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シドニアの騎士 [Sidonia no Kishi] #3
Knights of Sidonia Vol. 3
Heretofore unwilling to communicate in all but the most zero-sum fashion, humanity's implacable nemesis attempts to interface in what can only be considered a gruesomely familiar shape and form.
Meanwhile, some of the deepest secrets of the Sidonia also come to the fore as revealed by the resident talking bear, err...the dormitory den-mother.
Meanwhile, some of the deepest secrets of the Sidonia also come to the fore as revealed by the resident talking bear, err...the dormitory den-mother.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 23, 2010
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About the author
Tsutomu Nihei
214 books736 followersSee also 弐瓶 勉.
Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉 Nihei Tsutomu, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame!, NOiSE and Biomega were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat, in the US by Tokyopop and in Italy by Panini Comics.
At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the video game series Halo, as he mentions in his commentary section in the Halo Graphic Novel.
Taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_...
Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉 Nihei Tsutomu, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame!, NOiSE and Biomega were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat, in the US by Tokyopop and in Italy by Panini Comics.
At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the video game series Halo, as he mentions in his commentary section in the Halo Graphic Novel.
Taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_...
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February 9, 2018
3,5 / 5
Con Knights of Sidonia tengo el ejemplo perfecto de manga que disfruto, me entretiene, pero que tiene bastantes problemas pese a que va mejorando con cada tomo. En este tercer volumen, es de lo más interesante para explorar los primeros recovecos de la historia del Sidonia que no conocemos. La intriga actual se incrementa con fuertes amenazas Gauna y la captura de una peculiar muestra de placenta. Vemos al primer Gauna descubierto hace años, descubrimos como se formaron las Kabizahis, conocemos algunos acontecimientos relevantes del pasado y lo más importante, se destripan los origines de nuestro misterioso Tanikaze. Eliminando el capítulo cuota de fan service que parece tener cada tomo, creo que es el más completo hasta el momento de los tres que llevo leídos.
Knights of Sidonia sigue teniendo algunos problemas que arrastra desde el principio. Algunas secuencias son difíciles de seguir y toma varias lecturas concretar que ha ocurrido. Mientras las imágenes del interior del Sidonia son impresionantes, por el contrario, las batallas se siguen haciendo bastante confusas. Admito que ayuda a seguirlo haber visto el anime y saber como funciona la tecnología. Pero este tomo mejora a sus antecesores. Finalmente, la historia coge fondo, desarrolla un poco a sus personajes principales y da una pincelada sobre los primeros misterios. Algo que agradezco, por que en ningún momento del anime se dan estas respuestas y la secuencia del flashback es de lo mejor.
Con Knights of Sidonia tengo el ejemplo perfecto de manga que disfruto, me entretiene, pero que tiene bastantes problemas pese a que va mejorando con cada tomo. En este tercer volumen, es de lo más interesante para explorar los primeros recovecos de la historia del Sidonia que no conocemos. La intriga actual se incrementa con fuertes amenazas Gauna y la captura de una peculiar muestra de placenta. Vemos al primer Gauna descubierto hace años, descubrimos como se formaron las Kabizahis, conocemos algunos acontecimientos relevantes del pasado y lo más importante, se destripan los origines de nuestro misterioso Tanikaze. Eliminando el capítulo cuota de fan service que parece tener cada tomo, creo que es el más completo hasta el momento de los tres que llevo leídos.
Knights of Sidonia sigue teniendo algunos problemas que arrastra desde el principio. Algunas secuencias son difíciles de seguir y toma varias lecturas concretar que ha ocurrido. Mientras las imágenes del interior del Sidonia son impresionantes, por el contrario, las batallas se siguen haciendo bastante confusas. Admito que ayuda a seguirlo haber visto el anime y saber como funciona la tecnología. Pero este tomo mejora a sus antecesores. Finalmente, la historia coge fondo, desarrolla un poco a sus personajes principales y da una pincelada sobre los primeros misterios. Algo que agradezco, por que en ningún momento del anime se dan estas respuestas y la secuencia del flashback es de lo mejor.
