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urlphantomhive's review against another edition
3.0
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I got the first three volumes of Knights of Sidonia (couldn't help but think of Muse's Knights of Cydonia) a while back and have finally come around to reading them. It's a space opera Manga about a self-sustaining colossal ship Sidonia and its mecha fighters that battle against an alien, shape-shifting species dead set on destroying humans.
This first volume is like many first volumes. Some things are promising but a large part of it is dumping characters and information about the world on you as you try to figure out what will become important later. The main character at this point was this typical nobody with a mysterious past that I'm sure will become important at some point.
I got the first three volumes of Knights of Sidonia (couldn't help but think of Muse's Knights of Cydonia) a while back and have finally come around to reading them. It's a space opera Manga about a self-sustaining colossal ship Sidonia and its mecha fighters that battle against an alien, shape-shifting species dead set on destroying humans.
This first volume is like many first volumes. Some things are promising but a large part of it is dumping characters and information about the world on you as you try to figure out what will become important later. The main character at this point was this typical nobody with a mysterious past that I'm sure will become important at some point.
whitecat5000's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
2.0
I was not a fan of this. Most of the pages were dark because of everything happening in outer space, but that was very hard on the eyes. I also don't think this was a good first volume. I felt lost, disconnected from the story, and not interested in any of the characters. There didn't seem to be much character development.
geese82's review against another edition
3.0
I kinda like the anime version, the pacing on this seemed rushed and the development of the story just made me question everything.
count_zero's review against another edition
4.0
I haven't read any of Attack on Titan yet. Nor have I seen any of the show. However, I have a really good understanding of the work's tone, and I think Knights of Sidonia pulls off that kind of tone better than I've heard Attack on Titan does. The action is gruesome, but it manages to do so without falling back on the same kind of beat over and over, which by accounts Titan does.
The monsters are visually unnerving, without the potential for the designs to become quite as unintentionally comic, as some of the Titan designs can be, due to the monsters being totally inhuman -.
Also, in this volume, while the body count is lower than the body count from the start of Attack on Titan, the stake's feel just as high, and the writers don't have to casually massacre hundreds of civilians to get the stakes across. Only one character dies in this volume, and it's enough to sell the threat.
The monsters are visually unnerving, without the potential for the designs to become quite as unintentionally comic, as some of the Titan designs can be, due to the monsters being totally inhuman -
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until they kill a human and transform their appearance into a 30' form of that human.Also, in this volume, while the body count is lower than the body count from the start of Attack on Titan, the stake's feel just as high, and the writers don't have to casually massacre hundreds of civilians to get the stakes across. Only one character dies in this volume, and it's enough to sell the threat.
entwifereads's review against another edition
2.0
Had a hard time following this one. Lots of gaps that didn't make sense. Beautiful art and interesting premise, but I don't think I'll be continuing this series unfortunately.
_michelle_'s review against another edition
4.0
It's a fun diversion, but I don't like it as much as the anime. The anime follows this volume pretty closely (though not exactly), but things seemed to go a little too fast when presented in book form. I don't know why that it, but it seemed fast to me. The artwork isn't anything great here; the anime is a cut above, in my opinion, because of the (apparent) mixture of hand-drawn animation combined with CGI during the space/gauna scenes. That doesn't translate in the manga. The artwork's OK, don't get me wrong, just nothing special.
meghan_is_reading's review against another edition
Mechas! I really dig the artwork in this one.
jokoloyo's review against another edition
3.0
This is a space opera mecha manga for YA. For the first volume, as usual there are a lot of character introductions, starting sub plots, etc. Promising? Yes.
Sidonia is a huge giant self-sustained colony ship. Reminded me of Rama the giant ship of Arthur C. Clarke's [b:Rendezvous with Rama|112537|Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)|Arthur C. Clarke|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405456427s/112537.jpg|1882772] but built by human race. The mechas are the "knights" using javelin-like weapons that could kill regenerating space alien enemy race.
So far, I haven't seen anything mind blowing, but I will continue to read.
Sidonia is a huge giant self-sustained colony ship. Reminded me of Rama the giant ship of Arthur C. Clarke's [b:Rendezvous with Rama|112537|Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)|Arthur C. Clarke|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405456427s/112537.jpg|1882772] but built by human race. The mechas are the "knights" using javelin-like weapons that could kill regenerating space alien enemy race.
So far, I haven't seen anything mind blowing, but I will continue to read.
amartinios's review against another edition
1.5
Somewhat confusing to follow, sometimes things just seem to jump from one place in the story to another, and you don't really know why or what's going on beyond the very basics.