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Blank Slate, Vol. 1 (2008)

by Aya Kanno(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1421519240 (ISBN13: 9781421519241)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

VIZ Media

series

Blank Slate

review 1: A story about a guy named Zen with no memory of the past 20 years who's a killing machine in a colonized society. There are anti-imperialism overtones despite the main character being aloof about it all. His excuse for helping the doctor aid the Amatans against the imperialistic Galayans is his urge to kill. He moves fast, has exceptional strength, and so his Humanity is questioned several times. It becomes something that even Zen wants to explore because he defends his freedom fiercely, and would not want to be a prisoner of his own past/urges. I'm curious to see where this will go from here, although I'm guessing that Zen himself is a genetic product of the colonization since his unusual pale skin + dark hair combo is pointed out at least twice in this volume.The art is ... morebeautiful and so are the characters.
review 2: Eh. An interesting idea, but the conversation and characterization is pretty wooden and I just don't really care about the characters. Many events happen so fast that I was confused when we moved on so quickly.A fun idea about a man (Zen) who wakes up with no memory of who he is, just an urge to be evil. As he meets people, he begins to encounter other people who know him from his past or who help him realize that perhaps he is being controlled by someone or something else. I will read the second one so I know the results, but if it was a longer series I would skip it. less

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