April 28, 2019
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October 6, 2015
Even on my second read-through of the series, I didn't realize I was reading a flashback set a hundred years earlier with completely different characters until about halfway through the chapter. I know there are reasons why the characters all look alike, but it's kinda ridiculous.
March 20, 2015
The previous volume of Knights of Sidonia ended with a teaser, promising we'd finally find out what the kabizashis (the only weapons capable of killing the gauna) are. Given that this was one of the only hints of explanation for much of anything we've been offered so far, that was enough to keep me reading. Now that we've been (sort of) given that explanation, I can't help but feel wholly underwhelmed. I can't really see the following paragraph being a spoiler, because not much of what happens actually makes any sense.
So, at some point in the past, the crew of the Sidonia happened across a giant space MacGuffin, that looks for all the world like a colossal, cosmic wedge of Swiss cheese. When they send a team in to check it out, they find it contains a single gauna, along with the only material in the known universe capable of killing gauna in general. How convenient.
And that's it. No elaboration about what the kabizashi material actually is--even pseudo-science gobbletygook would have been something. But nope, just these things we found in the interstellar dairy product, that we turned into weapons. Who made the giant cheese wedge? What for? Why was there a gauna living right next to its version of kryptonite? Not important! We've got hot springs scenes, and stilted character interactions to carry on with!
The bulk of this volume isn't even related to the big reveal about the kabizashis. Instead, it jumps around from the humanoid gauna specimen the crew has captured, to a couple random space battles, to attempts at humor between the protagonist and a few other crew members. None of it feels like it amounts to anything that drives the plot forward, or develops the characters much at all.
The one exception to this is the other flashback sequence. My eyes glazed over during a lot of this, because it involves characters we've largely never been introduced to before, but eventually it ties into Tanikaze's backstory. Considering, up until this point he's been little more than a bland country bumpkin-turned mecha pilot, at least it was something to give him a feeling of depth. And really, it's the only thing that saved this from being a 1-star review.
I honestly don't see what all the fuss is about with this series, or why it appears to be the Next Big Thing(TM). The characters continue to be largely lifeless or one-note, the plot isn't much to write home about, and the action scenes continue to be poorly-communicated (I swear, there's a scene where a gauna explodes violently, but two panels later, it's intact and Tanikaze is engaging it in close-quarters combat). There are certainly worse contemporary manga/anime series out there (see: TerraforMars), but there have got to be better ones than this.
So, at some point in the past, the crew of the Sidonia happened across a giant space MacGuffin, that looks for all the world like a colossal, cosmic wedge of Swiss cheese. When they send a team in to check it out, they find it contains a single gauna, along with the only material in the known universe capable of killing gauna in general. How convenient.
And that's it. No elaboration about what the kabizashi material actually is--even pseudo-science gobbletygook would have been something. But nope, just these things we found in the interstellar dairy product, that we turned into weapons. Who made the giant cheese wedge? What for? Why was there a gauna living right next to its version of kryptonite? Not important! We've got hot springs scenes, and stilted character interactions to carry on with!
The bulk of this volume isn't even related to the big reveal about the kabizashis. Instead, it jumps around from the humanoid gauna specimen the crew has captured, to a couple random space battles, to attempts at humor between the protagonist and a few other crew members. None of it feels like it amounts to anything that drives the plot forward, or develops the characters much at all.
The one exception to this is the other flashback sequence. My eyes glazed over during a lot of this, because it involves characters we've largely never been introduced to before, but eventually it ties into Tanikaze's backstory. Considering, up until this point he's been little more than a bland country bumpkin-turned mecha pilot, at least it was something to give him a feeling of depth. And really, it's the only thing that saved this from being a 1-star review.
