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teodora42's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
lordofbooks's review
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
thenajo's review
4.0
A surprisingly understated finale. It doesn't end in a bang, but with a lot of heart.
ibmisterb's review
4.0
If you've never read Manga, this is the series to start with. Great characters, an imaginative storyline, and powerful messages about exploration, humanity, and love encapsulated in man's desire to push the boundaries of space.
juliemawesome's review
2.0
This is the final volume of Planetes. It wraps everything up. Sort of.
No, really, if I thought this manga series was going somewhere, I was mistaken! Sure, they get to Jupiter. But um.. then, so what? Nothing felt at all wrapped up. But not exactly that there were loose plot threads. Just that characters were doing stuff. And they'll continue to go on doing stuff.
At the end, it felt more like a snapshot of the future than any actual story.
The last dozen pages or so are a timeline, backhistory from the 2000s to the 2070s of the story. It would've been nice to have this around volume 2, if it was going to be included at all. I may have understood a bit better what was going on.
So, just, bleh. Oh, and the typos and random color/non-color starts of chapters continued. Bleh.
No, really, if I thought this manga series was going somewhere, I was mistaken! Sure, they get to Jupiter. But um.. then, so what? Nothing felt at all wrapped up. But not exactly that there were loose plot threads. Just that characters were doing stuff. And they'll continue to go on doing stuff.
At the end, it felt more like a snapshot of the future than any actual story.
The last dozen pages or so are a timeline, backhistory from the 2000s to the 2070s of the story. It would've been nice to have this around volume 2, if it was going to be included at all. I may have understood a bit better what was going on.
So, just, bleh. Oh, and the typos and random color/non-color starts of chapters continued. Bleh.
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