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Colorless (カラーレス) #2
COLORLESS Vol. 2
GUNS ROAR IN A WORLD WITHOUT COLOR
A cosmic disaster stripped color from the Earth, leaving behind a mutated humanity that lives in a world of moody black and grey. Most of the technology and history of the old world is forgotten, but there is tantalizing promise in the dangerous new field of chromadynamics. A rogue scientist named Avidia is on the hunt for the world’s last remaining scraps of color, but he’s not the only one. A mysterious cult has found a way to turn pigment into fearsome power, and they’ll kill anyone who challenges their authority. Armed with his wits and peerless gun, it’ll take everything Adivia has to stay one step ahead!
A cosmic disaster stripped color from the Earth, leaving behind a mutated humanity that lives in a world of moody black and grey. Most of the technology and history of the old world is forgotten, but there is tantalizing promise in the dangerous new field of chromadynamics. A rogue scientist named Avidia is on the hunt for the world’s last remaining scraps of color, but he’s not the only one. A mysterious cult has found a way to turn pigment into fearsome power, and they’ll kill anyone who challenges their authority. Armed with his wits and peerless gun, it’ll take everything Adivia has to stay one step ahead!
176 pages, Paperback
Published November 29, 2022
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November 21, 2022
I am the walrus. Shoot, shoot, ka-boom.
Boy, shonen didn’t really do much for me this week and I have to admit that this one also stung. I felt like the first Colorless did a good job balancing being a total gimmick book with having some fun action bits.
Which is why it kind of hurt when this volume just went down all the shonen paths that I don’t like - impossible to follow action sequences and nonsense plotting that doesn’t feel like it’s doing anything new. The creativity was apparently a gateway to the same old, same old.
Alliances for no reason, a very ineffectual and boring cult, characters who are really hard to tell apart. I love the design for the Professor and Chie’s revelation is at least surprising, but… to what end?
None, apparently, because the difference between ‘please infer what is happening because stylish’ and ‘I’m in the bloody dark and this is annoying’ is incredibly slim. And if I felt like I was going to see something incredible, well, that would be one thing.
But the big action set piece here is just endless powering up and ‘here’s a bigger fish’ and if I wanted to read that done well right now, well, I have Kaiju No.8 and this doesn’t come close. Which makes no sense because that first volume was so much better.
Essentially, there’s no good payoff here and, divested of that, we just have the gimmick. And the gimmick is simply not good enough. I’m being critical because it doesn’t have to be this way and it wasn’t the first time out, so seeing it squander the creativity is annoying.
Caveat - I don’t like many shonen series and, this one being no exception, you should take my words with a grain of salt. If you are heavy into the genre, this may very well tick a box for you and that’s good, not everything should be everything to everyone.
2 stars - I didn’t really enjoy this and being a volume primarily filled with blurry action is pretty much why. I appreciate that great first volume, but I feel like subsequent instalments are, from my perspective, going to be Reviewerless.
Boy, shonen didn’t really do much for me this week and I have to admit that this one also stung. I felt like the first Colorless did a good job balancing being a total gimmick book with having some fun action bits.
Which is why it kind of hurt when this volume just went down all the shonen paths that I don’t like - impossible to follow action sequences and nonsense plotting that doesn’t feel like it’s doing anything new. The creativity was apparently a gateway to the same old, same old.
Alliances for no reason, a very ineffectual and boring cult, characters who are really hard to tell apart. I love the design for the Professor and Chie’s revelation is at least surprising, but… to what end?
None, apparently, because the difference between ‘please infer what is happening because stylish’ and ‘I’m in the bloody dark and this is annoying’ is incredibly slim. And if I felt like I was going to see something incredible, well, that would be one thing.
But the big action set piece here is just endless powering up and ‘here’s a bigger fish’ and if I wanted to read that done well right now, well, I have Kaiju No.8 and this doesn’t come close. Which makes no sense because that first volume was so much better.
Essentially, there’s no good payoff here and, divested of that, we just have the gimmick. And the gimmick is simply not good enough. I’m being critical because it doesn’t have to be this way and it wasn’t the first time out, so seeing it squander the creativity is annoying.
Caveat - I don’t like many shonen series and, this one being no exception, you should take my words with a grain of salt. If you are heavy into the genre, this may very well tick a box for you and that’s good, not everything should be everything to everyone.
2 stars - I didn’t really enjoy this and being a volume primarily filled with blurry action is pretty much why. I appreciate that great first volume, but I feel like subsequent instalments are, from my perspective, going to be Reviewerless.
October 7, 2023
A neat twist. I do really enjoy the incorporation of colour sparingly in the book.
October 9, 2023
Nos encontramos con un mundo en el que el color ha dejado de existir. Debido a una potente erupción solar, la Tierra ha sufrido diferentes mutaciones, así como sus habitantes. El más llamativo y que desencadena todo, es la pérdida del color.
Todo pasa a ser en blanco, negro y una amplia escala de grises. Los seres humanos comienzan a sufrir cambios en sus rostros y poco queda ya de las personas tales y como las conocemos.
Pero no todo es negativo, nuestro protagonista, Avidya, quien estudia la energía contenida en los colores, se topará con una joven que pondrá todo su mundo patas arriba.
Unas escenas de acción trepidantes que no te dejan indiferente, una trama política, social y religiosa que hará que cada vez quieras saber más y más, personajes potentes, con grandes poderes.
Los diseños de personajes son una maravilla, los trajes creados, las máscaras, por no hablar de las armas, que os van a dejar con la boca abierta.
Os lo recomiendo un montón.
Todo pasa a ser en blanco, negro y una amplia escala de grises. Los seres humanos comienzan a sufrir cambios en sus rostros y poco queda ya de las personas tales y como las conocemos.