I honestly don't see what all the fuss is about with this series, or why it appears to be the Next Big Thing(TM). The characters continue to be largely lifeless or one-note, the plot isn't much to write home about, and the action scenes continue to be poorly-communicated (I swear, there's a scene where a gauna explodes violently, but two panels later, it's intact and Tanikaze is engaging it in close-quarters combat). There are certainly worse contemporary manga/anime series out there (see: TerraforMars), but there have got to be better ones than this.
May 7, 2016
The lone space ship Sidonia is slowly crawling trough the space to the unknown destination. There were many seed ships, but Sidonia's crew lost contact with them and it is expected that to be filled with last humans.
Nagate Tanikaze made new acquittances and story thickens with the new subplot and the dorm janitor, who looked like huge bear, was starting to spill some secrets about inner going of the ship. The science of gauna research and hybrid making was partially introduced. It seems that long time ago one of the scientist made something very terrible which affected whole population of Sidonia.
Obligatory female nudity, huge mecha and space fighting included for the reader pleasure.
Nagate Tanikaze made new acquittances and story thickens with the new subplot and the dorm janitor, who looked like huge bear, was starting to spill some secrets about inner going of the ship. The science of gauna research and hybrid making was partially introduced. It seems that long time ago one of the scientist made something very terrible which affected whole population of Sidonia.
Obligatory female nudity, huge mecha and space fighting included for the reader pleasure.
December 2, 2021
No terceiro volume temos as consequências do que aconteceu na última edição com a Hoshijiro sendo morta pelos gaunas. Um momento bem impactante e que mostrou aos pilotos que ninguém está seguro diante da ameaça. Logo no começo vemos Kunato tirando satisfações com o Nagate sobre o desastre que foi a missão passada. Tendo ele se afastado um pouco da ação, Nagate é redirecionado para a equipe Samari onde ele precisa cumprir todas as missões como ele combinou com a capitã Kobayashi. Mas, isso não seria algo suicida dada a quantidade de pilotos que retornam após as missões? Um novo problema surge também para ameaçar o sossego da tripulação do Sidonia: gaunas inteligentes. Após várias missões contra eles, parece que as criaturas estão desenvolvendo algum tipo de inteligência rudimentar e aprendendo a criar estratégias contra os guardiões. As próximas batalhas serão ainda mais difíceis do que as anteriores.
Falando sobre a arte do Nihei, a primeira parte desse volume é toda focada no espaço com combates entre guardiões e gaunas. Apesar de curtir a arte dele, sinto que esses combates espaciais não aproveitam o máximo do que ele consegue entregar. As cenas com naves não são assim tão legais, salvo um momento ou outro. Prefiro quando o Nihei tem espaço para criar ambientes estranhos ou criaturas bizarras. É aí que ele consegue entregar aquilo que tem de melhor. Por exemplo, o gauna que tem o formato de um míssil ou uma estrutura que parece um queijo suíço bizarro. Esse design maluco de estruturas e criaturas é sempre inesperado, mas preciso elogiar também quando ele faz espaços amplos. Tem um momento em que o Nagate e a Chinatose estão chegando na casa da avó dela e ela mostra ao Nagate o quanto o quarto distrito é amplo. Aquilo é tão lindo e alienígena ao mesmo tempo. Te passa aquela impressão de que é impossível que este distrito faça parte de algo na Terra. Só poderia estar no espaço.
A história começa a entregar alguns de seus segredos nessa edição. Mas, antes de falar por alto sobre eles, queria comentar sobre os gaunas inteligentes. E aí pensar com os leitores o que são essas criaturas. Até agora Nihei apenas os apresentou como inimigos, mas está ficando cada vez mais claro que eles são algo mais. Terem um núcleo e uma placenta pode classificá-los como seres vivos, mas e uma inteligência lógica? Será que eles tem algum tipo de raciocínio? Ou apenas reagem como feras selvagens? Nesta edição dois momentos ficam claros de que existe algum tipo de padrão no pensamento deles, quando eles copiam a estrutura fisiológica da Hoshijiro e criam clones gaunas dela para aprenderem como lidar com os seres humanos. O outro momento acontece cem anos antes quando eles quase devastaram toda a Sidonia, cem anos no passado, e levaram quase todos à extinção. E simplesmente foram embora. Ainda não sabemos as motivações dos gaunas, mas algo misterioso está acontecendo.
