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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack: Beltorchika's Children, Volume 1
- GenresMangaGraphic Novels
194 pages, Paperback
Published November 14, 2023
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October 19, 2025
Oh Char, you sly dog. Doing a bit of mass murder with an asteroid are we?
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April 18, 2025
UC gundam is honestly one of my favorite parts of the gundam franchise, and in science fiction. Among UC gundam, CCA, while enjoying it a lot, felt like it was missing something. After reading this, I feel Beltorchika's Children adds what was missing. The art is great, and additional story and characters elevate the already great Char's Counterattack.
February 10, 2024
Overall, this was a quick read, taking a little over an hour. The art is lush, with characters on-model and expressive, and the mobile suits and ships looking crisp and detailed. The scenery on Earth and in the space colonies really stand out compared to the emptiness of the deep space scenes.
This is very much a first volume, and it has a lot of plot to set up, so most of this volume is introductions. It banks a little too hard on you already being familiar with the characters, but if you’re not, you can pick up the broad strokes easily. Heroes are heroes, villains are villains, and while there are certainly shades of grey, the source material isn’t Yoshiyuki Tomino’s most nuanced, so new readers shouldn’t have trouble. This is excellent space opera. Definite recommend for science fiction fans, and I can’t wait for the second volume.
This is very much a first volume, and it has a lot of plot to set up, so most of this volume is introductions. It banks a little too hard on you already being familiar with the characters, but if you’re not, you can pick up the broad strokes easily. Heroes are heroes, villains are villains, and while there are certainly shades of grey, the source material isn’t Yoshiyuki Tomino’s most nuanced, so new readers shouldn’t have trouble. This is excellent space opera. Definite recommend for science fiction fans, and I can’t wait for the second volume.
November 29, 2023
I don’t think the novelization will ever get translated so this series will be as good as it gets. I’m not really a manga person but I am a sucker for this era of the Universal Century in Gundam media so I’ll happily read along.
January 11, 2024
I really enjoyed this volume. It’s nice that it finally got an English release! I can’t wait for the following instalments!
Also this book is really good quality, nice rigid covers, beautiful colour pages and great thick cardstock paper.
Also this book is really good quality, nice rigid covers, beautiful colour pages and great thick cardstock paper.
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