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mehsi's review against another edition
2.0
I saw people rave about this one online and decided to check it out. Sadly, other than the absolutely gorgeous art, it just isn't for me. Too many people die in all sorts of ways (eww). The story.. I still don't entirely get what is going on at this planet and if people are people or something else. I tried making sense of it all, but then something would happen I ended up more confused. Something about frames? Some frames can do awesome crap, others just suck? Eh? This takes place on a planet that allows life but everything looks very dead.
Oh well, still happy I tried it as the art is just freaking gorgeous. That really kept me going. Also Titania was cute when she was in her human form. But I won't be continuing. A bit too sci-fi for my taste. :)
Oh well, still happy I tried it as the art is just freaking gorgeous. That really kept me going. Also Titania was cute when she was in her human form. But I won't be continuing. A bit too sci-fi for my taste. :)
nolansmock's review
3.0
Read this pretty shortly after finishing BLAME! and I think there's a little over fifteen years between the series. In that sense, it almost feels like I'm continuing the same story, with all kinds of plot and visual references between the two, though, where BLAME! was soaked in black ink, APOSIMZ is almost pointillistic, and its minimal visual style reminds me of Nausicaa. A lot of what is shown is implied, but is still really captivating. It's also not anywhere near as messy as BLAME! As for the story, it feels like its straight out of an RPG, isn't very deep (I read this in about an hour and its wild to think it was release over the course of two years??), and kind of has a superhero angle I'm not sure will totally keep me interested but I already have the next copy so we'll see.
zare_i's review
4.0
Very interesting - both artistically and story-wise - SF story.
Story is placed on the surface of gigantic planetary mega-structure. Inner core is ruled by the chosen ones (victors in the large war waged in the past) while everyone else is forced to live on the surface, under harsh conditions.
And so story begins, small military training group comes under attack from Rebedoa Empire when they try to assist the unknown girl running away from the Rebedoa pursuers. This results in a very high cost for our heroes.
Wont go into more details here because I do not want to spoil experience to other readers.
Some very interesting concepts are given here - endowing people with the so called Frames, basically providing nanobots (I think, they are called placenta here) to strengthen the body and provide one with armor and advanced weapons, to as long as body can produce energy for it.
Everything is very game-like, as story progresses our main character Etherow will level up with every battle he survives. Enemies, Rebedoa Empire, are ruthless and fielding the same type of Frames. While Etherow survives initial challenges it is visible that there is more to come.
Art is very interesting. When it comes to panoramas and epicness of battle scenes, they are still the trademarks of the author, well established in Blame series.
But, unlike Blame, art style is very much like pointillism in pencil strokes - everything is very light and distorted, strong lines come into play in some panels but majority plays out like a mirage, trembling around the edges, I have to admit it does take some time to accommodate to but after a while it does create certain dynamic art. In general characters are no longer lanky ones from the Blame but with more proportional bodies, although almost everyone from this Etherow's military training unit look like kids. Gotta be related to the story itself.
All in all, interesting story. I am on a lookout for other volumes.
Recommended to fans of SF.
Story is placed on the surface of gigantic planetary mega-structure. Inner core is ruled by the chosen ones (victors in the large war waged in the past) while everyone else is forced to live on the surface, under harsh conditions.
And so story begins, small military training group comes under attack from Rebedoa Empire when they try to assist the unknown girl running away from the Rebedoa pursuers. This results in a very high cost for our heroes.
Wont go into more details here because I do not want to spoil experience to other readers.
Some very interesting concepts are given here - endowing people with the so called Frames, basically providing nanobots (I think, they are called placenta here) to strengthen the body and provide one with armor and advanced weapons, to as long as body can produce energy for it.
Everything is very game-like, as story progresses our main character Etherow will level up with every battle he survives. Enemies, Rebedoa Empire, are ruthless and fielding the same type of Frames. While Etherow survives initial challenges it is visible that there is more to come.
Art is very interesting. When it comes to panoramas and epicness of battle scenes, they are still the trademarks of the author, well established in Blame series.
But, unlike Blame, art style is very much like pointillism in pencil strokes - everything is very light and distorted, strong lines come into play in some panels but majority plays out like a mirage, trembling around the edges, I have to admit it does take some time to accommodate to but after a while it does create certain dynamic art. In general characters are no longer lanky ones from the Blame but with more proportional bodies, although almost everyone from this Etherow's military training unit look like kids. Gotta be related to the story itself.
All in all, interesting story. I am on a lookout for other volumes.
Recommended to fans of SF.
radicaledwardiv's review against another edition
3.0
It took me a while to get use to the world. It’s very scarce and well it feels like a white out so some of the action was a little hard to read for me. Overall though I’m curious to see Etherow prevail!
rhukii's review against another edition
challenging
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
zaqlovesbooks's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
grayreadsmanga's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Gun violence
Minor: Blood
iffer's review against another edition
4.0
As others have noted, the art style in Aposimz is drastically different from the creator's work on [b:Blame! Tom 1|29958152|Blame! Tom 1 (Blame, #1)|Tsutomu Nihei|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1461075637l/29958152._SX50_.jpg|50351176] and [b:Knights of Sidonia 1|11100681|Knights of Sidonia 1 (Knights of Sidonia #1)|Tsutomu Nihei|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1339575885l/11100681._SX50_.jpg|16022788]. While the shapes may be similar, Tsutomu Nihei deconstructs his line work so that it looks intentionally thin, sparse, and fractured. In my opinion, this works very well, for the most part, because it fits the ambience of the dystopian desert space setting and slows the readers' eyes down in a way that enhances the sequential art storytelling of the action scenes. I will admit, however, that I found the art frustrating during non-combat sequences, because it just made the book hard to read, and I imagine that readers who have difficulty with low contrast might not be able to read this at all.
Aposimz 1, for me, is a good combination of the familiar, mashed up to be something a little bit different. It is a mash-up of many things we seen before (shojo power-up quest, dystopian zombies, giant robot (but in this case weird code that makes you a badass alien-looking thing), and Star Wars with the oppressed people eking out a living under the yoke of an Empire), but in my opinion, it's working well insofar as it makes me want to read more.
Aposimz 1, for me, is a good combination of the familiar, mashed up to be something a little bit different. It is a mash-up of many things we seen before (shojo power-up quest, dystopian zombies, giant robot (but in this case weird code that makes you a badass alien-looking thing), and Star Wars with the oppressed people eking out a living under the yoke of an Empire), but in my opinion, it's working well insofar as it makes me want to read more.
kjaro's review
4.0
Es ist schon verdammt merkwürdig, einen so hellen Manga von Tsutomu Nihei zu lesen, nachdem man gesehen hat, wie er halbe Tintenfässer über die Seiten in Abara verteilt hat.
Aber das Setting entspricht in allen Belangen dem, was man vom Autor erwartet. Roboter, eine Welt, die beinah nur aus gigantischen Röhren besteht, Puppen, bissi Bodyhorror und segmentierte SciFi-Rüstungen.
Alles in allem durchaus cool~
Aber das Setting entspricht in allen Belangen dem, was man vom Autor erwartet. Roboter, eine Welt, die beinah nur aus gigantischen Röhren besteht, Puppen, bissi Bodyhorror und segmentierte SciFi-Rüstungen.
Alles in allem durchaus cool~