Definitely not the best from Tezuka, but still a nice one. Its themes reminded me of Black Jack, so I advise you to read some tomes of it before Alabaster.
There are some nice ideas and thoughts, especially the concept of Beauty, and the Envy inside everyone. The main characters are well-developed, but others are just completely useless. The art is Tezuka-like, so you will like it if you like his style, I cannot be entirely objective about it.
I advise you to read another manga from Tezuka (like Dororo, Adolf ni Tsugu or Black Jack), and then go back to this one.
 Alternative TitlesJapanese: アラバスター More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 3
Chapters: 10
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 27, 1970 to Jun 27, 1971
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Shounen
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Tezuka, Osamu (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #169722 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #6658
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Feb 19, 2021
Alabaster succeeds in telling an engaging story of how an innocent character falls from grace and becomes a truly evil person. It’s a quick and easy read and i’d recommend it to most fans of manga.
Tezuka has been credited as saying this is one of his works he’s the most ashamed of, citing a bout of depression as the impetus for this extremely dark story. This is a tale of evil, death, destruction, corruption of goodness, betrayal, hate and death. While I can understand where Tezuka is coming from looking back on ‘Alabaster’ i’m going to be far more kind to it. I think it’s ... |
