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Battle Angel Alita 3
Own the manga thrill ride that changed global comics and inspired the James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez's cyberpunk action film Alita: Battle Angel ! This new paperback edition features an updated translation in six affordable, 300-page volumes.
Contains chapters 18-25 of Battle Angel Alita .
In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer Kunst. In a place where there is no justice but what people make for themselves, Alita decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking down and taking out those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?
Contains chapters 18-25 of Battle Angel Alita .
In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial arts known as Panzer Kunst. In a place where there is no justice but what people make for themselves, Alita decides to become a hunter-killer, tracking down and taking out those who prey on the weak. But can she hold onto her humanity as she begins to revel in her own bloodlust?
301 pages, Paperback
Published November 2, 2021
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About the author
Yukito Kishiro
339 books373 followersYukito Kishiro (Japanese: 木城ゆきと) is a Japanese manga artist born in Tokyo in 1967 and raised in Chiba. As a teenager he was influenced by the mecha anime Armored Trooper Votoms and Mobile Suit Gundam, in particular the designs of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, as well as the works of manga artist Rumiko Takahashi. He began his career at age 17, with his debut manga, Space Oddity, in the Weekly Shonen Sunday. He is best known for the cyberpunk series Battle Angel Alita.
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February 20, 2022
7/10
I kind of hated the rollerball arc, but the conclusion to it was solid, and the next arc seems to be more of what I loved from the first. Namely, gruesome cyberpunk stories with awesome fight scenes.
I kind of hated the rollerball arc, but the conclusion to it was solid, and the next arc seems to be more of what I loved from the first. Namely, gruesome cyberpunk stories with awesome fight scenes.
September 10, 2025
My cover art is different, but the chapters are the same. These are great.
January 2, 2022
The chapters taking place on the motorball race appealed less to me also because the art at times was a bit confusing. The interludes where we learn more about Alita's background and the story about Zapan being back were more enjoyable.
April 14, 2022
Weakest volume of the series so far but still fun. Basically we get a large portion devoted to the Big Rollerball Battle between Alita's team and the champion Jasugun. Fun - but the ending was a bit of a let down. Not a nice way to send off Jasugun whom we have seen evolving as a character.
Like a lot of Manga (and the reason I don't love it) there is a disjointed quality to the stories. The strength is the artwork and the creative ideas and the action packed stories. The weakness is the fact they will devote 200 pages to one Rollerball battle and then flash 2 years into the future with no explanation and suddenly Alita is no longer in Rollerball and is a singer in a bar. Huh?
The last third is the discovery of Desty Nova. That part of the story is very disjointed and weird but Desty Nova seems like a promising character. And..as usual...it ends almost mid sentence. the break up of these volumes is very random. It is like "300 pages! End the volume!!"
"But sir - we are in the middle of a scene"
"I don't care! End it!!"
Like a lot of Manga (and the reason I don't love it) there is a disjointed quality to the stories. The strength is the artwork and the creative ideas and the action packed stories. The weakness is the fact they will devote 200 pages to one Rollerball battle and then flash 2 years into the future with no explanation and suddenly Alita is no longer in Rollerball and is a singer in a bar. Huh?
The last third is the discovery of Desty Nova. That part of the story is very disjointed and weird but Desty Nova seems like a promising character. And..as usual...it ends almost mid sentence. the break up of these volumes is very random. It is like "300 pages! End the volume!!"
"But sir - we are in the middle of a scene"
"I don't care! End it!!"
November 17, 2022
I watched Alita: Battle Angel, then decided that I wanted to read Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita, 6 volume graphic novel series, enjoyed it and want too read more in the manga genre.
Really like the Alita character a lot, she and Ido are back being friends, enjoyed the finishing storyline with Motorball, easily could visualize myself being in the stands as I'm reading it, the lab was interesting, dumb of the Desty Nova to save Zapan's brain and it build's to an epic conclusion regarding Ido.
Really like the Alita character a lot, she and Ido are back being friends, enjoyed the finishing storyline with Motorball, easily could visualize myself being in the stands as I'm reading it, the lab was interesting, dumb of the Desty Nova to save Zapan's brain and it build's to an epic conclusion regarding Ido.
March 9, 2023
I'll be honest I wasn't a fan of the roller derby and after reading this and the arc being completed, it didn't add anything to the story. There was one good fight but that's about it, the side stories in this was where the meat is with Ido investigating various things throughout.
There is a random two year time skip in this, that again doesn't add anything to the story nothing has fundamentally changed aside from Alita being a singer at a bar, for some reason. There is a killer on the lose but it feels kind of throw away, the real goal seems to be getting the berserker body back.
There is a random two year time skip in this, that again doesn't add anything to the story nothing has fundamentally changed aside from Alita being a singer at a bar, for some reason. There is a killer on the lose but it feels kind of throw away, the real goal seems to be getting the berserker body back.
October 27, 2022
I’m rounding up a little bit on this one, but it was significantly more enjoyable than the last volume. The Motorball sequences work better this time around, even if the action is a little hard to follow at times.
What’s unique about volume 3 is that it’s significantly darker with some disturbing body horror. I really admired it like a Giger painting. And just overall, I’ll say it again, the artwork in this series is really parallel to none. I could stare at these panels for days.
What’s unique about volume 3 is that it’s significantly darker with some disturbing body horror. I really admired it like a Giger painting. And just overall, I’ll say it again, the artwork in this series is really parallel to none. I could stare at these panels for days.
January 16, 2023
I didn't hate the rollerball arc but it went on a little too long. I still have the overall frustration with the ridiculous way some characters, especially alita act. That said, I'm still enjoying it mostly.
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May 23, 2024A little more disjointed than the previous installment, and, admittedly, the story doesn't end here. I do wish they had been able to make more movies so that what happens to Ido could have happened to Ido in a movie as Christoph Waltz is one of my least favorite actors.
January 6, 2025
While the main battle comes to an end, the pivot to another story seems hollow with the grandiosity of a Power Rangers plot.
February 16, 2025
The drawing is getting better. I really like this volume. Interesting story.
November 20, 2021
The last volume was where I stopped my first try at reading this series, so this volume begins the new content! And boy is it interesting! I'm curious how they'll adapt it for the movie, as in the manga Alita doesn't know who Nova is. The relevance of Zapan is something I wasn't expecting to come back. This book has a lot going for it. Can't wait for the next volume in January!
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