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Getter Robo Go, Volume 7
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April 18, 2021
Things got real weird towards the end.
September 23, 2025
Just kind of combining my thoughts about Getter Robo Go as a whole into a review on the final volume, #7. After the first two series (Getter Robo and Getter Robo G), it was cool to see Ken Ishikawa come back to the series 15 years later with a new art style and all the tricks in his belt that he got from writing other manga in the 80s.
The new Getter team are pretty cool, including the first woman pilot (yay!) at least until she leaves the team to date a racist American guy just over halfway through (not yay...). But on the whole I'd say that the new cast of this one left an impression.
Much of this series takes place in snowy battlefields in Alaska, which is quite different from the settings of the previous volumes. The addition of other giant robots from other countries makes it feel like the stakes are higher this time, and their designs are all pretty awesome. Seeing them skate around over the snowdrifts fighting giant cyborgs and dinosaurs is kind of badass.
All in all, the story was just solid until the final act where it develops into complete cosmic horror, full of jaw-dropping panels of people melding into machines. Shin Getter Robo is actually terrifying, more so than any of the actual villains in this series. I like all the questions this raises about the Getter Rays and what the future holds for humanity.
Great manga series. I'm glad I read this!
The new Getter team are pretty cool, including the first woman pilot (yay!) at least until she leaves the team to date a racist American guy just over halfway through (not yay...). But on the whole I'd say that the new cast of this one left an impression.
Much of this series takes place in snowy battlefields in Alaska, which is quite different from the settings of the previous volumes. The addition of other giant robots from other countries makes it feel like the stakes are higher this time, and their designs are all pretty awesome. Seeing them skate around over the snowdrifts fighting giant cyborgs and dinosaurs is kind of badass.
All in all, the story was just solid until the final act where it develops into complete cosmic horror, full of jaw-dropping panels of people melding into machines. Shin Getter Robo is actually terrifying, more so than any of the actual villains in this series. I like all the questions this raises about the Getter Rays and what the future holds for humanity.
Great manga series. I'm glad I read this!
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May 7, 2022
2.5 Stars
This is a very early 90s ending, perhaps the most dated of the three Getter series that I’ve read now. I like much of the action and the body horror. However, I really dislike the amount of random new characters, especially because one just kind of becomes a lead. Thus, only Go is really left to do anything. It tries to do some cool metaphysics, but it ends up with too many sloppy metaphors. It’s a shame that this series starts as a serious war drama, and it ends with this mess.
This is a very early 90s ending, perhaps the most dated of the three Getter series that I’ve read now. I like much of the action and the body horror. However, I really dislike the amount of random new characters, especially because one just kind of becomes a lead. Thus, only Go is really left to do anything. It tries to do some cool metaphysics, but it ends up with too many sloppy metaphors. It’s a shame that this series starts as a serious war drama, and it ends with this mess.
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