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Nov. 15th, 2006 04:06 amApparently, Yukito Kishiro is taking some time off the main Last Order plotline to start a series called GUNNM Gaiden/write some side stories? Or something? You're not helpful today, internet.
I'd actually be kind of okay with that. I feel like Last Order is moving really slow. Over the first seven volumes of the original GUNNM, we had like six plot arcs spanning about fifteen years. That was one of the things I liked so much about it. It was a fighting manga with no filler! No monsters-of-the-day! A new, absurdly melodramatic plotline that completely breaks Alita's heart almost every volume! This was awesome.
But at seven volumes of Last Order, we've only covered a few months of time - the past three volumes have just been a couple of days. And they haven't really been eventful days, by Kishiro's usual standards. An eventful day for Alita used to be:
( cut for massive spoilers for first series, minor spoilers for Last Order )
I'd actually be kind of okay with that. I feel like Last Order is moving really slow. Over the first seven volumes of the original GUNNM, we had like six plot arcs spanning about fifteen years. That was one of the things I liked so much about it. It was a fighting manga with no filler! No monsters-of-the-day! A new, absurdly melodramatic plotline that completely breaks Alita's heart almost every volume! This was awesome.
But at seven volumes of Last Order, we've only covered a few months of time - the past three volumes have just been a couple of days. And they haven't really been eventful days, by Kishiro's usual standards. An eventful day for Alita used to be:
( cut for massive spoilers for first series, minor spoilers for Last Order )