A outra revelação diz respeito à origem do Nagate. Não vou falar muito para não dar spoilers, mas basta sabermos sobre o que aconteceu há cem anos atrás. Isso antes dos guardiões portarem suas kabizashis. O confronto com os gaunas era quase sempre mortal e a equipe que tinha Ochiai, Kobayashi, Hiroki e Suzuki precisou lidar com uma estranha estrutura que apareceu na frente da Sidonia. Quando eles foram investigar perceberam a existência de estranhos seres que davam origem aos gaunas. De pequenas gotas saídas de sua estrutura surgiram as famosas lanças dos guardiões porque eram as únicas coisas que tinham a capacidade de penetrar na estrutura dos seres alienígenas. Após a devastação deixada para trás quando dois gaunas conseguiram invadir a Sidonia, a doutora Shinatose propõe uma meta de repovoamento audaciosa que envolvia clonagem e a possibilidade de se alimentar via fotossíntese. Isso é o que levou à situação atual. Mas, não apenas isso: algo trágico vai levar à separação da equipe original que resgatou a matéria-prima para as kabizashis.
Falando sobre a arte do Nihei, a primeira parte desse volume é toda focada no espaço com combates entre guardiões e gaunas. Apesar de curtir a arte dele, sinto que esses combates espaciais não aproveitam o máximo do que ele consegue entregar. As cenas com naves não são assim tão legais, salvo um momento ou outro. Prefiro quando o Nihei tem espaço para criar ambientes estranhos ou criaturas bizarras. É aí que ele consegue entregar aquilo que tem de melhor. Por exemplo, o gauna que tem o formato de um míssil ou uma estrutura que parece um queijo suíço bizarro. Esse design maluco de estruturas e criaturas é sempre inesperado, mas preciso elogiar também quando ele faz espaços amplos. Tem um momento em que o Nagate e a Chinatose estão chegando na casa da avó dela e ela mostra ao Nagate o quanto o quarto distrito é amplo. Aquilo é tão lindo e alienígena ao mesmo tempo. Te passa aquela impressão de que é impossível que este distrito faça parte de algo na Terra. Só poderia estar no espaço.
A história começa a entregar alguns de seus segredos nessa edição. Mas, antes de falar por alto sobre eles, queria comentar sobre os gaunas inteligentes. E aí pensar com os leitores o que são essas criaturas. Até agora Nihei apenas os apresentou como inimigos, mas está ficando cada vez mais claro que eles são algo mais. Terem um núcleo e uma placenta pode classificá-los como seres vivos, mas e uma inteligência lógica? Será que eles tem algum tipo de raciocínio? Ou apenas reagem como feras selvagens? Nesta edição dois momentos ficam claros de que existe algum tipo de padrão no pensamento deles, quando eles copiam a estrutura fisiológica da Hoshijiro e criam clones gaunas dela para aprenderem como lidar com os seres humanos. O outro momento acontece cem anos antes quando eles quase devastaram toda a Sidonia, cem anos no passado, e levaram quase todos à extinção. E simplesmente foram embora. Ainda não sabemos as motivações dos gaunas, mas algo misterioso está acontecendo.
