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yopoydan_kirjat's review
3.0
Tämä on varmasti vanhinta mangaa, jota olen tähän mennessä lukenut. To Terra on nimittäin alun perin julkaistu vuosien 1977-80 aikana. Piirrostyylissä iän paikoin huomaakin, ja siitä tulee mieleen mm. Mœbiuksen sarjakuvat. Idealtaan tämä on säilynyt hyvin ajattomana.
infinitelibrary's review
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
rhiannoncs's review
3.0
Enjoyed it - I find that I am a great fan of the "Well, we destroyed the Earth...is it time for totalitarianism and brainwashing?" genre (see my love of the Uglies series).
mattylovesmars's review
I was just confused. Maybe that's just a me thing. Beautiful artwork though!
count_zero's review
4.0
This is kind of a slow-paced manga. This volume does a lot of world-building with regards to Terran society and Mu society, as well as our two leads views of their respective societies, Jomy Marcus Shin for the Mu, and Keith Anyan for the Terrans.
(This part may sound spoiler-ish, but it really isn't).
That said, thus far the story does a pretty good job of making the Terran society oppressive enough that you understand why the Mu rebelled, while also making the Terrans sympathetic - their society is oppressive, but it's a society that chose to become oppressive for a specific reason - to make a society that could remain cohesive in spite of humanity's diaspora to the stars, and could also remain united and focused on the task of restoring and repairing the damaged ecosystem of Earth - and would be in agreement on how to prevent it from being despoiled once again, after the planet had been rebuilt. Their greatest sin isn't practicing eugenics, or having a non-traditional family unit (though their attempts to eliminate emotions from society is definitely something I'd consider a bad thing), as much as their greatest sin is treating the Mu, because they're ESPers, and are therefore different, as freaks to be (essentially) dissected and studied, rather than as being human beings like everyone else, and putting humans over their order.
So, I'm definitely interested in reading future books, and seeing how this conflict goes down. This is definitely a situation where both sides are shades of grey, rather than the situation being black-and-white, and I look fore-ward to seeing this play out.
(This part may sound spoiler-ish, but it really isn't).
That said, thus far the story does a pretty good job of making the Terran society oppressive enough that you understand why the Mu rebelled, while also making the Terrans sympathetic - their society is oppressive, but it's a society that chose to become oppressive for a specific reason - to make a society that could remain cohesive in spite of humanity's diaspora to the stars, and could also remain united and focused on the task of restoring and repairing the damaged ecosystem of Earth - and would be in agreement on how to prevent it from being despoiled once again, after the planet had been rebuilt. Their greatest sin isn't practicing eugenics, or having a non-traditional family unit (though their attempts to eliminate emotions from society is definitely something I'd consider a bad thing), as much as their greatest sin is treating the Mu, because they're ESPers, and are therefore different, as freaks to be (essentially) dissected and studied, rather than as being human beings like everyone else, and putting humans over their order.
So, I'm definitely interested in reading future books, and seeing how this conflict goes down. This is definitely a situation where both sides are shades of grey, rather than the situation being black-and-white, and I look fore-ward to seeing this play out.
saf7d8c9's review
5.0
Great idea. Quite well done. I think the anime adopted it better since it tried the thread better.
warneckii's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
readingisemimylife12's review
Dnf
When I read this book I was in high hopes of this to be at less a 2 or 3 but it didn't get any stars. I mean the plot was very interesting and the art was great. However, the flow of everything was just messed up and turned it worst. The characters were childish and unrealistic. And there was so many characters use as plot devices that it became so awkward.
Anyways, to wrap up all my feelings about this book. It was boring and not exciting as I thought it would.
When I read this book I was in high hopes of this to be at less a 2 or 3 but it didn't get any stars. I mean the plot was very interesting and the art was great. However, the flow of everything was just messed up and turned it worst. The characters were childish and unrealistic. And there was so many characters use as plot devices that it became so awkward.
Anyways, to wrap up all my feelings about this book. It was boring and not exciting as I thought it would.
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