This week, I decided to read myself a Manga because I haven't read a good one in years because to me, it's really hard to find one that interests me. My roommate told me about this series called Battle Angel Alita and told me that it had a neat retro and unique style. Of course, having nothing better to do, I decided to check it out. What I saw was some of the most beautiful pen work I have seen in Japanese comics (Alongside Berserk) and some of the craziest characters that I ave seen in the media. Since I know Steling doesn't care about the story too much, I will briefly say what the plot is.

Robot girl has amnesia and is rebuilt by a scientist and finds that she has a hankering for fighting, so he puts her head on a powerful battle body and fights evil cyborg mutants in a post apocalyptic world setting. That's the gist of the plot, but there is a lot of batshit insane things going on there that I will leave the reader to find out for themselves. There were four things that made me want to go read the entirety of the series.

1. Unique setting
2. Great artwork
3. Fun and interesting characters
4. Good pacing and a story that makes you care about the characters.

Also, it's one of the only manga I have read where I leave satisfied because it actually had a decent ending for once. I can't complain enough for how many time I finish a story and the ending comes off half assed or rushed because of deadlines or the series being cancelled. The amount of detail on each page in terms of the artwork is astonishing with plenty of crosshatching on each character and backgrounds which help liven the movement and immersiveness of the story.

Also, a theme that was recurring in the story was the fact that do you need a human heart and organs to be human or is it something else? The majority of the characters are either cyborgs or androids, so they usually talk about what it takes to be human and how one can lose their own humanity.

I also wanted to mention that James Cameron is interested in doing a live action version of the the first 3 volumes because of his love for the series. He said he'll get to doing that after doing the second and third Avatar movies (which means he'll never get around to doing it considering how long it took for the first movie to come out).

Overall, I think this is a manga worth reading because of its great artwork and insane story that I think the majority of people would enjoy.