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ash_hernick's review against another edition
2.0
Maybe it's the translation I was reading but this was just a really difficult read for me - still, I loved the artwork, even if I couldn't understand most of the plot.
possiblymaybe's review against another edition
this was unfortunately very boring and i had no idea what was happening 90% of the time
imakandiway's review against another edition
3.0
"Como era de esperar pela série, bom worldbuilding, assim como exploração da condição humana relacionada com a tecnologia. Deficitária na criação de empatia entre o leitor e as personagens."
Comentei isto ao ler os primeiros capítulos e ao longo do volume pouco aconteceu que me tenha levado querer corrigir. Facto, a partir do capítulo 3 há um esforço mais acentuado para ligar o leitor às personagens, porém, não forte o suficiente.
Creio que os principais causadores deste distanciamento são os diálogos extenso, com muito tell e pouco show, cruciais para o worldbuilding e para expor as temáticas, mas que quebram imenso o ritmo da narrativa. Em animé ou mesmo num obra de texto corrido, tais diálogos não teriam feito grande diferença, até poderiam ter sido uma mais valia, em mangá tiram demasiado impacto à estória e relevâncias às personagens.
Já agora, o uso de cor em mangá é sempre uma má opção, poucas sãos as publicações que a fazem resultar. Este caso, graças aos tons pálidos, não é dos piores...
Em suma, contrariando a tendência geral: grande fã da animação, mas da mangá nem por isso. O que é pena, porque tem um worldbuilding muito bom, dos melhores que já vi em Ficção Científica.
Não obstante, darei uma chance ao restantes volumes, embora não para já.
Comentei isto ao ler os primeiros capítulos e ao longo do volume pouco aconteceu que me tenha levado querer corrigir. Facto, a partir do capítulo 3 há um esforço mais acentuado para ligar o leitor às personagens, porém, não forte o suficiente.
Creio que os principais causadores deste distanciamento são os diálogos extenso, com muito tell e pouco show, cruciais para o worldbuilding e para expor as temáticas, mas que quebram imenso o ritmo da narrativa. Em animé ou mesmo num obra de texto corrido, tais diálogos não teriam feito grande diferença, até poderiam ter sido uma mais valia, em mangá tiram demasiado impacto à estória e relevâncias às personagens.
Já agora, o uso de cor em mangá é sempre uma má opção, poucas sãos as publicações que a fazem resultar. Este caso, graças aos tons pálidos, não é dos piores...
Em suma, contrariando a tendência geral: grande fã da animação, mas da mangá nem por isso. O que é pena, porque tem um worldbuilding muito bom, dos melhores que já vi em Ficção Científica.
Não obstante, darei uma chance ao restantes volumes, embora não para já.
ran_sophia's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
The story is excellent and well written. I really loved the graphic design of the manga and the ending was amazing too.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Death and Violence
lexsleuther's review against another edition
3.0
I really, really, REALLY didn't like this style of artwork, and once it stopped being in full color it lost any charm it may have originally had.
Maybe I should just stick with Stand Alone Complex...
Maybe I should just stick with Stand Alone Complex...
mahobilly2002's review against another edition
4.0
A really good and highly influential manga. The movies are even better.
singh_reads_kanwar2's review against another edition
4.0
Major Kusanagi is a cyborg made of robotic body parts (a “shell”, big breast included taken from word Bombshell) but here shell meaning is that body of Robot and a human mind (a “ghost”, you get it) a combination which can delete there past memories create a thick line between human and robotic. Her sidekick, Batou, is also a cyborg, of the hulk sort with beefed up body. The evil Puppeteer too is a sentient artificial hacker emerged from the “sea of information”. Considering that this was written in the 80s, in many ways Masamune Shirow was something of a visionary.
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In the rapidly converging landscape of the 21st century things are changing fast enough and human depends on robot as an enhancement of there body little did they know they are losing the power of questioning. Things go haywire when Hacker told Major what is going on and how to stop that, Major took a long time to understand but finally did and she informed her team and now they are finding a way to solve the crisis in hand and villian is in between them, a biggest threat to them
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In the rapidly converging landscape of the 21st century things are changing fast enough and human depends on robot as an enhancement of there body little did they know they are losing the power of questioning. Things go haywire when Hacker told Major what is going on and how to stop that, Major took a long time to understand but finally did and she informed her team and now they are finding a way to solve the crisis in hand and villian is in between them, a biggest threat to them
villyidol's review against another edition
3.0
This manga has some very cool aspects as well as some very annoying ones. But ultimately it was a disappointment for me.
Let’s start with the cool stuff.
It has a kick-ass female main character that exudes a tremendous amount of confidence.
There are some interesting concepts about artificial intelligence and what it takes for something (someone?) to be deemed alive.
It also has some very cool settings and great style.
The artwork is inconsistent, though.
The colored parts are mostly great, with many nice details. But there are some blurry panels as well. The black and white parts aren't always that good. Some of the panels even seemed a bit lazy.
Overall I liked the art. But I was still annoyed by the constant change in quality.
A few examples of the good and the bad (I mixed it up to make it a little more challenging for you to figure out what is what. Just kidding. I think it’s pretty clear):
So yeah, lots of ups and downs.
With the story it‘s no different. But it falls more on the down side of the spectrum. It's episodic and often hard to follow. I really didn't like that aspect of the book. It‘s simply annoyingly incoherent.
Some interesting concepts here and there. And a few chapters were quite entertaining. But for the most part there's a feeling of detachment created by the diffuse storytelling.
Overall I think this is just an okay manga, with lots of unrealized potential. A very frustrating read for me.
2.5 stars, rounded up.
Let’s start with the cool stuff.
It has a kick-ass female main character that exudes a tremendous amount of confidence.
There are some interesting concepts about artificial intelligence and what it takes for something (someone?) to be deemed alive.
It also has some very cool settings and great style.
The artwork is inconsistent, though.
The colored parts are mostly great, with many nice details. But there are some blurry panels as well. The black and white parts aren't always that good. Some of the panels even seemed a bit lazy.
Overall I liked the art. But I was still annoyed by the constant change in quality.
A few examples of the good and the bad (I mixed it up to make it a little more challenging for you to figure out what is what. Just kidding. I think it’s pretty clear):
So yeah, lots of ups and downs.
With the story it‘s no different. But it falls more on the down side of the spectrum. It's episodic and often hard to follow. I really didn't like that aspect of the book. It‘s simply annoyingly incoherent.
Some interesting concepts here and there. And a few chapters were quite entertaining. But for the most part there's a feeling of detachment created by the diffuse storytelling.
Overall I think this is just an okay manga, with lots of unrealized potential. A very frustrating read for me.
2.5 stars, rounded up.
siili's review against another edition
3.0
I found some of the stories in this collection interesting, others not so much. The colored pages were a nice add, but when it turned back to standard black and white drawings, the amount of details in each picture became a bit blurred. Also, some of the stories in this collection I didn't like, mostly because I didn't necessarily get all of their ideas (meaning some of the technical stuff descriped etc.). Still, overall an interesting manga, but since I didn't like all the stories that much/found them a bit hard to understand despite the glossary of the terms back in the book, I give this collection 3½ stars rounded down to 3 stars.