Jun 9, 2021
Rating it with a 7 (Good stuff) for now, but looking to the 8, maybe 9 if the author reaches the level of "Eden" again this time. Far-future story with lots of blood and merciless treatment of the characters, this work has many similarities with the main manga of the Author, the aforementioned Eden. No spoilers ahead.
We follow Shinta Aeler, a hybrid between two human species, separated by time. After a certainly tragic event, he embarks on a trip of revenge, and his simple motivation and worldview will be challenged several times on the first few chapters. In spite of the gore and all the
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killing, it follows quite the straight shonen formula: He meets new people, learns of different moralities and habilities, including those of his enemies and trains to get stronger. I'd say it follows the shonen tropes A LOT more than Eden, which was a fully adult manga. I suspect this may have to be with the limited reach his previous works have got while being so good. Shonen sells, and good shonen sells even more. It's possible this will become pretty famous in a couple of years.
The art is amazing, as Hiroki Endo's art is. It's got someting of a space opera in this, remembrances of Nausicaa or Five Star Stories. You know, the "frontier world of an interestelar empire" aesthetic, like we can see on those two mangas, the Mandalorian or Knight Run (Amazing space opera, by the way, for those interested).
For now, it's still a bit too shonen for me, but I'll be following it. Worth to follow.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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