The God of Geometry
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snarpYukito Kishiro's manga Aqua Knight is not completely about Alcantara the Perfect.
But maybe it should be.
An excellent question - the answer to which involves science.
Alcantara's Perfect Entrance:
(Yeah, the way Zycrow's drawn and characterized is awful. In Kishiro's defense, I guess, I'm pretty sure he didn't actually realize that he was making use of an ugly white supremacist caricature here - there are actually three normal-looking black characters in Aqua Knight. And a couple years later in Last Order he did Zazie, the best socially-awkward gun nut ever, for which choose to forgive him many transgressions. YMMV, obviously.)
Alcantara has just arrived at Lighthouse Island to steal the magical sphere of light that powers said lighthouse. He succeeds, also carrying off Ashika, the feral son of the sphere's guardian, for a "pet."
Alcantara naturally feels that he is doing Ashika a great honor by so introducing him to civilization, and is never too busy to stop and educate Ashika and his other minions in its ways.
Alcantara Educates The Masses:
When Alcantara showed up, the titular Aqua Knight, Ruliya, had just agreed to take Ashika on as her squire, and he's sure that she will come and save him. She eventually does, but for a while she's off somewhere fighting a demon shellfish hypnotist that has nothing to do with science. Ashika begins to get discouraged.
Alcantara Does Not Threaten; He Explains:
A lot of the time there are footnotes when Alcantara talks. A lot of the time they define terms that are never actually used again.
I also like how he can mosaic-blur stuff with the sheer power of yelling.
Alcantara's Perfect Plan:
HOW DARE YOU LAUGH
Alcantara's backstory is actually my favorite part of the manga (I kind of want a whole series set in the Kingdom of Zygote), but I think posting much of it would spoil stuff, so I'll leave it at this one page.
Alcantara's Sad Tale:
If someone were to write a fic crossing this over with Dorothy Sayers' Peter Wimsey books, I would probably love them forever.
Aqua Knight ended (abruptly) after three volumes so Kishiro could start on Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, but he says he plans to go back to it eventually. Viz translated it a few years ago, and you can get the volumes used off Amazon fairly cheaply.
(Originally posted on scans_daily.)
But maybe it should be.
An excellent question - the answer to which involves science.
Alcantara's Perfect Entrance:
(Yeah, the way Zycrow's drawn and characterized is awful. In Kishiro's defense, I guess, I'm pretty sure he didn't actually realize that he was making use of an ugly white supremacist caricature here - there are actually three normal-looking black characters in Aqua Knight. And a couple years later in Last Order he did Zazie, the best socially-awkward gun nut ever, for which choose to forgive him many transgressions. YMMV, obviously.)
Alcantara has just arrived at Lighthouse Island to steal the magical sphere of light that powers said lighthouse. He succeeds, also carrying off Ashika, the feral son of the sphere's guardian, for a "pet."
Alcantara naturally feels that he is doing Ashika a great honor by so introducing him to civilization, and is never too busy to stop and educate Ashika and his other minions in its ways.
Alcantara Educates The Masses:
When Alcantara showed up, the titular Aqua Knight, Ruliya, had just agreed to take Ashika on as her squire, and he's sure that she will come and save him. She eventually does, but for a while she's off somewhere fighting a demon shellfish hypnotist that has nothing to do with science. Ashika begins to get discouraged.
Alcantara Does Not Threaten; He Explains:
A lot of the time there are footnotes when Alcantara talks. A lot of the time they define terms that are never actually used again.
I also like how he can mosaic-blur stuff with the sheer power of yelling.
Alcantara's Perfect Plan:
HOW DARE YOU LAUGH
Alcantara's backstory is actually my favorite part of the manga (I kind of want a whole series set in the Kingdom of Zygote), but I think posting much of it would spoil stuff, so I'll leave it at this one page.
Alcantara's Sad Tale:
If someone were to write a fic crossing this over with Dorothy Sayers' Peter Wimsey books, I would probably love them forever.
Aqua Knight ended (abruptly) after three volumes so Kishiro could start on Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, but he says he plans to go back to it eventually. Viz translated it a few years ago, and you can get the volumes used off Amazon fairly cheaply.
(Originally posted on scans_daily.)
