BB: Knights of Sidonia volumes
2-8 Story & Art by Tsutomu Nihei Review
Since my last review of the
series the manga has since spawned an anime adaptation. I will tackle that
another day. In the meantime the
question remains: is the source material worth reading? To that I must say a
resounding maybe. If one enjoys mecha series you might find this to be an
enjoyable read. However, you have to be willing to play detective and put the
pieces together yourself because the series spends little time explaining
itself.
Instead it divides its time
between romantic comedy antics and truly spectacular giant robot battles. The
former is grating while the latter is the series highlight. The problem is how
jarring the contrast between them can be. Make the situation depressing is the knowledge
that this series is essentially a mainstream sellout on the part of the author.
His previous works suffer from similar problems but lacked the grating aspects
this series has. So, in conclusion, I would say this chunk of volumes of
Knights of Sidonia is very much continuing the trends of the first. Those who
enjoyed the early volumes will certainly enjoy these but they will not be
changing anyone’s minds.
Review copies of
various volumes provided by the publisher.
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