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クロックワーク・プラネット / Clockwork Planet (Novel) #3
Clockwork Planet: Volume 3
“—Are you telling me that it’s an enormous electromagnet?!” In the wake of rescuing the mindcontrolled AnchoR, moments later, Naoto and Marie come to a rude awakening over a crucial element of the behemoth's design: its natural ability to disrupt clockwork technology! Caught between a desperate Tokyo Military and a doomsday weapon stronger than even they anticapted, the two geniuses are facing their greatest crisis yet! The third volume of the gear fantasy by Yuu Kamiya x Tsubaki Himana x Sino!!
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First published October 31, 2014
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About the author
Yuu Kamiya
139 books198 followersKAMIYA Yuu
Name (in native language): 榎宮 祐
Associated Names:
KAMIYA Yu
Pix*SUKU
Pixel Phantom
Thiago Furukawa Lucas
Zodiac: Scorpio
Married to HIIRAGI Mashiro.
Thiago Furukawa Lucas, who is better known under his pseudonym, Yuu Kamiya, was born in Brazil and moved to Japan at the age of seven..
He is one of the first foreign manga artists to make it big in Japan from Brazil.
Name (in native language): 榎宮 祐
Associated Names:
KAMIYA Yu
Pix*SUKU
Pixel Phantom
Thiago Furukawa Lucas
Zodiac: Scorpio
Married to HIIRAGI Mashiro.
Thiago Furukawa Lucas, who is better known under his pseudonym, Yuu Kamiya, was born in Brazil and moved to Japan at the age of seven..
He is one of the first foreign manga artists to make it big in Japan from Brazil.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
April 7, 2019
The character Vermouth is so deplorable it actually made me want to stop reading this book. This series is so great, I didn't need it to be ruined by an uncouth perverted character. Yuu Kamiya stop obsessing over sex and get back to the story.
December 11, 2019
I want to give this book 4-stars. I really do. But something is holding me back and after a night to sleep on it I am still not much closer to telling you why I can't. Here's the thing -- it's good. Better than volume 2. The story is better, the characterization and growth is better, the villain is better (by that I mean a better villain -- completely reprehensible) and yet...
That's the problem -- there's always this lingering, "And yet..."
So of course the rating represents how I feel about the book and sadly it wasn't until the last 25% or so that I really got into it. Normally I'd read one of these in 2 or 3 days at most given time constraints of work/family obligations. This one took me weeks. I was always finding time to do something else... until yesterday when I got to the last 100 pages of the book. I put aside those other things and made sure I got to this. THAT is what gets a book 4 to 5 stars and sadly this one just did not do that for me.
Would I read volume 4 -- probably since this really wasn't bad and had some very positive things, but I also am not rushing to the library to grab it or to a store to purchase it.
Verdict: If you like the Clockwork Planet world, this is a decent one and certainly needed to finish off the story started in volume 2. I hope it resonates with your a bit more than it did with me because it really is pretty good.
That's the problem -- there's always this lingering, "And yet..."
So of course the rating represents how I feel about the book and sadly it wasn't until the last 25% or so that I really got into it. Normally I'd read one of these in 2 or 3 days at most given time constraints of work/family obligations. This one took me weeks. I was always finding time to do something else... until yesterday when I got to the last 100 pages of the book. I put aside those other things and made sure I got to this. THAT is what gets a book 4 to 5 stars and sadly this one just did not do that for me.
Would I read volume 4 -- probably since this really wasn't bad and had some very positive things, but I also am not rushing to the library to grab it or to a store to purchase it.
Verdict: If you like the Clockwork Planet world, this is a decent one and certainly needed to finish off the story started in volume 2. I hope it resonates with your a bit more than it did with me because it really is pretty good.
March 15, 2019
The end of the arc in volume 2 and the prologue of the series, this vol further explores the crazy relationship between Naoto and Marie, as they encounter their biggest pinch so far, facing off a psychopath hellbent on taking revenge on the unfairness of the world.
This volume actually takes on a more philosophical path, as the characters question the setting and the crazy talents the protagonists display, which may seem like a drag at times but the action and character interaction really make up for things.
The climax here is really great too, as the story forces the protagonists to literally combine each other's strengths to overcome the crisis, in the form of nearly 6 pages of compressed technobabble laced with existential questions and JNC amazingly does a great job with translating everything out and putting them in images to preserve the formatting!
Clockwork Planet's 3 volumes may not be perfect and the setting can seem to be a little overbearing at times, but hell, this is a god damn great escapist piece of sci-fi that entertains and makes me think at the same time.
This volume actually takes on a more philosophical path, as the characters question the setting and the crazy talents the protagonists display, which may seem like a drag at times but the action and character interaction really make up for things.
The climax here is really great too, as the story forces the protagonists to literally combine each other's strengths to overcome the crisis, in the form of nearly 6 pages of compressed technobabble laced with existential questions and JNC amazingly does a great job with translating everything out and putting them in images to preserve the formatting!
Clockwork Planet's 3 volumes may not be perfect and the setting can seem to be a little overbearing at times, but hell, this is a god damn great escapist piece of sci-fi that entertains and makes me think at the same time.
December 9, 2020
Perfect
December 17, 2022
It felt stretched, but it was still a fun read for the most part!
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May 21, 2018Apparently vol 2 was split into two books.
Seems like a horrible world to live in.
Had it's good moments, and digs the series out of the hole vol 1's prologue left it in.
Seems like vol 4 was released Dec 2015, no word when vol 5 will be released.
I can feel myself losing interest.
Seems like a horrible world to live in.
Had it's good moments, and digs the series out of the hole vol 1's prologue left it in.
Seems like vol 4 was released Dec 2015, no word when vol 5 will be released.
I can feel myself losing interest.
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