Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle - Ch. 55.1 - The Hexenhaus (First Part)

[MangaDex]

 

[damadicius]

Phew, they do an abominable thing out of non-malevolent reasons, I guess I can give them a pas-

Like hell I can!

 

[nomadicengi]

So we're dealing with a Hannibal Lecter group and worst is that he's locked inside with them so anything flashy is either instant death or a hostage crisis scenario.

 

[volodyuka]

"ethical cannibalism"? they really are fell not that far from venusians

oh, also: "kids, lets listen up how our friend Elon successfully colonised Mars!"

 

[lolfacesayshi]

"We started from cannibals"

Sounds to me, from your own stories, you started with one guy with ideals, three orphans, and one disciple, who achieved liberation and power

AND THEN some of them went back to cannibalism, after a point where they no longer needed to...

 

[cryum]

Usually you don't start with saying your original founder strongly disapproved of that thing you're saying is not bad.

 

[alacaelum]

Oh... so this is one of those "uncomfortable truths" scenarios.

Certainly, it would be a major blow to the morale of the Gunthral if the Hexenhas "true" origin came to the spotlight, i put "true" like that because the veracimility of the that "truth" isnt important, if this got out and people discovered that the secretive martial nation that does mercenary work has it foundations steeped in cannibalism, it would be a PR nightmare to say the least.

Worse yet... is that this blight on their name is deeply wedged in a place where a great number of their soldier leave their real bodies to be safeguarded... can you imagine the blow it would make to their reputation?

This is a disaster of apocalyptic proportion for an organization, the Grunthal would never recover from it, and Austad must be beyond scared from that.

Remember what he said to the leader of the Zonohedron... "people say that Panzerkunst has technique, but no "way"", meaning they don't have a unified ideology, and as someone that wants to change that, this situation for him is much worse than some shadowy organization of hegemonists.

Kishiro-sensei got me good, here I was thinking about all the horrible scenarios where the Hexenhaus is some sort of biological research group hell bent on hegemonic domination or something similar, when they are a clubhouse of crazy mofos that think there is any justification for cannibalism that isn't complete and utter despair.

The peek into Tiger Sauer was cool, with those overalls and plow, it is clear the man was someone who greatly prioritized the act of nurturing, I can see why people would follow him... unfortunately, the darkness in some people is too deep.

 

[alacaelum]

"ethical cannibalism"? they really are fell not that far from venusians

You think that it would need such thing as wide spread immortality and paralel evolution like the venusians for people to reach that level of unempathy, but here we are... crazy mofos justifying cannibalism.

 

[heronbpv]

Hey, look! Even more horrors beyond our comprehension awaits! Bring the popcorn.

 

[siqueirapowered]

Saturn devouring his son on page 8

 

[alacaelum]

Saturn devouring his son on page 8

Kishiro-sensei must read a lot, the way he incorporates ideologies, philosophy, art, science, and many other subjects in his story is always... "chef's kiss".

Using that paint in the explanation that guy gave for his so-called "types of cannibalism" is an inspired choice, it is "basic", but what was well done here was the implementation.

 

[captain_crunch]

What's the charge? Enjoying a succulent human meal?

 

[Zael]

What's the charge? Enjoying a succulent human meal?

Murdering those who previously refused?