A outra revelação diz respeito à origem do Nagate. Não vou falar muito para não dar spoilers, mas basta sabermos sobre o que aconteceu há cem anos atrás. Isso antes dos guardiões portarem suas kabizashis. O confronto com os gaunas era quase sempre mortal e a equipe que tinha Ochiai, Kobayashi, Hiroki e Suzuki precisou lidar com uma estranha estrutura que apareceu na frente da Sidonia. Quando eles foram investigar perceberam a existência de estranhos seres que davam origem aos gaunas. De pequenas gotas saídas de sua estrutura surgiram as famosas lanças dos guardiões porque eram as únicas coisas que tinham a capacidade de penetrar na estrutura dos seres alienígenas. Após a devastação deixada para trás quando dois gaunas conseguiram invadir a Sidonia, a doutora Shinatose propõe uma meta de repovoamento audaciosa que envolvia clonagem e a possibilidade de se alimentar via fotossíntese. Isso é o que levou à situação atual. Mas, não apenas isso: algo trágico vai levar à separação da equipe original que resgatou a matéria-prima para as kabizashis.
October 25, 2021
This volume dedicates a couple of chapters to humanity's past. The Sidonia is a colony ship looking for a viable planet. It encounters the gauna which assimilate 99% of its population. The survivors develop weapons against them and devise a plan to repopulate the ship using gene therapy.
January 12, 2020
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This third volume was the last one I have in this series and frankly, I don't think I will continue after this. While I'm a bit intrigued whether they will at some point be able to communicate with the Gauna and what they would learn from that, I don't think it is worth it continuing the series.
More battles that are hard to follow, interspersed with some seemingly random scenes which do little however to develop the characters further. There's a couple of flashbacks as well, and one of them did confirm some of my suspicions, while another one left me with more questions and less answers still.
Interesting premise, but it didn't really work for me.
This third volume was the last one I have in this series and frankly, I don't think I will continue after this. While I'm a bit intrigued whether they will at some point be able to communicate with the Gauna and what they would learn from that, I don't think it is worth it continuing the series.
More battles that are hard to follow, interspersed with some seemingly random scenes which do little however to develop the characters further. There's a couple of flashbacks as well, and one of them did confirm some of my suspicions, while another one left me with more questions and less answers still.
Interesting premise, but it didn't really work for me.
June 18, 2020
This volume ends at the same point the first season of the anime does.
I was a little confused this time around, there were flashbacks but it didn’t allude or state it was a flashback. If I hadn’t watched the show I would no idea what on earth was happening. The big difference between this and the anime is the scale, at this point in the show it was built up to an epic fight with hybrid Gauna. In this the fight is about a page, that’s all you get doesn’t seem hard in the slightest.
This was a bit slower than the previous volume but I still enjoyed it.
I was a little confused this time around, there were flashbacks but it didn’t allude or state it was a flashback. If I hadn’t watched the show I would no idea what on earth was happening. The big difference between this and the anime is the scale, at this point in the show it was built up to an epic fight with hybrid Gauna. In this the fight is about a page, that’s all you get doesn’t seem hard in the slightest.
This was a bit slower than the previous volume but I still enjoyed it.
September 23, 2025
(THIS REVIEW IS ORIGINALLY FROM STORYGRAPH, FROM 29TH JULY 2025.)
I really enjoy how the author contrasts the very serious tone with some occasional, well-placed humour to keep a sense of morale both for the characters in the story and for us the readers. It feels very possible to live in this world, warts and all.
As a whole the characterisation is great. I'd probably say my favourite character is Izana. Their presence instantly makes me happy and I hope they, along with the Nagate, get closer.
I really enjoy how the author contrasts the very serious tone with some occasional, well-placed humour to keep a sense of morale both for the characters in the story and for us the readers. It feels very possible to live in this world, warts and all.
As a whole the characterisation is great. I'd probably say my favourite character is Izana. Their presence instantly makes me happy and I hope they, along with the Nagate, get closer.
June 21, 2022
4.5⭐️
I love everything about this series. Secret conspiracies, alien races, mysteries aboard the ship, the mystery about Nagate... so much to dig into. Only thing holding it back is that it is becoming a bit formulaic. Go fight gauna, develop characters, go fight gauna, develop characters. I personally dont mind this because it works and each part is equally interesting.
