The characters play heavily on stereotypes of the various races that where kidnapped for the experiment. And for a Japanese man writing this in the 1960s, that was a daring story to tell. The story, as I said, isn't complex, but the writing speaks volumes to those who profit on war, and try to keep the populous in a state of permanent terror. Now that they have been turned into cyborgs they are rebelling against those who turned them into what they are - they refuse to become mindless weapons of mass destruction. 9 individuals, the quiet or low end of society, where kidnapped and used as test subjects to be the worlds next step in the arms race. The plot is simple with a dramatic (at the time) statement about the flaws of society. But now that I'm older I'm ecstatic that I've found it once again. I highly doubt that I understood completely the meaning and messages behind this growing up. I always had scattered memories of what it was about - but never more than that.Īfter reading the first volume, I can say with certainty that this is an amazing series. I couldn't remember much about it after I got older, but I remember it being one I watched every week, a series I loved. I remembered watching and loving it as a kid growing up (I believe the anime was out in either the late 90s or early 2000s).
The main reason I bought it was for the nostalgia aspect. I bought the first five volumes of this series from my local nerd store, owned by one of my friends.
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