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アトム ザ・ビギニング [Atom: The Beginning] #4
Atom: The Beginning, Vol. 4
Ante Tenma y los suyos aparece repentinamente un gigantesco robot militar: Iván. Mientras Six aguanta sus embestidas, las palabras de Iván reverberan en él: “Déjame hablar contigo, estoy en completa soledad...”.
¿Cómo reacciona Six al encontrarse por fin con un robot con el que puede comunicarse?
¡Llegamos al cuarto tomo de la fascinante historia previa al nacimiento de Atom (Astroboy)!
¿Cómo reacciona Six al encontrarse por fin con un robot con el que puede comunicarse?
¡Llegamos al cuarto tomo de la fascinante historia previa al nacimiento de Atom (Astroboy)!
196 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2017
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July 20, 2019
I think I like the backstories of the two young scientists.
December 9, 2024
La série a définitivement décollé et moi avec. Je suis fan de ce mélange de complot, de réflexion sur les robots et de combats.
Jumeau du tome précédent, celui-ci met en scène des héros qui prennent pleinement conscience de leur rôle. A106 est la figure de proue de ce changement avec sa façon d’entrer en contact avec les autres robots quand il le peut, communiquant ainsi sa nouvelle conscience et la faisant se propager, ce qui n’est pas du goût de tout le monde. Nous nous retrouvons ainsi avec des philosophies robotiques qui s’affrontent, ce qui est aussi passionnant que les combats auxquels on assiste. J’ai d’ailleurs beaucoup aimé la mise en scène de ceux-ci avec le corps hyper articulé d’A106 qui est hyper photogénique dans ces moments-là, surtout quand il passe à l’action et oublie ce qui le retient. Il a un côté robot que rien n’arrête et qui n’écoute rien qui colle des frissons.
De la même façon, les mystères se déploient de plus en plus à mesure qu’on lit ce tome. Il y a d’abord l’organisation des hommes en noir du début, qui font penser à ceux de Conan, qui révèle un plan plus vaste, le fameux TOM dont il nous reste encore tout à découvrir. Il y a ensuite, le professeur même des garçons, qui est au courant de quelque chose et cherche à les faire taire. Sans oublier, le docteur Lolo qui vient leur rendre visite et suscite bien des questions au-delà du débat philosophique autour de la conscience des robots et de notre perception de ces derniers. Ça augure du très bon, du très passionnant pour la suite. J’ai déjà hâte ! (et je viens d’ailleurs de me commander l’ensemble des tomes manquants ><)
Série de SF comme je les aime avec de l’action et de la réflexion, ATOM se bonifie au fil des tomes, au fur et à mesure que des fils s’ajoutent à l’intrigue et que la philosophie et les mystères la nourrissent, tandis que l’action se veut plus percutante et explosive. J’aime beaucoup suivre l’éveil d’A106 et des robots qu’il croise. Je suis happée par les plans ourdis en sous-main qu’il nous reste à découvrir. Passionnant.
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Jumeau du tome précédent, celui-ci met en scène des héros qui prennent pleinement conscience de leur rôle. A106 est la figure de proue de ce changement avec sa façon d’entrer en contact avec les autres robots quand il le peut, communiquant ainsi sa nouvelle conscience et la faisant se propager, ce qui n’est pas du goût de tout le monde. Nous nous retrouvons ainsi avec des philosophies robotiques qui s’affrontent, ce qui est aussi passionnant que les combats auxquels on assiste. J’ai d’ailleurs beaucoup aimé la mise en scène de ceux-ci avec le corps hyper articulé d’A106 qui est hyper photogénique dans ces moments-là, surtout quand il passe à l’action et oublie ce qui le retient. Il a un côté robot que rien n’arrête et qui n’écoute rien qui colle des frissons.
