Ranked #94

Battle Angel Alita: Last Order (Manga)

Many anime and manga follow old formulae and often wonder a predictable path, but Battle Angel refuses to fall fowl of cliches and does its best to plough its own furrow. The Last Order series of novels typifies this trend by taking the reader not just out of this world, but into the very essence of existence itself. It even turns the playing field into a character in its own right while still giving the audience a semblance of normality in the form of a useful supporting cast and overwhelming monsters to fight in a straight forward struggle of good versus evil.

What we have been left with is an ongoing story that works on a multitude of levels. The series will appeal from those into action adventures to ones intrigued by spirituallity and the human mind. This is a series that, along with the preceeding series of Battle Angel Alita novels must take pride and place in all manga collections thanks to its unique twist and portrayal of the heros journey as well as for daring to be different. read more

This is one of the best series I have ever read. If you love a deep thought provoking story with amazing character development and action packed fight scenes then this is exactly what you are looking for. As Battle Angel Alita deals with the question of, "who am I?" Last Order addresses, "what makes us a human?" as you are constantly bombarded with this dilemma thought out the series.

Although the story does not follow suit to the original Battle Angel Alita series it does incorporate many of the events that happened in it with flash backs to them. Because of this you are required to read the original series but when reading this you need to just take some things with a grain of salt per say. The most notable is the ending of BAA and the start of BAA:LO ( Space City Ketheres). However this is not a bad thing as the story is much more elaborate and now has the ability to spin in multiple directions.
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