The 4th Edition of Battle Angel Alita continues with brawls in the motorball arena, but a new process in our cute cyborg's life has begun, even as she keeps playing the same fierce game. Alita is no longer hiding from the pain of the past; she's rebuilding her memory with bricks made from the acrobatic violence all around.
A kaleidoscope of violence coordinates this story: gladiatorial violence taming the masses, random violence shattering lives, suicidal violence signaling defiance, and violence transcending reality itself. All these manifestations fit the logic of the story. I, however, believe that violence offers no transcendence, only wounds or death.
The best "Moment of Art" I found is a cell that shows Alita obliterating the head of a drug addict with a palm-heel strike, an addict who had just murdered Ed, her motorball mentor. Kishiro's drawing fuses Alita's horror and fury into a moment of vengeance free from any doubts about innocence. Sadly, life almost never gives us such moral clarity. I give the 4th edition four stars due to my apparent philosophical differences with the author.
Tony Baus is also the author of
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