I love everything about this series. Secret conspiracies, alien races, mysteries aboard the ship, the mystery about Nagate... so much to dig into. Only thing holding it back is that it is becoming a bit formulaic. Go fight gauna, develop characters, go fight gauna, develop characters. I personally dont mind this because it works and each part is equally interesting.
July 2, 2025
Interesante conocer un poco más de la historia de Sidonia pero neta estás metiendo un chingo de cosas que se hace pesada la lectura vuelve tedioso seguir un ritmo de los personajes y situaciones sin embargo estoy totalmente seguro que más adelante se va a componer porque sí he visto una mejoría
February 7, 2018
I'm not going to lie, still so confusing. There's no real transition when they do time jumps, everyone looks relatively the same, and my brain just feels kind of jumbled when I'm reading it.
October 8, 2019
Muy buen tomo , la historia avanza y también se añaden algunas escenas que no aparecen en el anime en relación al pasado de algunos personajes , a diferencia de Blame , la historia va “in crescendo”
June 29, 2023
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 / 5
May 25, 2025
Estos saltos en el tiempo sin explicación son difíciles de seguir 😠 y el arte tampoco ayuda mucho.
August 23, 2025
Aprecio una leve mejoría en el dibujo durante las escenas de acción, pero sigue resultando confuso.
En cuanto al desarrollo de la trama y el lore, 10/10
En cuanto al desarrollo de la trama y el lore, 10/10
May 23, 2025
Capítulo del 11 al 15
Hoshijiro, Tanikaze, Shinatose Izana.
En este tomo la linealidad de tiempo se rompe. No tengo idea de a qué se refiere en el capítulo 14.
-Por ahí se dice que los Gaunas no han atacado por si mismos a l a humanidad, sino que se empiezan a mover una vez que son atacados. De ser cierto.... Porque este nueva dirección está tomando la delantera y decidido a atacarlos?
-En el capítulo 13, conocemos protestas que animan a abandonar los Kabizashi (las lanzas que usan los guardianes para acabar con los Gaunas), ya que según eso es lo que persiguen los Gaunas y al abandonarlos, dejarán de atacarlos. ¿Que tanta realidad hay en esto?
-Tampoco sabemos el interés de la pelirroja Midorikawa Yuhata en Tanikaze
-Ni que depara a la placenta que imita a Hoshijiro.
100 años en el Pasado: capítulo 14-15:
Algo que he dicho antes, Tsutomu Nihei no tiene la habilidad para hacer entendible las escenas de acción y la linealidad de tiempo está rara (la veía rara cuando salió el reportaje que relacionaba fechas del sidonia actual con la nave aphorism):
-Vemos por primera vez las modificaciones corporales llevadas al extremo. Ochai puede estar en el espacio sin casco.
-Se nos hace un breve recuento de los acontecimientos que pasaron hace 100 años y han puesto en movimiento los eventos presentes.
-en el capítulo 14, encontraron dentro de un queso gigante, granos de arroz que perforaron a un Gauna... los "Kabi" (granos de arroz), que permiten crear los Kabizashi (lanzas)
-Aqui, pasó: los primeros humanos en Sidonia en derrotar a un Gauna.
Hoshijiro, Tanikaze, Shinatose Izana.
En este tomo la linealidad de tiempo se rompe. No tengo idea de a qué se refiere en el capítulo 14.
-Por ahí se dice que los Gaunas no han atacado por si mismos a l a humanidad, sino que se empiezan a mover una vez que son atacados. De ser cierto.... Porque este nueva dirección está tomando la delantera y decidido a atacarlos?
-En el capítulo 13, conocemos protestas que animan a abandonar los Kabizashi (las lanzas que usan los guardianes para acabar con los Gaunas), ya que según eso es lo que persiguen los Gaunas y al abandonarlos, dejarán de atacarlos. ¿Que tanta realidad hay en esto?
