Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Vol. 5

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt #5

by Yasuo Ohtagaki, Hajime Yatate (Draft Writer), Yoshiyuki Tomino (Draft Writer)

An epic story of war and survival set in the legendary Gundam universe!

In the Universal Century year 0079, the space colony known as Side 3 proclaims independence as the Principality of Zeon and declares war on the Earth Federation. One year later, they are locked in a fierce battle for the Thunderbolt Sector, an area of space scarred by the wreckage of destroyed colonies.

On Earth, political turmoil has led the Nanyang Alliance to challenge Federation control. Now in possession of Zeon’s priceless Reuse P Device technology, the Alliance moves forward with its plans. If they can develop the stolen tech, it could make them invincible. Both Io Fleming and Daryl Lorenz begin new operations against the Alliance on dangerous missions that are sure to bring them face-to-face once again…

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction

224 pages, Paperback

Published November 21, 2017

About the author

See also: 太田垣康男

Reviews

[Olly · Rating 3 out of 5]

bello l'Atlas Gundam, bella la fuga di Daryl, bello il racconto in appendice.

[Jake · Rating 2 out of 5]

This series I think is sadly losing some of it's focus. It started with a very clear setting, stakes, and character roster.

With the end of the one year war, the story has become convoluted, and the stakes have become extremely poorly defined.

There are some great actin sequences in this volume, which is a nice change from vol 4, but honestly it wasn't enough to sell the volume to me. If the next volume doesn't pull around the story I may be done with this series.

[Joe Pranaitis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Author and illustrator Yasuo Ohtagaki brings us the next chapter in the Thunderbolt saga. The story picks up with the former Physio Zaku pilot and his team escaping a failed raid on a location on Earth that is currently working to bring the former Zaku back to life. They pick up their informant and run for the border knowing that a munk brother hood his fast behind them with salvaged mobile suits that they've repurposed for themselves. As this is going on Ensign Io returns to the battlefield aboard the Spartan and his new Gundam the Atlas. Their first appearance is and mission is to take out a Zeon shuttle that is loaded with explosives on a direct course for the Spartan. Then the book concludes with a side story about a former Death Squad officer who now pilots a custom Gulf as they hunt for treasure in Earths ever growing desert. This is a great book and I'm looking forward to the next in the Thunderbolt series. I highly recommend this one and the rest for all Mobile Suit Gundam fans and Mecha fans too.

[Marcus Ng · Rating 4 out of 5]

The manga may have a different way to portray the story as it was in the anime,which in my opinion was amazing.It was very nostalgic to the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam anime but it was given a much more modern feel in terms of the Mobile Suit concept designs.The action scenes in the manga was really good according to my past experience with mangas and I think that the manga is a decent substitute for the anime.You can see the emotions of the characters before their death.The senseless brutality and the trauma of war is the best thing here,it sums up the Gundam franchise really well.There aren't angels or bad demons in this world,just people.Anyways,the only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars is because I wanted more content packed into one book.

[Sean O'Hara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wasn't sure where this series was going when the One Year War ended after only four volumes, but now it's shaping up to be a more straightforward Gundam series, with a ship and crew of supporting characters. We shall see.

[Amanda Setasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first fourth of this had drastically better art, so I'm rating up for that. However, they dropped it down pretty quickly again.
I sadly still stand by the fact that a series like Gundam is not suited for manga. They can't draw the battle scenes out in detail enough to keep up with the series.

[Hew La France · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid enough story, however, there's just something about this series that is making it feel less and less... Gundam. I can't quite put my finger on it though.

[Joe Crawford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Side story takes up a third of the volume. Docked at least a star for that.

[Scott wachter · Rating 4 out of 5]

desert rat side story seems way more interesting as the rest of the arc.

[Alex Fyffe · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Jaq · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the art, and will keep reading to see where this goes

[Collin Henderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

The debut of the Atlas Gundam is intense and emotional. There’s also a nifty side story about some desert junk collectors that’s a lot of fun.

[No_One · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hate Io Fleming and love Daryl Lorenz.

And that says everything.

[DonutKnow · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a bit confusing since I never really read the main story, so I feel sympathetic to both sides and think that both Lorenz and Fleming are cool characters 😎😎💪

[Christian Walding · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow. Expanding the world, widening the narrative. That Atlas Gundam tho.

[Caleb Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

We’re on Earth now, and the conflict is rising. Each faction is gaining power, and a new religious cult is emerging as a challenger.