Mardock Scramble
| I really liked the manga, starting with its characters design, its simple but captivating story and the Rune Balot character from beginning to end...But I felt the end very hurried, feel that the story could cover more, extend more in your world and better use several of his characters, I didn't even realize when I was already in the final chapter. |
Isvi_BerserkDec 17, 2019 11:22 PM
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| Overall I liked the series but it had some pacing issues and was essentially two different series rolled into one. The start was a dark cyber punk dystopia followed by a rushed utopia arc. It was crazy how they had the whale jump out and cut to just being done with the chase rushing the climax of the arc. The second series that was thematically related but completely different was the casino arc. It was a long mostly low tech gambling arc but it had the best characters in the series. While I liked it, honestly it could be cut out and done as its own thing. It thematically works but was a plot culdesac that feels bloated and out of place. The last bit wraps it all together decently but it too felt rushed and more like a traditional crime story ending restoring order to the world instead of a traditional cyberpunk tragic ending. I just feel towards the end of the second arc the author really didn't want to do the series he started and made a frankensteins monster of series that the thematically has a good through line but lacks a focus that would elevate it beyond being just an interesting but unfortunately mid series. |
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