De la même façon, les mystères se déploient de plus en plus à mesure qu’on lit ce tome. Il y a d’abord l’organisation des hommes en noir du début, qui font penser à ceux de Conan, qui révèle un plan plus vaste, le fameux TOM dont il nous reste encore tout à découvrir. Il y a ensuite, le professeur même des garçons, qui est au courant de quelque chose et cherche à les faire taire. Sans oublier, le docteur Lolo qui vient leur rendre visite et suscite bien des questions au-delà du débat philosophique autour de la conscience des robots et de notre perception de ces derniers. Ça augure du très bon, du très passionnant pour la suite. J’ai déjà hâte ! (et je viens d’ailleurs de me commander l’ensemble des tomes manquants ><)
Série de SF comme je les aime avec de l’action et de la réflexion, ATOM se bonifie au fil des tomes, au fur et à mesure que des fils s’ajoutent à l’intrigue et que la philosophie et les mystères la nourrissent, tandis que l’action se veut plus percutante et explosive. J’aime beaucoup suivre l’éveil d’A106 et des robots qu’il croise. Je suis happée par les plans ourdis en sous-main qu’il nous reste à découvrir. Passionnant.
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March 19, 2021
La mayoría del tomo se centra en la pelea contra el robot ruso Iván asi es que la trama no avanza mucho. Conocemos las secretas intenciones de varios personajes y el pequeño cliffhanger del final no me sorprendió ni me causo expectativa, aún asi el dibujo y los diálogos entre personajes me gustan mucho que seguiré leyendo. Eso si, Sci-fi manga a todo lo que da!
July 8, 2023
The story is finally starting to pick up. We've been introduced to the main characters and some of the antagonists and forces around them. Interested to see where this will go in the future. I'm finding I don't actually care about any connection to Astro Boy so I hope they don't twist and bend this to fit that mythology.
December 12, 2025
Six just wanted to talk to Mars but Dr. Lolo took away his mouth and ears...maybe they can be pen pals? Do they have fine enough motor skills to write? Or maybe they could exchange emails?
Atom: the Beginning Review
5/5 stars
This will be a spoiler free review. Onto the review!
I started this manga series because the first volume’s cover has a robot with a kitten. I knew nothing about this going in, and I’m so glad that cover caught my eye. This was so good!
This series is technically a prequel series to the 50s manga called Astro Boy, which became well known for being the first anime ever. I’ve never watched or read Astro Boy, but it turns out that’s not necessary to understand this series. I might try reading Astro Boy at some point, because I’m curious how anime got started, but I also don’t want to accidentally spoil anything from this series since this is a prequel.
In this story, we follow a bunch of college kids who are part of their college’s robotics program. They’re all part of different research teams, trying to create unique and interesting robotic projects in order to get more funding from the school. We’re following the team with the least amount of funding as they try to work around budget constraints to create robots that will earn them more funding in the future.
What sets our team apart from the rest is that they want to create a robot that doesn’t just perform tasks and follow programming. They want to make a robot that will have a consciousness and heart. Everyone else thinks they’re crazy, but they go ahead with the project anyways, because they’re so passionate about it that they don’t care about anyone else’s opinions.
The robot they end up creating is the one from the first volume cover, although they have a few other smaller projects as well, such as the kitten robot. They name their robot Six, because he’s their sixth attempt at a robot with a heart. I fell in love with Six from the very first moment I saw him on the page. He’s so kind, and just wants to help people and make friends with everyone.
As the story goes on, we learn that most people who build robots want to create robots that can fight. This seems to be the priority for most engineers, which really makes Six stand out as something different. I’m not sure how this connects to Astro Boy’s plot, and if we’re going to meet any of its original characters or villains, so I can’t speak on that. There are a few notes at the end of each volume which talk about how certain robots we meet are taken directly from Astro Boy, so that helps a bit. But I don’t really know what any of it means for the story.
What continued to be the most compelling part of this story as I kept reading is the commentary on AI. Most of the people seen as villainous or at least a little morally gray don’t seem to care how their robots function in terms of AI, as long as they get the job done. This unfortunately results in a lot of hurt where it probably wasn’t necessary.
Six is the first to point this out in every situation, and he does his best to try and help the other robots learn from their mistakes. He has an interesting way of communicating with other robots via unspoken signals, which he uses to try and help robots learn to have a heart and be kind like him. With all the talk about ethical/unethical uses of AI here in the real world, I really felt this so hard. AI is such a wonderful tool, but unfortunately it’s the kind of technology where people can also choose to do awful things with it, such as stealing art, with little effort.
I recently learned that this manga is actually a reverse adaptation of an anime with the same name that’s been airing. I don’t know how far into the story the anime is, and how caught up the manga is to the show, so I’ve been avoiding it until I can figure that out without accidentally spoiling myself. I’m dodging spoilers left and right with this one, because I have to avoid this anime as well as Astro Boy…and apparently there’s another connected anime/manga called Pluto which might also spoil me on the story. When this series is complete, I’ll go watch/read everything else I’m missing out on, because I’m really loving these characters and this world.
