Battle Angel Alita Chapter 53 Discussion

As a whole, less than mediocre, cant believe how overrated this manga is

A nice story. Koyomi grown up into a beautiful adult. Good for figure, and Gally for finding themselves again. I will read last order at some moment.





Spanish translation:

Una buena historia. Koyomi creció en una adulta hermosa. Bien por Figure y Gally el haberse encontrado otra vez. Leeré last order en algun momento.

anime always looks great and classic.

Really enjoyed the story, the characters and the artwork is amazing. The ending felt rushed and was too complex to fully understand.. How did Alita turn into that cocoon to save Tiphares?  I guess she held the city in place while the tower was built to stabilize it? What the hell was the MIB? A few unanswered questions, but I had a fun time reading this epic mindfuck of a manga. I may read the sequel one day. Overall, I'm glad Alita made it out alive.



9/10

Great revelations in the big last chapters, a disaster finale followed by an emotional epilogue (and important figures fates are all shown).



5/5 Great conclusion !



A very well drawn and atmospheric action cyber-punk manga, pretty good despite the notable slowdown during the sport period (who focused too much on the action ingredient). The ratio of each part wasn't well balanced (just compare the motorball section and the finale) in part because of the author's road accident but the manga's length was the right one, preventing any bogging down coming inevitably in a longer series.

The bad side of this is the lack of resolution for a few intrigues thrown along the way but is softened by this poetic ending.



Score: 8/10





@hubertpivert Not at all, you see?

ppara said:
I didn't like the ending at all, which is something everyone who has read this manga have in common.

Everyone, minus a few persons at the very least...





Zonak said:
Maybe it's kind of rushed because the mangaka did already know he would make a sequel?

No, he had to end his series (after a pause, I think) rapidly because of some incident who prevented him to work at the same pace as before (he got rid of all his assistants)



@Tengai Depends if you were satisfied with the conclusion or are willing to reject it for a few more infos, action, action and action.

Also, you must be highly sensible to have perceived romance in this series, to the point of being disturbed by it.





May 9, 2020:

@ArucardPL I don't even understand why people bother with problems of canonicity (at least, american people, who seem to consider this notion as almost holy). This was the first conclusion brought to the story and it works well enough inside its own series for anyone that wants a self-concluded story with a reasonable length. It's nothing more nor nothing less.

(also, it's better for a fiction to have a conclusion to its main story than to be left unfinished)





November, 2022

Marloges said:
I didn't really dislike the ending (the actual story beats are pretty good and make sense imo) but I agree that it's super rushed and lacks proper build-up. Stuff just happens in ridiculous pace. Glad they don't pick up from that ending in the sequel manga.

But the author, losing its new intrigue in a veeeery long fighting tournament, ended up suddenly replaying this ending (but gave it one or two tomes, this time).

This manga makes me want to end myself



Never since Berserk had I witnessed such great potential



Then chapter 35 hits with its unsightly garbage "romance"



Then I manage to get a hold of the DEMON inside me who makes me extremely psychorigid towards SHITTY romances and I continue reading



And it's terribad, super rushed, filled with unfitting comedy and deux ex machinii



Life is shit and there can be no true beauty in it

LucisCaelum said:
Tengai said:
LucisCaelum said:
Tengai said:
I don't know, man. The romance kinda ruined it for me. Still, an alright Manga. I like the art and the cyborg designs. I don't know if I should still read the sequel.

There is no romance in LO, tho. Maybe only few expections.



New characters? Or still Alita?

New characters.

Alita just has dilema about FF, but it is not THAT type. I mean, question is not whether she loves FF or not.

There is no triangle for other characters, too.



Oh, okay. Thanks for the heads up, bro!

TuzoAnime said:


It felt like the Mangaka was in a rush to finished the story



I agree with that, plus I kind of wished she did ended up with Hugo in the end even though I knew he died... oh well, at least there's still a sequel of this manga who'll probably gives us more information about her past and the universe of this manga. (and more WTF'ing, hooray, that's one thing where the mangaka is REALLY good in I must say.) Maybe that's why it's kind of rushed, because the mangaka did already knew he would make a sequel? I don't know, but I have the feeling that one will get a better end than this one. (hell, I'm only 1 volume in and it's already a lot better than the prequel, but that's my opinion of course... heh.)