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アトム ザ・ビギニング [Atom: The Beginning] #7
Atom: The Beginning, Vol. 7
Se está celebrando la primera edición del World Robot Battling, un torneo en el que se dirime cuál es el robot más poderoso sobre la faz de la Tierra. Yuran se va imponiendo sobre los demás con facilidad, pero de repente se descontrola. Entonces Mars, el eterno rival de Six, aparece en la caótica sede del eventopara aplacar los ánimos.
¡Llega el emocionante séptimo tomo de la historia previa al nacimiento de Atom (Astroboy)!
¡Llega el emocionante séptimo tomo de la historia previa al nacimiento de Atom (Astroboy)!
196 pages, Paperback
Published September 26, 2018
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June 18, 2020
I really like how the A.I and the machines were drawn! Off I go to read the next volume!
January 8, 2025
Décidément cette série me procure de très belles surprises et je suis ravie d’avoir osé me lancer dedans ! Le tournoi des robots ne tourne pas du tout comme on l’entendait et c’est plutôt un discours très philosophique sur la conscience et les sentiments qui va animer le débat pour mon plus grand plaisir.
Uran n’a pas du tout joué le jeu avec ce tournoi, se laissant prendre par ses émotions et nous offrant un tournant explosif, qui est un régal à suivre, parce que quand ça déraille, c’est forcément un peu jouissif. Le fait que Mars et Six s’en mêlent aussi ne fait qu’ajouter à cela, et si en plus Dr Lolo s’en mêle, on atteint des sommets. Les auteurs jouent vraiment à merveille avec leur lectorat en étant sur tous les fronts : combats, réflexions, révélations, suspens. Et c’est un régal.
J’ai trouvé la mise en scène de l’action très percutante et parfaitement équilibrée avec la tension des questionnements qui viennent se poser dans ce moment si particulier. Voir un robot comme Uran se jouet de ses concepteurs, c’est quand même quelque chose. Assister à la rencontre non autorisée et imprévisible de Mars et Six est également un moment inattendu. Les réflexions volent. Uran s’interroge sur l’écriture et les restrictions de son pouvoir. Six pousse Mars dans ses retranchements avec ces émotions qu’ils n’est pas sensé ressentir et qu’il exprime pourtant, proposant une explication un brin tiré par les circuits imprimés mais pas si folle que ça. En tout cas assister à tout cela m’a scotchée derrière mon livre, tant de nouvelles pistes sont ouvertes.
Alors bravo aux auteurs nous jouer si bien sur les codes des histoires de robots et le plaisir des auteurs japonais à les faire se combattre comme dans les série de sentai. Le mélange est détonnant et fort agréable. J’adore assister à l’évolution de tous ces robots. Uran m’a particulièrement touchée ici dans ses limites. J’ai très hâte d’assister encore à leurs aventures pour voir jusqu’où ils iront et quelles nouvelles surprises nous attendent avec ces personnages si sympathiques et géniaux.
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Uran n’a pas du tout joué le jeu avec ce tournoi, se laissant prendre par ses émotions et nous offrant un tournant explosif, qui est un régal à suivre, parce que quand ça déraille, c’est forcément un peu jouissif. Le fait que Mars et Six s’en mêlent aussi ne fait qu’ajouter à cela, et si en plus Dr Lolo s’en mêle, on atteint des sommets. Les auteurs jouent vraiment à merveille avec leur lectorat en étant sur tous les fronts : combats, réflexions, révélations, suspens. Et c’est un régal.
J’ai trouvé la mise en scène de l’action très percutante et parfaitement équilibrée avec la tension des questionnements qui viennent se poser dans ce moment si particulier. Voir un robot comme Uran se jouet de ses concepteurs, c’est quand même quelque chose. Assister à la rencontre non autorisée et imprévisible de Mars et Six est également un moment inattendu. Les réflexions volent. Uran s’interroge sur l’écriture et les restrictions de son pouvoir. Six pousse Mars dans ses retranchements avec ces émotions qu’ils n’est pas sensé ressentir et qu’il exprime pourtant, proposant une explication un brin tiré par les circuits imprimés mais pas si folle que ça. En tout cas assister à tout cela m’a scotchée derrière mon livre, tant de nouvelles pistes sont ouvertes.
Alors bravo aux auteurs nous jouer si bien sur les codes des histoires de robots et le plaisir des auteurs japonais à les faire se combattre comme dans les série de sentai. Le mélange est détonnant et fort agréable. J’adore assister à l’évolution de tous ces robots. Uran m’a particulièrement touchée ici dans ses limites. J’ai très hâte d’assister encore à leurs aventures pour voir jusqu’où ils iront et quelles nouvelles surprises nous attendent avec ces personnages si sympathiques et géniaux.
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December 12, 2025
Maybe I need to read Astro Boy when this series ends. I don't want to spoil this, but I want to know what happens.
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!
May 16, 2024
A page-gripping entry to the Atom series.
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