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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
As yeah. This one was goooooooooood.
I think I ended re-reading it twice, because there's so much delicious stuff to take in, from the dialogue (When man looks in the distance, he narrows his eyes) to some incredible artwork (That big berserker dude's face! So cool!)
I could live without the sexual violence. I find the pervasive notion in dystopian fiction that men would turn into imbecilic rape machines in times of massive upheaval to be counterintuitive. And gross. We.
However! Chiyoko! I would sit on an active landmine for Chiyoko. I would let Chiyoko gut-punch me until I exploded and be thankful for the privilege. I want an entire comic devoted to Chiyoko please.
I think I ended re-reading it twice, because there's so much delicious stuff to take in, from the dialogue (When man looks in the distance, he narrows his eyes) to some incredible artwork (That big berserker dude's face! So cool!)
I could live without the sexual violence. I find the pervasive notion in dystopian fiction that men would turn into imbecilic rape machines in times of massive upheaval to be counterintuitive. And gross. We.
However! Chiyoko! I would sit on an active landmine for Chiyoko. I would let Chiyoko gut-punch me until I exploded and be thankful for the privilege. I want an entire comic devoted to Chiyoko please.
Funnily enough, this was where I came in. My very first issue of Akira was the issue the whole epic did a sort of hard reset from urban sci-fi psychic action thriller to urban post-apocalyptic psychic war cosmic sci fi body horror mega bomboozlebugaaboom. Yes, I ran out of words for what this turned into, and my very fist issue plunged me head first into it and I had no idea who these people were, what was going on or why but I freaking LOVED it. Kaneda isn't even in this stretch of the story, he's off floating in nowhere with the top halves of several buildings and a load of doomed screaming soldiers. As far as I was concerned the most awesome central protagonist was Chiyoko who carried small portable missiles under her cloak and smushed rapist's heads with them and then blew up his friends. Chiyoko's the best.
Anyway, Neo-Tokyo is devastated and cut off, a fleet of warships hovering off the coast and special ops forces slipping in. Tetsuo's set up a new Empire all of his own, with Akira as the figurehead, using psychic powers to inspire religious fanaticism and drugged food to control his followers. Lady Miyako has opened her temple to refugees, Kei and Chiyoko are caring for the other psychic children and the Major is plotting revenge.
Lots of bloody confrontations and chasing and psychic blow-outs build to Tetsuo going cold-turkey and lashing out wildly with his powers while his followers invade Miyako's temple. Fun and games! It literally never stops, the relentless pacing, the escalation and destruction and bloodshed. Neo Tokyo hasn't stopped E*X*P*L*O*D*I*N*G you know.
Anyway, Neo-Tokyo is devastated and cut off, a fleet of warships hovering off the coast and special ops forces slipping in. Tetsuo's set up a new Empire all of his own, with Akira as the figurehead, using psychic powers to inspire religious fanaticism and drugged food to control his followers. Lady Miyako has opened her temple to refugees, Kei and Chiyoko are caring for the other psychic children and the Major is plotting revenge.
Lots of bloody confrontations and chasing and psychic blow-outs build to Tetsuo going cold-turkey and lashing out wildly with his powers while his followers invade Miyako's temple. Fun and games! It literally never stops, the relentless pacing, the escalation and destruction and bloodshed. Neo Tokyo hasn't stopped E*X*P*L*O*D*I*N*G you know.
this manga is incredible, so layered and complex and engaging.
the visuals are gorgeous!
I can't imagine where things will go, so much has already happened!
the visuals are gorgeous!
I can't imagine where things will go, so much has already happened!