The second volume of Battle Angel Alita, a series also known as Gunnm, picks up where the first left off: young, namesake cyborg Alita, under the care of cyberneticist Dr. Hard to believe if you’ve only read volume 1 of the series, I know. I even had a moment of sympathy for the antagonist of the last volume, who makes a somewhat surprising appearance here. This volume now also gets the reader more invested in the characters as they are facing some hardships. While still being strong in both look and style We get a lot more details on the world these characters live in, which positions the series clearer as dystopian fiction than the first volume did. There’s again a nice upgrowth to see in the main character. This second volume offers a much deeper story and successfully walks the fine line between showing Alita’s weaknesses as well as her growing strength. This way he's asking some tough questions of his heroine, who’s already struggling with her very existence anyway. Kishiro lets Alita fall in love with a human being that also happens to be a scrapper who dispossesses cyborgs of their spinal columns to earn money for his move up to Zalem (the city towering above the scrapyard). An improvement over the first volume, thanks to it being a more emotional read.
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