Blog Post #10: Manga


Blog Post #10
Manga
           
            Reading Battle Angel Alita “Last Order” I found it very interesting to read and the story is extremely interesting to me to read but following the action in the manga was difficult. The story of Gally and how she had become who she is now and her purpose of her creation is interesting. The use of science fiction elements in the manga are interesting because it has created a new world in the future that seems like something we aren’t even close to comprehending how to create. Gally is a cyborg who has advance technology that makes up her being but yet she has emotions of a human. Similar to Nora you want to learn more about who she is because she has interesting traits of that she is mechanically made and functions mechanically but she believes is human and acts human. One aspect that is difficult to understand in the manga is the action scenes and fight scenes. In the manga the drawings include a lot of different swirling drawings in the manga that seem to represent the fights. The issue with that is that you don’t actually see any action which is not always a bad thing but the way the characters make comments about their fighting styles I would of liked to seen the actual movements instead of a swirling design that has been drawn instead.
           


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