By Mark Rodriguez
I honestly have no ides what this one is about but the cover did grab my attention, and of course, with it being part of the Halloween Comicfest, it was free, so hey, why not? I guess it anything, it shows the importance of having a good cover that just grabs the eye.
Aposimz is an artificial celestial body covered by a super structural shell. Fifty centuries ago, humanity lost the war against the core and lost the right to live on Aposimz, being stranded on the frigid shell. Despite disease and killer machinery, humanity somehow survives.
Three months ago at the ruins level, several people in protective gear are scaling the side of a large snowy structure. One of them says they should return to the surface since even if they find 'more' they wouldn't be able to carry it back, and there might not be enough oxygen for the return trip. Eo says they came for combat training, but asks why they're leaving after finding some provisions. The woman with them says it's rare to find pip fruit growing in such clusters.
As the group heads back, the woman accidentally steps on a 'rust eater' on one of the pipes and screams, causing Eo to laugh at her. Master Ethero tells the group to stop messing around or they might slip and fall to their deaths. The team walks across the giant snowy pipe and scale a wall back to the surface. Later on, Eo needs to go pee and sees something that makes him call the girl, Biko over to see. Eo points out a bunch of people with Frame Disease, an incurable disease that makes you a zombie-ish walking skeleton.
Biko says it isn't rare, but Eo points out that there are a lot of new ones now. One the team says that Rebedom's invasions might have put the borders into chaos and the new Frames might have escaped from some town's quarantine. Biko says when people succumb to Frame Disease you lose sense of yourself. She wonders if you still retain some sort of consciousness and are aware as you're stuck drifting in that state for decades or even centuries. Biko tells Eo that if she ever becomes a Frame, to kill her. Master Ethero tells the team to be quiet. He heard something.
Ethero pulls out his rifle and looks through the sights. She sees Rebedoan Light Air Speeders and wonders if they're chasing something. They decide to hide into the hollow. Eo confirms that the Air Riders are actually coming their way.
They see a girl, dressed in black, flying towards them as she's chased by the Air Riders. She gets her am blasted off and crashes into the snow. Despite Ethero yelling out to not get involved, Eo runs out and tells he machines to stop shooting the girl.
The girl hands an object over to Eo, telling him to keep it safe from the Rededom Empire or the world will end. Eo takes it and is shot down. Biko runs over to him and the men on the Air Speeders want to kill them. Ethero takes action and shoot both of the soldiers down, making them crash their vehicles into the snow.
Biko tends to Eo and he says he's alright, his clothes were just scorched. The woman in black vanishes, leaving behind a machine as well as the artifact she protected. Ethero walks over to the fallen soldiers and shoots them both in the head, making sure that they're dead, surprising everyone else. He tells the others to help him hide the bodies and the vehicles.
Upon the team's return to their base, everyone comments on how weird the team has been acting and how Ethero's face has gone completely white. Eo explains how they found a girl that suddenly vanished, leaving behind some codes, some strange bullets and a machine. Ethero says he will return the items to the Rebedom base. Biko says it will take days to reach their base and they will kill him if they find him. Shio says even if they return the items, the empire will still find their castle.
Eo says they can fight them. If they use the code, they can become a Regular Frame, and Eo volunteers to do it. With two Frames, he believes they can fight back. Shio calls him an idiot and asks if he knows how many Regular Frames Rebedoa has. Shio is a Regular Frame but it cost the lives of 47 people before they discovered that he was compatible with the code.
Their leader, Zezo, says he cannot bear to lose his existing family to the empire. He wants them to migrate the castle. Ethero apologizes that it has come to this, taking the blame. Zezo says it was going to happen sooner or later. There are many places where Rebedoa can't find them and they will find a better castle next time.
Eo narrates that Zezo has been their leader for 300 years and has taught them everything they know. He's wise and strong and Eo believed there isn't anything he couldn't do. But that wasn't the case....
My Opinions
Pretty good story so far. Of course this is like a spoonful of the overall dish so there are many questions to get you to buy the full volume. I mean, we got people that can live for up to 300 years, robot girls and people walking around with a zombie-ish disease. And I do wonder about the Frames. Do they lunge at people like zombies do? And what are 'Regular Frames' and what makes them different from the people suffering from Frame Disease? Do they get cool powers or something and why didn't Shio use them earlier if he's already a Regular Frame?
The art is ok, though it's one of those manga where it's drawn with those very thin lines, I mean that's OK, but that style always looked kinda like the ink was wearing off the page or if the printer was low on ink when mass producing these pages. Other than Biko, I find it difficult to tell who were guys and girls. I had to keep going back and edit the article when someone pointed out that Ethero and Zezo were actually males.
I do like the extensive detail that goes into the scenery. The whole scene with the team climbing out of the ruins and heading back to their castle plays out almost like a movie as it helps build this new world.
I wonder how this will play out. I might pick up a volume. What did you guys think?
