Eden: It's An Endless World!, Vol. 5 [Paperback]

Hiroki Endo (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 14, 2006

Backed by their military might and mutated Aeon soldiers, Propater forces continue to seek possession of our planet. They also seek to maintain possession of a body stuck in suspended animation - a body whose consciousness has just been downloaded into outlaw Sophia's sophisticated, cyber-enhanced system. Sophia lost her body years ago, with only her brain surviving the flesh-destroying plague that decimated the world. Will she risk her own existence for a chance to reunite Maya's body with his mind? Hiroki Endo delivers another deep, poignant character study, before sending readers into a brilliant, carnage-filled showdown between Propater mercenaries, a crime cartel, Colonel Khan's renegade crew, and a struggling, post-apocalyptic police force! To make matters worse, Elijah enlists the aid of an old friend and plans an ambush at a Gnosian airport. Desperate, young Elijah seeks a reunion of a different sort... and he'll kill anyone who stands in his way!

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The length of Endo's postapocalyptic, military sf, gang-war epic demands going with its flow, not trying too hard to keep the characters' allegiances crystal clear. After the long fireworks display of volumes 3 and 4, Eden's fifth starts slow, with Andreas probing the consciousness of the cyborg Sophia, who looks pubescent but has been around many a block in her original, human incarnation. Andreas wants Sophia to help reunite the consciousness and body of the superintelligent Maya. When that's about to happen, the heat mounts to whiteness as four sets of combatants converge. More dazzlingly savage than ever. Ray Olson
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Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (November 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593076347
• ISBN-13: 978-1593076344
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCHANGE OF HOSTAGES, November 28, 2006

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Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eden: It's An Endless World!, Vol. 5 (Paperback)

Elijah and the members of NOMAD have made it out of Propater controlled territory and now it's time to reap the fruits of their efforts. Sophia, the cyborg member of the team is carrying Maya, an AI intelligence in her mind whose mission has something to do with saving the world. During the download, we get to see some pretty graphic memories of Sophia's past and how she ended up at NOMAD that might make you wince. But all is not peace and quiet as Elijah's mom and sister are being held hostage along with Maya's human body by Propater and it's not going to let any of them go without carnage and death.

Eden is one of, if not the only, manga that I actually get more and more excited about with each release. To me, it almost rates as perfect. It has an interesting and suspenseful plot that keeps you guessing and the characters are extremely multi-layered. Their backstories equal the main plot in quality and Endo digresses in the just right amount so that what's going on in the present keeps your main focus. Another thing that's cool about Eden is that it doesn't pull any punches, whether its bloody violence, graphic eroticism, or the exhibition of honest passion and emotion. Endo has put his soul into this work and it shows. Whatever he deems as necessary to make Eden the best art it can be, he does. This is one of the greatest manga I have ever read.

4.0 out of 5 stars Staying strong., January 24, 2011

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Samuel S. Garland "Giant Insects Will Rule th... (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eden: It's An Endless World!, Vol. 5 (Paperback)

Keeping up the pace, volume five delivers more awesome character-driven story mixed with fantastically illustrated action. The genre is definitely sci-fi, but the robots, futuristic vehicles, and cyborg weapons are secondary to the well-paced tale of a world recovering from a viral apocalypse.