This week I read some Battle Angel Alita and I was instantly hooked. There's just something about cyborgs fighting and strange cloud cities that really appeals to me. I'll be honest, I've always preferred manga to western comics, so this week's reading was a lot more interesting to me. I always appreciate how much detail goes into the work and how the stories feel deeper and more complex.
In Alita, I really appreciated the themes of purpose and "humanness". The characters are constantly questioning what makes someone "human" and for the majority of Volume 1, it seemed like those who qualified to most were the least human. Like Gally implied, even those with brains and hearts can be monsters. This element in particular made the story even more interesting to me and not just random cyborgs fighting each other.
I still have a lot of story questions about this manga and I'm interested to read more of Alita. I just want to find out what Dr. Nova's intentions are and what's waiting for Gally in Mars!
