A review by mcglat
Planetes, Volume 1 by Makoto Yukimura

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This is a promising start to this sci-fi manga series. The characters feel real, going through grief, addiction, self-doubt, and the ways that those things interact with the harshness of living in space. Yukimura does some great, detailed worldbuilding through describing what drives people to space and the lives they end up living there. He uses this musing and philosophical tone to give the stage-setting you usually find in first volumes a sense of story and purpose. This volume isn’t brimming with action, but it’s a charming start to a series I’m excited to continue.