A review by ibadlyneedaread
Battle Angel Alita, Volume 03: Killing Angel by Yukito Kishiro

2.0

This review is for Volumes 1 to 9.

I became interested in reading the manga after watching the Alita: Battle Angel movie because the premise showed heaps of promise. This is definitely an action-packed read although the illustration is not exactly my type of art. I wanted to like this but it feels like the work is not polished. The manga pacing and execution totally threw me off. I found it hard to become grounded in the narrative and I felt like my bunch of ‘whys’ were not answered satisfactorily. We hardly get a taste of the surface of the world and the characters, and some things don’t make much sense.

I’m giving it a chance on the next volumes but I’m not that optimistic.

2.5 short stars out of 5