Kanata no Astra
Astra Lost in Space

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The story was great. Except, be warned. Around Volume 4, there are so many plot twists that you start to get kind of confused. But otherwise a really good manga.

Books 1-3 are pretty mild, they learn what happened, think about why they got "lost" in space, etc. But in Volume 4, they really start to discover stuff. Especially around the end of Volume 4 and the beginning of Volume 5, there is so much learned in such a short time that you might be confused. I would also recommend trying to read Volumes 4-5 right after each other to help with the confusion.

Note: (Spoiler-Free-Review)
This Manga is not what it seems like. Its so much more!

Overall 10/10.
What i loved the most was the Type of Story Telling, which is very reminiscent of Manga Titles like Yakusoku no Neverland or Shingeki no Kyojin. What i mean by that is that the Story is told from the Perspective of Characters that have very limited knowledge about the Truth of the World, which hides Secrets that one would never have expected.

What seemed like a Space Slice of Life that raised a couple of seemingly unimportant Questions at the start, and continues to portray this image until halfway through the Manga with ... a few annoying Characters and Dialogue quickly develops into a brilliant Story revolving around Conspiracy and Secrets. I would have never. Never expected the direction this Manga was going to take. Honestly the 2nd Half of the Show portrays a completely different Array of Emotions, it seems like a completely different Story.

I like to compare the Manga to a rollercoaster because initially you are elevated slowly and once it starts rolling you end up in an intense journey of excitement. I shed tears, my heart beat faster with every Chapter that i was reading. When the Plot Twists start piling up you will not be able to stop reading.

The Story was therefore a solid 10.
The Art, well i really enjoyed it although its nowhere near as Unique as Hajime Isayama or Yusuke Murata, its still absolutely solid and does a great Job at hiding the Insane Story through its simplistic and innocent design.


The only thing i did not like was that some of the Characters were annoying during the first half of the Show, there was some Dialogue bothering me, but i quickly forgot about that and honestly they were extremely minor issues, but i had to mention something negative.

My Overall Enjoyment was therefore a solid 10.

I simply hope more people pick up this Manga as the TV Adaptation will be Airing this Summer. Hopefully it delivers, im excited to watch that one as well, so if the Voice Acting, Music and Animation is on point i wouldn't be surprised to see this Story gain immense popularity, because i felt its underread, but incredibly loved by a select few.

I really don't know how this manga has so high reviews.
The only thing more difficult to know than the question before is where to begin with the problems of the series.

What if we make a history with ships that have limitless power? What if that alone make the whole plot stupid? Well, in this case we have Kanata no Astra.
This is by far the worst manga I'd ever read and I'm not kidding!
We have no consistent history, we have a new Deus Ex Machina at least per volume and NONE of those are explained
If the whole story isn't shit enough, we have this final, that ... want make you believe THE ENTIRE HUMANITY AGREE WITH A STUPID SHIT AND MADE SECRET OF IT FOREVER!
Oh, man, I'd never been so insulted in my whole life. This manga I'll make sure to NOT maintein in my book shelf.