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Original Title: | Battle Angel Alita, Volume 9: Angel's Ascension (Battle Angel Alita) |
ISBN: | 1591162807 (ISBN13: 9781591162803) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Battle Angel Alita / Gunnm #9 |
Characters: | Alita, Vector, Daisuke Ido, Deckman 10 of Factory 33, Desty Nova, Eelai, Bazarld, G.I.B. Chief Bigott Eizenburg, Figure Four, Dr. Russell, Den, Lou Collins, Koyomi K., Kaos, B.B. Buick, M.I.B. 36, Great Martian King, Z-82, Z-67, Beltram |

Yukito Kishiro
Paperback | Pages: 252 pages Rating: 4.31 | 1622 Users | 58 Reviews
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Title | : | Battle Angel Alita, Volume 09: Angel's Ascension (Battle Angel Alita / Gunnm #9) |
Author | : | Yukito Kishiro |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 252 pages |
Published | : | May 1st 2005 by Viz Media (first published 1995) |
Categories | : | Sequential Art. Manga. Comics. Science Fiction. Graphic Novels. Fiction. Cyberpunk |
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Had a real blast reading again this cyberpunk manga after something like 20 years.
Alita, young girl in the body of a mechanical war machine, is essentially a sci-fi version of Collodi' Pinocchio fairy tale, and her tale is filled with love, death, deep emotions, action, gore, themes like man's fight to overcome karma's limits, funny references/easter eggs and much more.
And like 20 years ago the ending was so perfect (not unexpected at all if you know Pinocchio's ending) that left me sppechless and almost in tears.

Sadly later the author changed it to make a sequel series (Last Order), but it was so good and satisfactory that I'm afraid to read Yukito Kishiro's director's cut one and following recent adventures of the Battle Angel.


And professor Desty Nova, a deliciously evil version of Gene Wilder's Dr (Young) Frankenstein (his assistant Bazarlo is Marty Feldman's Igor!), is just the ultimate mad doctor villain ever.
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Ratings: 4.31 From 1622 Users | 58 ReviewsAssessment About Books Battle Angel Alita, Volume 09: Angel's Ascension (Battle Angel Alita / Gunnm #9)
Wow! What a great conclusion to the series.This review is for Volumes 1 to 9.I became interested in reading the manga after watching the Alita: Battle Angel movie because the premise showed heaps of promise. This is definitely an action-packed read although the illustration is not exactly my type of art. I wanted to like this but it feels like the work is not polished. The manga pacing and execution totally threw me off. I found it hard to become grounded in the narrative and I felt like my bunch of whys were not answered satisfactorily.
So good

A decent end to a decent series. While the end-end itself felt fairly rushed and wasn't emotionally validating at all, it still kind of worked as an ending in the sense that it reflected the cold reality of the world Kishiro had built over 9 volumes. The non-canon alt ending was similarly underwhelming in its essentially being Mary Sue wish fulfillment, but it's also less abrupt and ties up more loose ends in a more pleasing way. So vol 9 is a mixed bag; underwhelming ending, but otherwise great
I tore through the pages and then wished I could set them all on fire out of anger
This is my first manga series and I'm not planning on reading any more of them, so I don't know how to really judge a manga. But I have to say that the last book tied everything up really well, and my 5 star goes to Kishiro's unbelievable world-building and conclusion on this story. There were too many volumes than necessary, and the story struggles to stay on the track at the last few volumes. But I really liked the way the manga ended. With biblical and philosophical references, with the
What a fantastic ending! Brilliant even, with that sort of idea back in the 90s by Yukito Kishiro. I was awed by his brilliance towards the end of the series. I never would have thought of a better ending than this.Just read it. Just follow it. I think it is one of the best sci-fi graphic novel I've ever read so far. It's really really good.
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