Pero no todo es negativo, nuestro protagonista, Avidya, quien estudia la energía contenida en los colores, se topará con una joven que pondrá todo su mundo patas arriba.
Unas escenas de acción trepidantes que no te dejan indiferente, una trama política, social y religiosa que hará que cada vez quieras saber más y más, personajes potentes, con grandes poderes.
Los diseños de personajes son una maravilla, los trajes creados, las máscaras, por no hablar de las armas, que os van a dejar con la boca abierta.
Os lo recomiendo un montón.
December 2, 2022
this volume gives us some quieter time in the beginning, allowing the professor, kovetus, and chie to bond and collect some resources. we also get more backstory on the main antagonists, leading up to a major fight scene. it stretches on a bit long and did get kinda hard to follow in some places (constant movement over and over can blur together quite easily on a black and white page). still, I'm very entertained, and I'm seriously loving the bursts of bright color that appear throughout the volume. chie and the professor share a quiet moment together after she discovers she's an android, which was heartwarming...I hope we get more of their character and relationship development in the next volume.
the extra chapter at the end about the professor going to pick out chie clothes made me crack up!
the extra chapter at the end about the professor going to pick out chie clothes made me crack up!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 21, 2022
Its okay
I bought this thinking it was the conclusion to the tale obviously not nor is there information of a following issue. This second volume seems more filler of the story rather than a continuation comic. Perhaps they'll have another vol.3 coming but I'm disappointed cause I was getting interested in this sci-fi tale.
I bought this thinking it was the conclusion to the tale obviously not nor is there information of a following issue. This second volume seems more filler of the story rather than a continuation comic. Perhaps they'll have another vol.3 coming but I'm disappointed cause I was getting interested in this sci-fi tale.
February 21, 2023
There are nuggets of the overall plot just about coming through, but the battles and build up take main focus. It's still a good read, and the art again is amazing! I liked the twist with Chie at the end!
October 26, 2023
Well we get more plot points but I would like it to focus on the main one. Action panels are cool and the color is great when used sparingly, I feel like it popped up a lot here even though the world is suppose to be lacking it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 31, 2024
3.5 stars
Things are starting to fall into place. Again. The art is great, though the monster forms make it hard to tell who is who sometimes.
I especially like the final moment between Avi and Chie.
Things are starting to fall into place. Again. The art is great, though the monster forms make it hard to tell who is who sometimes.
I especially like the final moment between Avi and Chie.
September 10, 2024
Wirre Kampfszenen, für mich nicht nachvollziehbar. Das Positive daran: es "liest" sich schneller 😉 Dialoge wie im ersten Band teilweise pubertär und banal. Man erfährt, was die Protagonistin ist, und der Plot kommt etwas voran.
January 16, 2023
Interesting premise, not a lot of forward plot movement in this volume but a few nuggets of new information
January 18, 2023
love the story ...
Read
March 7, 2023So I liked the revelation at the end but I think this manga isn't for me - too many straight action scenes for my taste
March 19, 2023
Continuing the sorry and really developing the character more. This volume really got me invested in the story.
October 6, 2023
Lo especial que es este manga sorprende a cualquiera.
Tiene muchos puntos positivos, pero el dibujo a veces no es esclarecedor y el precio es elevado, hay que tenerlo en cuenta.
Tiene muchos puntos positivos, pero el dibujo a veces no es esclarecedor y el precio es elevado, hay que tenerlo en cuenta.
November 9, 2023
Avi is so cute tho
December 14, 2023
Die Sache mit den farben, dass diese in der Story eingeflechtet sind find ich immer noch sehr spannend, aber dieses heft ist auf jeden fall der Shonen Kaboom part gewesen.
3,5.
3,5.
July 6, 2024
normalde insanların ortalama bulacağı bi seri olmasına rağmen türkçe böyle eserler olmadığı için okumayı seviyorum
August 8, 2025
Le illustrazioni dei combattimenti sono entusiasmanti. Sorgono nuove domande intriganti.
June 15, 2025
1.6.25
October 16, 2023
4,5/5 estrellas
Un nuevo tomo de Colorless lleno de intriga, acción y color en un mundo en el que el color es lo mas preciado y codiciado que existe. Capítulo a capítulo su trama me sigue atrayendo y enganchando.
Todo comienza bien con Avidya, Chié y Covetess extrayendo más color fuera de la ciudad, hasta que a la vuelta son atacados por unos esbirros enviados por la Iglesia. Tras una larga batalla, y un encuentro algo peculiar con dos policías, descubren el secreto de Chié y el por qué de la necesidad de la Iglesia de hacerse con ella a toda costa.
Como he dicho antes este manga me sigue gustando y atrayendo por la intriga de su trama central, porque en cada tomo se desvela algo nuevo y estoy deseando ver si Avidya colabora con la policía para destruir los planes de la Iglesia.
Un nuevo tomo de Colorless lleno de intriga, acción y color en un mundo en el que el color es lo mas preciado y codiciado que existe. Capítulo a capítulo su trama me sigue atrayendo y enganchando.
Todo comienza bien con Avidya, Chié y Covetess extrayendo más color fuera de la ciudad, hasta que a la vuelta son atacados por unos esbirros enviados por la Iglesia. Tras una larga batalla, y un encuentro algo peculiar con dos policías, descubren el secreto de Chié y el por qué de la necesidad de la Iglesia de hacerse con ella a toda costa.
Como he dicho antes este manga me sigue gustando y atrayendo por la intriga de su trama central, porque en cada tomo se desvela algo nuevo y estoy deseando ver si Avidya colabora con la policía para destruir los planes de la Iglesia.
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