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#GunnmDiaries ch 25 (Flask of Karma) vol V
Early today to make up for last Monday.
We're at a turning point in the story. Whatever insanity you've seen so far, it's nothing compared to this.
(note: 'father' symbolically spiralling to his...)
Early today to make up for last Monday.
We're at a turning point in the story. Whatever insanity you've seen so far, it's nothing compared to this.
(note: 'father' symbolically spiralling to his...)
Featuring the latest 80s punks, Alita is teaching combat to all Scrapyard's underachievers.
Her kindness at work, once again.
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Her kindness at work, once again.
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YK depicting intergenerational affection amidst all the blood & gore is worth all appreciation.
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Finally making an appearance...
Nova's residence has an amusing & prominent figurehead - a nude Lady "calming the seas" he's sailing, or angering the enemies he encounters along the way.
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Nova's residence has an amusing & prominent figurehead - a nude Lady "calming the seas" he's sailing, or angering the enemies he encounters along the way.
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Now that we're approaching the very cause of many evils, I confess I've been reading Dune for a while now & this chapter majorly opens up to these grandiose, shared streaks in both works: fate & agency.
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But first... Daisuke Classic.
This fish-man awfully reminds me of few cameo roles in fantasy/sci-fi...
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This fish-man awfully reminds me of few cameo roles in fantasy/sci-fi...
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The moment has come. Abandon all reason. Just a glimpse of his hands quickened my heartbeat.
Nova is like no other fictional character. Sadly, orbiting on a fringe of all perplexing eccentrics.
He is about to turn the tide.
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Nova is like no other fictional character. Sadly, orbiting on a fringe of all perplexing eccentrics.
He is about to turn the tide.
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Showcasing here... a frog in the boiling water.
By now, readers have learned that nothing ends well in this story.
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By now, readers have learned that nothing ends well in this story.
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"Being in this room fills me with a pious sensation, I admit. Everything from the surface is here: love, hatred, open lust, and undeniable madness..."
Human experience, stripped of all its dignity. And this is where Ido walked in.
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Human experience, stripped of all its dignity. And this is where Ido walked in.
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"And what... is the end?!"
"(...)It is to conquer karma itself!!
Is it even possible for humanity to rule over its own karma?! There will be no future for mankind if we do not discover the way to bring our karma to heel!!"
Karma crash course (16 pages): https://bit.ly/33njfu6
"(...)It is to conquer karma itself!!
Is it even possible for humanity to rule over its own karma?! There will be no future for mankind if we do not discover the way to bring our karma to heel!!"
Karma crash course (16 pages): https://bit.ly/33njfu6
Like an earth-shattering time-machine, all effort is nulled, all seals of fate broken: Zapan resurrected.
Dr Nova epitomises both YK's storytelling goals & humanity's implicit resolve to become master of its own fate through science.
The experiment of karma is...
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Dr Nova epitomises both YK's storytelling goals & humanity's implicit resolve to become master of its own fate through science.
The experiment of karma is...
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...the experiment on our own agency. What we do or choose to do is a pull on a string in the entire creation of reality. Such is the concept of prescience in Gunnm.
To be able to see where those strings extend, Nova is about to test it on this flower of ours.
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To be able to see where those strings extend, Nova is about to test it on this flower of ours.
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This is the realisation that a knife twisted in your gut & now you can't reverse it.
Story-wise, for readers, this is Paul Atreides awakening in the desert, beside Lady Jessica, when he sees all that is to come & all that he is.
Nova is here to stay.
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Story-wise, for readers, this is Paul Atreides awakening in the desert, beside Lady Jessica, when he sees all that is to come & all that he is.
Nova is here to stay.
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A girl comes for Alita, hired to take her to Ido, and she literally leaps to the occasion.
Her place, lovely little corner... Heaps of books a sight!
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Her place, lovely little corner... Heaps of books a sight!
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Such was the daily life of one Scrapyard's little resident.
Watching the sunset of just another ordinary day, Alita bids this life goodbye, never to return.
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Watching the sunset of just another ordinary day, Alita bids this life goodbye, never to return.
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"Once you know the secrets of Zalem..."
The weight of it...
Dr Nova has taken upon himself the right to meddle in life & death. So what will that mean for 'him'? Is his mediation the will of the cosmos...? Or punishment in & of itself? Can an anomaly be punished?
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The weight of it...
Dr Nova has taken upon himself the right to meddle in life & death. So what will that mean for 'him'? Is his mediation the will of the cosmos...? Or punishment in & of itself? Can an anomaly be punished?
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'Your body is a weapon' in the very literal sense of things.
"This suit is like one living machine!"
Martian weapons of mass destruction are a terrifying example of neglected tech progress. Like big data?
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"This suit is like one living machine!"
Martian weapons of mass destruction are a terrifying example of neglected tech progress. Like big data?
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Severe brain damage about to wreak havoc.
(Blue Öyster Cult is coming on strong.)
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The hazard that comes from Nova's meddling isn't in the physical damage. It is the frenzy & the intensity that's being pushed on the readers through our main character...
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(Blue Öyster Cult is coming on strong.)
...
The hazard that comes from Nova's meddling isn't in the physical damage. It is the frenzy & the intensity that's being pushed on the readers through our main character...
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...before our very own eyes, Alita is about to perform as Nova's subject for 'moksha' - liberation from karma & the cycle of rebirth. Her choices, her principles & her suffering will now test her.
This is the crossroad.
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This is the crossroad.
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The chapter is over but I wanted to add a few more thoughts.
If I hadn't postponed diaries, I wouldn't have delved so much in the sweet pea trivia & karma topics. Now I see a lot of symbolism ahead.
Also, time & time again, this manga is so fckin reflexive!
If I hadn't postponed diaries, I wouldn't have delved so much in the sweet pea trivia & karma topics. Now I see a lot of symbolism ahead.
Also, time & time again, this manga is so fckin reflexive!