I honestly have no ides what this one is about but the cover did grab my attention, and of course, with it being part of the Halloween Comicfest, it was free, so hey, why not? I guess it anything, it shows the importance of having a good cover that just grabs the eye.
Aposimz is an artificial celestial body covered by a super structural shell. Fifty centuries ago, humanity lost the war against the core and lost the right to live on Aposimz, being stranded on the frigid shell. Despite disease and killer machinery, humanity somehow survives.
Three months ago at the ruins level, several people in protective gear are scaling the side of a large snowy structure. One of them says they should return to the surface since even if they find 'more' they wouldn't be able to carry it back, and there might not be enough oxygen for the return trip. Eo says they came for combat training, but asks why they're leaving after finding some provisions. The woman with them says it's rare to find pip fruit growing in such clusters.
As the group heads back, the woman accidentally steps on a 'rust eater' on one of the pipes and screams, causing Eo to laugh at her. Master Ethero tells the group to stop messing around or they might slip and fall to their deaths. The team walks across the giant snowy pipe and scale a wall back to the surface. Later on, Eo needs to go pee and sees something that makes him call the girl, Biko over to see. Eo points out a bunch of people with Frame Disease, an incurable disease that makes you a zombie-ish walking skeleton.
Biko says it isn't rare, but Eo points out that there are a lot of new ones now. One the team says that Rebedom's invasions might have put the borders into chaos and the new Frames might have escaped from some town's quarantine. Biko says when people succumb to Frame Disease you lose sense of yourself. She wonders if you still retain some sort of consciousness and are aware as you're stuck drifting in that state for decades or even centuries. Biko tells Eo that if she ever becomes a Frame, to kill her. Master Ethero tells the team to be quiet. He heard something.
Ethero pulls out his rifle and looks through the sights. She sees Rebedoan Light Air Speeders and wonders if they're chasing something. They decide to hide into the hollow. Eo confirms that the Air Riders are actually coming their way.
They see a girl, dressed in black, flying towards them as she's chased by the Air Riders. She gets her am blasted off and crashes into the snow. Despite Ethero yelling out to not get involved, Eo runs out and tells he machines to stop shooting the girl.
The girl hands an object over to Eo, telling him to keep it safe from the Rededom Empire or the world will end. Eo takes it and is shot down. Biko runs over to him and the men on the Air Speeders want to kill them. Ethero takes action and shoot both of the soldiers down, making them crash their vehicles into the snow.
Biko tends to Eo and he says he's alright, his clothes were just scorched. The woman in black vanishes, leaving behind a machine as well as the artifact she protected. Ethero walks over to the fallen soldiers and shoots them both in the head, making sure that they're dead, surprising everyone else. He tells the others to help him hide the bodies and the vehicles.
Upon the team's return to their base, everyone comments on how weird the team has been acting and how Ethero's face has gone completely white. Eo explains how they found a girl that suddenly vanished, leaving behind some codes, some strange bullets and a machine. Ethero says he will return the items to the Rebedom base. Biko says it will take days to reach their base and they will kill him if they find him. Shio says even if they return the items, the empire will still find their castle.
Eo says they can fight them. If they use the code, they can become a Regular Frame, and Eo volunteers to do it. With two Frames, he believes they can fight back. Shio calls him an idiot and asks if he knows how many Regular Frames Rebedoa has. Shio is a Regular Frame but it cost the lives of 47 people before they discovered that he was compatible with the code.
Their leader, Zezo, says he cannot bear to lose his existing family to the empire. He wants them to migrate the castle. Ethero apologizes that it has come to this, taking the blame. Zezo says it was going to happen sooner or later. There are many places where Rebedoa can't find them and they will find a better castle next time.
Eo narrates that Zezo has been their leader for 300 years and has taught them everything they know. He's wise and strong and Eo believed there isn't anything he couldn't do. But that wasn't the case....
My Opinions
Pretty good story so far. Of course this is like a spoonful of the overall dish so there are many questions to get you to buy the full volume. I mean, we got people that can live for up to 300 years, robot girls and people walking around with a zombie-ish disease. And I do wonder about the Frames. Do they lunge at people like zombies do? And what are 'Regular Frames' and what makes them different from the people suffering from Frame Disease? Do they get cool powers or something and why didn't Shio use them earlier if he's already a Regular Frame?
The art is ok, though it's one of those manga where it's drawn with those very thin lines, I mean that's OK, but that style always looked kinda like the ink was wearing off the page or if the printer was low on ink when mass producing these pages. Other than Biko, I find it difficult to tell who were guys and girls. I had to keep going back and edit the article when someone pointed out that Ethero and Zezo were actually males.
I do like the extensive detail that goes into the scenery. The whole scene with the team climbing out of the ruins and heading back to their castle plays out almost like a movie as it helps build this new world.
I wonder how this will play out. I might pick up a volume. What did you guys think?
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