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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Trial by Fire,
By sparx@hotmail.com (El Paso, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 7: Angel of Chaos (Paperback)
Strengthened with a new purpose and her love for Figure Four, Alita must first satisfy the wants of her masters before she can "take control of the rudder of her life." She is called upon to arrest the man who was responsible for her father's death, but to do so, she must go through the strongest brigand band in the badlands, the Barjack. On the way, she meets Koyomi, a face from the past, now with a story of her own, and a reinforcement to the thought that she can no longer just live for herself. Alita also meets Kaos, an extraordinary man with hopes too bright and clean to exist in this world. Kaos helplessly falls in love with Alita's strength and hardened virtue. Den, the leader of the Barjack, embodies all the wounds and anger that Alita has felt, and when she faces him, it is a true battle in every sense of the word
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"And Death hides the angels it makes",
By Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 7: Angel of Chaos (Paperback)
After the 'miracle' save in the previous volume, Alita is provided with a new operator on Tiphares. This young woman is Lou Collins (a Libra with type AB blood, for what that is worth). She is a bit idealistic, but her personality seems to mesh better with Alita's than the previous dour citizens she has had to deal with. Kishiro introduces a cute gimmick - a super-deformed monitor puppet of Alita on the Tiphares side and a way cool Lou Bike for Alita. This personalizes the relationship, and the reader will fall right into the change.A sudden attack sends Alita to the southeast after Barjack and Desty Nova. En route, she wanders into another desert fight and rediscovers Fury the cyborg dog and Koyomi from 'Angel of Redemption. [As an aside, this dates the events of this volume at about 10 years after 'Redemption.' Alita was a long time in the rebuilding.] They join up to try to find Kaos, a musician an underground radio operator who only senses radio waves and can read the past of an object. The finally of this volume is a series of turnabouts which leave the reader (as well as Alita and Lou) wondering which side, if any, is the right side. Certainly, Tiphares, which depends entirely on what can be taken from the surface dwellers, represents what is wrong with any government by an elite. However, the 'rebels' are not clearly delineated as the 'good guys' either. We are forced to question out own standards in a world where Alita, a cyborg, is the closest thing to human. Except, perhaps, Koyomi and Figure Four, but that still has to play out. When this phase of Alita's story started in the previous volume, it seemed less engaging than the previous story arcs. Much of this has to do with writer Yukito Kishiro's painstaking blending of action story, political statement, and spiritual investigation. This is a difficult combination to balance, but with 'Angel of Chaos', things are well underway again. The stage is set for the approaching climax.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
HOOKED UP WITH A FREAK,
By Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 7: Angel of Chaos (Paperback)
10 years have passed since Alita started on the trail of the mad scientist Desty Nova, hoping to find her "father" Dr. Ido. In order to get some clues she is seeking out the leader of Barjack, a gang of bandits who rule the wasteland under the direction of Den, a giant Godzilla sized mecha. She has help in the form of her Tipharean operator, Lou Collins, a young lady who would be challenged in operating a can opener, much less overseeing our deadly Battle Angel. She's also reunited with Koyomi, last seen as an infant who had been adopted by Alita's friends years ago. She's a tough young girl now, and has come to the desert to meet her idol, Kaos, a rogue radio broadcaster with ties to Barjack, who just happens to see Alita as his long-lost love.As always, the art in this, the sixth volume of Battle Angel Alita, is miles above most manga. The character of Alita has evolved beyond the infant/naivete and first love and loss. She has also grown out of the beserker fighter stage in which she forgot her problems through battle. In Angel of Chaos, she has come to the realization that she needs to use her powers to make the world a better place, and to help people. The problems I have with the story is the comic relief. I mean would you really put a bumbling klutz, Lou Collins, in charge of your most important agent. And the fact that Lou interacts with Alita through a super deformed hologram image who seems to be out the school of mini-cuteness doesn't help things. All in all, highly recommended. The Battle Angel Alita series is also being reprinted in the standard manga size at a cheaper price. Also check out Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, a sequel manga series, or more correctly, an alternate retelling of the story.
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