If you’re a fan of Astro Boy or Pluto I definitely recommend giving this one a try, and then come back here and tell me if I can start either of those without spoiling myself for this series. If you know nothing about either of those, I recommend giving this series a try if it sounds interesting, because I’m having a blast with it despite not knowing anything about the original source material.
Random aside to myself: Does that one kid look a lot like Joey from Yu-gi-oh, or am I just going crazy? Update: I checked and yeah, they look like they could be twins. Wow. Maybe Joey’s design was based on his design? Which character design came first? The timeline is too confusing. help
Have a nice day/night everyone!
Atom: the Beginning Review
5/5 stars
This will be a spoiler free review. Onto the review!
I started this manga series because the first volume’s cover has a robot with a kitten. I knew nothing about this going in, and I’m so glad that cover caught my eye. This was so good!
This series is technically a prequel series to the 50s manga called Astro Boy, which became well known for being the first anime ever. I’ve never watched or read Astro Boy, but it turns out that’s not necessary to understand this series. I might try reading Astro Boy at some point, because I’m curious how anime got started, but I also don’t want to accidentally spoil anything from this series since this is a prequel.
In this story, we follow a bunch of college kids who are part of their college’s robotics program. They’re all part of different research teams, trying to create unique and interesting robotic projects in order to get more funding from the school. We’re following the team with the least amount of funding as they try to work around budget constraints to create robots that will earn them more funding in the future.
What sets our team apart from the rest is that they want to create a robot that doesn’t just perform tasks and follow programming. They want to make a robot that will have a consciousness and heart. Everyone else thinks they’re crazy, but they go ahead with the project anyways, because they’re so passionate about it that they don’t care about anyone else’s opinions.
The robot they end up creating is the one from the first volume cover, although they have a few other smaller projects as well, such as the kitten robot. They name their robot Six, because he’s their sixth attempt at a robot with a heart. I fell in love with Six from the very first moment I saw him on the page. He’s so kind, and just wants to help people and make friends with everyone.
As the story goes on, we learn that most people who build robots want to create robots that can fight. This seems to be the priority for most engineers, which really makes Six stand out as something different. I’m not sure how this connects to Astro Boy’s plot, and if we’re going to meet any of its original characters or villains, so I can’t speak on that. There are a few notes at the end of each volume which talk about how certain robots we meet are taken directly from Astro Boy, so that helps a bit. But I don’t really know what any of it means for the story.
What continued to be the most compelling part of this story as I kept reading is the commentary on AI. Most of the people seen as villainous or at least a little morally gray don’t seem to care how their robots function in terms of AI, as long as they get the job done. This unfortunately results in a lot of hurt where it probably wasn’t necessary.
Six is the first to point this out in every situation, and he does his best to try and help the other robots learn from their mistakes. He has an interesting way of communicating with other robots via unspoken signals, which he uses to try and help robots learn to have a heart and be kind like him. With all the talk about ethical/unethical uses of AI here in the real world, I really felt this so hard. AI is such a wonderful tool, but unfortunately it’s the kind of technology where people can also choose to do awful things with it, such as stealing art, with little effort.
I recently learned that this manga is actually a reverse adaptation of an anime with the same name that’s been airing. I don’t know how far into the story the anime is, and how caught up the manga is to the show, so I’ve been avoiding it until I can figure that out without accidentally spoiling myself. I’m dodging spoilers left and right with this one, because I have to avoid this anime as well as Astro Boy…and apparently there’s another connected anime/manga called Pluto which might also spoil me on the story. When this series is complete, I’ll go watch/read everything else I’m missing out on, because I’m really loving these characters and this world.
If you’re a fan of Astro Boy or Pluto I definitely recommend giving this one a try, and then come back here and tell me if I can start either of those without spoiling myself for this series. If you know nothing about either of those, I recommend giving this series a try if it sounds interesting, because I’m having a blast with it despite not knowing anything about the original source material.
Random aside to myself: Does that one kid look a lot like Joey from Yu-gi-oh, or am I just going crazy? Update: I checked and yeah, they look like they could be twins. Wow. Maybe Joey’s design was based on his design? Which character design came first? The timeline is too confusing. help
Have a nice day/night everyone!
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