-Tampoco sabemos el interés de la pelirroja Midorikawa Yuhata en Tanikaze
-Ni que depara a la placenta que imita a Hoshijiro.
100 años en el Pasado: capítulo 14-15:
Algo que he dicho antes, Tsutomu Nihei no tiene la habilidad para hacer entendible las escenas de acción y la linealidad de tiempo está rara (la veía rara cuando salió el reportaje que relacionaba fechas del sidonia actual con la nave aphorism):
-Vemos por primera vez las modificaciones corporales llevadas al extremo. Ochai puede estar en el espacio sin casco.
-Se nos hace un breve recuento de los acontecimientos que pasaron hace 100 años y han puesto en movimiento los eventos presentes.
-en el capítulo 14, encontraron dentro de un queso gigante, granos de arroz que perforaron a un Gauna... los "Kabi" (granos de arroz), que permiten crear los Kabizashi (lanzas)
-Aqui, pasó: los primeros humanos en Sidonia en derrotar a un Gauna.
December 28, 2016
If you can ignore the egregious "fan service" (as well as the treatment of female characters) there are some interesting sci-fi concepts...
April 24, 2017
Not the most beautiful artwork I've ever seen, but unique, and I'm getting more used to it. I'm not usually one for sci-fi (unless you count Star Wars), but this is easily accessible to all readers.
The one thing that marks this being targeted towards the male audience is the female nudity (please forgive my sweeping generalization!); but it's kinda weird in context. I mean, it's got a big, cuddly, talking bear as a "dorm mother"/cafeteria lady, the MC is an adorable goofball with a bottomless pit for a stomach, and then there's a shot of full-on naked cleavage (minus nipples, as if that's more classy or something) randomly injected into the storyline. I don't even...
But anyway, it's a pretty good story, if you can forgive the author's occassional lapse in judgment.
The one thing that marks this being targeted towards the male audience is the female nudity (please forgive my sweeping generalization!); but it's kinda weird in context. I mean, it's got a big, cuddly, talking bear as a "dorm mother"/cafeteria lady, the MC is an adorable goofball with a bottomless pit for a stomach, and then there's a shot of full-on naked cleavage (minus nipples, as if that's more classy or something) randomly injected into the storyline. I don't even...
But anyway, it's a pretty good story, if you can forgive the author's occassional lapse in judgment.
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January 6, 2016Okay. I'm officially hooked. Have to go pick up a book at the library and hoping to get most of the rest of the series. I am curious enough to put this on my Netflix list too. It continues to get more nuanced and sinister as it goes on.
The main character is a boy who lived below ground for many years and has recently surfaced. There is something about him that we finally find out his history in this volume.
The main character is a boy who lived below ground for many years and has recently surfaced. There is something about him that we finally find out his history in this volume.
September 15, 2014
Good stuff, including space fights, adaptive strategies from the aliens and some flashbacks. I really wish they would use black gutters for the flashbacks, but they don't. It's pretty common to see that in Manga and it's a big help to keep the storytelling straight.
January 28, 2015
We learned about Tanikase's past, and wow, things are getting interesting.
Sometimes I do find the story hard to follow. Several action panels go by without any text, and then the fight is over. Takes some getting used to.
Sometimes I do find the story hard to follow. Several action panels go by without any text, and then the fight is over. Takes some getting used to.
August 31, 2015
via NYPL
December 14, 2015
Por fin empieza la trama a complicarse, el avance un poco lento a lo largo del volumen pero ya esta despega la historia en la ultima parte. Vamos a por el siguiente tomo.
January 18, 2016
Contrary to the anime series where it isn't really explained, this is the episode that tells the origin of the main character Tanikaze.
April 16, 2016
Another good volume in the Knights of Sidon franchise.
December 26, 2016
Hoshijiro - sigh. Like this story isn't complicated enough.
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