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Gunnm is a cyberpunk visual novel with a cartoonist look. By that, I mean the unique character designs. But don't let it fools you, the author can really draw some mess up stuff.

Overall, I enjoyed the story and the adorable characters. But there're 3 problems I have with Gunnm

1. Death has no weight
Why? Because Alita casually killed villains and everybody is a cyborg. Firstly, Alita presents herself to be on the good side, even stopping Ido when she thinks he is doing something wrong. But when she and anybody she cared about life is in danger, Alia don't mind killing at all. This ... is due to her somewhat innocent outlook of the world and the twisted world where the things she does is the norm. But this created a double stander for me, why care about the life of Alita and whose she loved when everyone else life is treated as trash and disposable. Secondly, the fact that everybody is a cyborg takes away any weight of injuries. Alita again is a prime example of this, one of the first battles she took part in end up destroyed both Alita new body and her opponent body. And it's okay because as long as the brain remains intact, no one really cares about it. Not even the normal humans are safe from this because any injured body parts can be replaced by a mechanical one.

2. Alita's Panzer Kunst
Alita Panzer Kunst is a problem because the main way people gain power in the Scrapyard is by upgrading their body. But in every fight Alita won, she won because she knew martial arts and her opponent don't. And you'll soon realize any opponent that doesn't know martial arts or how to counter them is an auto loss.

3. The rusted ending
It's just silly how an amazing character like Den and the revelation about the true nature of Tiphares gets skim over for this ending. But luckily, Gunnm: Last Order undo the ending.

World Trigger is shounen series mix with some sci-fi elements and its kinda work.

[Story]
Earth is under attack by different dimensional alien monsters. That all you need to know and it's a good set up, a lot of room for the creator to plexes his imagination. Plus open goal for the story to move freely on its own pages and perfect for a long epic war story.

[Art]
the alien monsters and the setting are beautifully drawn but the characters design is the biggest reason why I dropped this manga. They are drawn in simplistic designs, meaning the lack of expression and it's terrible. It's something likes ... this:
Normal scene: stupid faces
Life and death combat: the same stupid faces !!!
I mean it's just so frustrating to see the same F***king faces on every F***king characters at every F***king moment.

[Character]
I have nothing again the characters, they're fine. Nothing to hate but also nothing to like.

[Super Power]
What I like about shounen are the creative ways they used super power.
And World Trigger really know how to use its power system. From what I see, everything it's very balanced, every match wins by skill and experience. Plus the main cast progress at a reasonable rate and no bullshit power buffs.

[Enjoyment]
The terrible art alone kills the entire experience for me. But if it doesn't bother you then I completely recommend reading its.