 9 left off. Fingers crossed that what occurred in this volume sticks with me when we see what happens after our leads dueled it out in the Texas colony.
sarahc_98's review
4.0
The personal stakes for this troupe of soldiers continue to be very high, and the cost takes a toll in some parts. Four stars only because the mecha battle scenes were impossible to figure out in the middle. Dust and mechanical suits don't mix well for comprehensive reading.
count_zero's review
5.0
We get so many great meetings this volume - another meeting between Char and Sayla (or rather Artesia and Casval) - the first meeting between Char and and Amuro, and the meeting between Amuro and Lalah Sune. These moments are all just so wonderfully done, made even better by what is saved for the color splash pages - By having Amuro and Lalah's first meeting be in color, the impression that she leaves with Amuro is made so clear. The same way, the first face-to-face meeting between Char and Amuro is so wonderfully done - both knowing that they're on opposing sides of the war, but only Amuro recognizing Char as his arch enemy, and the mud on their knees as free Amuro's car from the ditch making so clear that both have their hands dirty, but with something other than mud.
It's a wonderfully done volume, with some especially done action scenes as well, which also shows just how far Amuro has come as a mobile suit pilot.
It's a wonderfully done volume, with some especially done action scenes as well, which also shows just how far Amuro has come as a mobile suit pilot.
peyjturner's review
4.0
Okay, the main plot point here in this epic manga tapestry of war, revenge, family and, of course, giant robots duking it out in outer space is the advent of the Newtype, humans who seem to have extra-sensory powers of cognition like that of telepathy. It's all very much mysterious, and it plays into several battles late in the book. This volume also contains some of the most vivid watercolour backdrops in the entire series, ranging from the vast voids of space and the ships that fly in them, gorgeous pastoral scenery with trees and shit, and even a desert landscape mirroring that of several midwestern American states. It's a solid graphic novel on its own, and continues to be a terrific addition to the Origin series.
Oh, and this is also the volume where Char Aznable has a full page spread of him riding a wild stallion bareback in an aggressive display of testosterone not seen outside the covers of romance novels. It's a joy to behold.
Oh, and this is also the volume where Char Aznable has a full page spread of him riding a wild stallion bareback in an aggressive display of testosterone not seen outside the covers of romance novels. It's a joy to behold.
puddingtaco's review
5.0
We're back in space! The story revisits where Char and Sayla grew up as just established in all the flashback books. Hurray, western! Amuro and Char have a chance meeting. It's tense and lovely. Art was great as always. I am so in love with this series.
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