Battle Angel Alita Chapter 53 Discussion

A bit rushed at the end, but overall the manga was really good and Alita was a great character. Although at times, her actions and behavior would sometimes bother me, it was more so the times that the mangaka tried to add romance to the story. It just felt so unnecessary and forced. But that was really the only thing I had a problem with. Other than that, I'd give this manga a solid 9/10.

The ending and the revelations about Zalem were underwhelming.

solid manga, shame the quality declined in the final 15 chapters. 

nice to see Alita alive

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.

IMAGINOS! Lol another BÖC reference. I love you Kishiro sensei.



Yeah this was very rushed, but man I still enjoyed so much of this "ending" that isn't really the ending. So many great plot revelations here. I look forward to what Last Order will be like. I got to say, Alita is such an great character and she is now one of my all time favorite anime/manga characters.

The idiosyncratic references to past philosophers -- Nietzsche, Goethe, Descartes -- was generally superficial and would be considered 'fluff' by most people's standards.  Surely, though, the brazen approach is worthy of some praise...it certainly made me bust a gut.



Overall, 'Battle Angel Alita' was exhilarating.  The characters, obviously, were run-of-the-mill archetypes with little-to-no nuance, but I wasn't expecting much from the outset.  While the ending was satisfactory and provided logical explanations for everything that happened previously, it did leave me wanting more in terms of existential themes and whatnot. It felt like they teased our expectations just enough for a grander explanation to come to the fore, but it never materialized.  Not surprising...but still.

I didn't like the ending at all, which is something everyone who has read this manga have in common. Other than that this was an amazing manga, to say the least. I won't read the sequel as I've heard both the storyline and the artwork take a plunge. Anyhow, nine out of ten.

What can I say? It's one of my favorite manga!! Instant favorite of mine.

I don't see such a powerful character development of this level since Berserk. Alita is the most kick-ass female character i've witnessed.

IMO, great artwork, awesome battle scenes, gripping storyline, superb character development.

9/10 for this one. Loved it

I also think is a overrated, great art and action scenes and fights but i didn´t like how many events just happen a bit too fast without proper build up like Gally falling in love with Yugo almost instantly or the motorball arc or some ilogical or stupid decisions made by some of the characters, or how one dimensional most of the antanogists are, the best one was Nova, he was interesting but the rest not so much, i liked it though, it just that i expected it to be better, i rated it a 7/10, not sure if i will read the sequel.