My thoughts:
-Amazing art and story telling technique. I'm not talking about the plot, but about the way the elements work to tell it. That is magnificient, ever since Takamichi's SoL mangas in late 2000s.
-The world building, logic system. How they were introduced, used and re-appeared are insanely smart and creative, eventhough based on game bugs irl.
-The plot's idea was good, while the execution towards the end is really questionable.
-The character designs are interesting, but it felt like there was no character development. (maybe a bit when Reika realised people close to her were miserable, and when Youko got a bit more accepting when she saw Reika finding somewhere she belongs to). The whole thing was more like "Reika's character discovery".
-The ending: was very unsatisfying. Weak closure for Youko, who was supposed to be the 2nd protagonist/main-supporter. Tagami suddenly got a (almost useless) tragic flashback. I'd preffer him to just be some random 3rd party working as plot device.
And lastly Reika: not talking about her and her relationships/humanity; there are just too many things that make her "living happily ever after in the spaceship" not long-term. The ship just dock on Earth's orbit? What about the intergalatic "they"? Won't her actions to the poachers cause friction between "sub race" and the "higher space life forms"?
Overall a good read, but after the 1st volume, it couldve been extended to another 2 and I think we wouldve had a more satisfying conclusion.
-Amazing art and story telling technique. I'm not talking about the plot, but about the way the elements work to tell it. That is magnificient, ever since Takamichi's SoL mangas in late 2000s.
-The world building, logic system. How they were introduced, used and re-appeared are insanely smart and creative, eventhough based on game bugs irl.
-The plot's idea was good, while the execution towards the end is really questionable.
-The character designs are interesting, but it felt like there was no character development. (maybe a bit when Reika realised people close to her were miserable, and when Youko got a bit more accepting when she saw Reika finding somewhere she belongs to). The whole thing was more like "Reika's character discovery".
-The ending: was very unsatisfying. Weak closure for Youko, who was supposed to be the 2nd protagonist/main-supporter. Tagami suddenly got a (almost useless) tragic flashback. I'd preffer him to just be some random 3rd party working as plot device.
And lastly Reika: not talking about her and her relationships/humanity; there are just too many things that make her "living happily ever after in the spaceship" not long-term. The ship just dock on Earth's orbit? What about the intergalatic "they"? Won't her actions to the poachers cause friction between "sub race" and the "higher space life forms"?
Overall a good read, but after the 1st volume, it couldve been extended to another 2 and I think we wouldve had a more satisfying conclusion.
