Aug 22, 2024
This manga is jingoistic slop that splatters in sprinkles of bland, disposable characters which it will kill off the moment it gets time to engage a sense of technological or moral superiority. That, or provide cheap, crass fanservice.
There are no reoccuring characters with notable personalities. Characters exist to either fellate nationalistic pride, engage in cheap titillation for the readers, or to poorly deliver scraps of exposition. Overarching politics or worldbuilding which you would expect to replace characters in a story with this is practically nonexistent - countries are the closest thing you have to consistent characters in this manga, and they exist either to serve
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in sopping subservience to a culturally/technologically superior nation, or as crude, inhumane and barbaric agitators to a morally superior nation.
There is no time devoted to exploring the cultural shock of being transposed into another world. There is no time spent exploring the impacts of that; any issues with resources are solved in the first few chapters, and mentioned in single passing pages. Language barriers only exist in writing to be brushed aside in a couple pages of exposition. Any moral or legislature issue will be rushed through in a few pages to show more explosions, if it is not taking time to make the most cartoonish, buffoonish cariactures possible for the reader to laugh at, or leer at attractive women in various states of dress and undress. Any potential issues of civillian casualties does not exist, or is ignored.
All you will get with this is jingoistic pride of modern weapons blowing up less technologically advanced civilisations, and should serve those interested in seeing some semi-faithfully researched modern weapons being used. Maybe that's enough for you, but I found myself increasingly annoyed with the wasted potential of a premise that could be deeply interesting if the author was interested in engaging in more complex themes. The art is passable though not visually particularly interesting at any point. The core concept is appealing, but it turns from poorly to offensively executed as the story goes on.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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