Publisher: ADV Manga
Volumes: 3/3 (Complete), OOP but not hard to find
Shounen
Genre: Mecha, Romance
Summary: The world is being invaded by terrifying aliens called Phantom Beasts and humanity is losing. As a last ditch effort to buy some time, the Japanese military conscripts high school students to receive a minimum of training to pilot mechas while they desperately try to regroup their forces. While the high school students train in hopes of being more than just cannon fodder, they try and live out their normal social lives while they still can.
Review: This series just seems like pure wasted potential. All of the interesting things- the setting, the Phantom Beasts, and even the romance between the two main characters- all go nowhere. And then to top that off, the ending makes no sense at all. I haven't played the game or watched the anime, so it's possible there was something explained there that wasn't explained in the manga.
Either way this was a huge waste of time and I felt like I was being punished for actually caring about anything that happened in this manga. While there were a few heartwarming moments in this series about persevering in the face of impossible odds, or trying to make something of your life even when you're pretty much guaranteed to die soon anyway- but I can’t help but feel that those positive short moments are greatly overshadowed by the terrible ending.
Ending Spoiler Warning (Highlight to read)
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For reasons that are not explained, the teenage disabled war veteran Mecha mechanic turns into the final boss of the Phantom Beasts when he gets harassed. Nothing in the plot before ever mentioned that Phantom Beasts are transformed humans! And then after they defeat him, he turns back into human and he doesn’t even go to Jail after he nearly killed everyone. And no one mentions it and he just goes back to work….
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End Spoiler Warning
Not Recommended: I hope the video game and anime are better, because this was terrible.
Age Rating: PG13: for violence
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