Battle Angel Alita, Volume 5: Angel Of Redemption (Battle Angel Alita (Graphic Novels))

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Book Reviews of Battle Angel Alita, Volume 5: Angel Of Redemption (Battle Angel Alita (Graphic Novels))

Book Review: Excellent! A must-read for Alita fans.
Summary: 5 Stars

Two years on from her successful motorballing stint, Alita is back living in the scrapyard alongside old friends. Her relatively peaceful lifestyle as a singer is however cut short by a sinister face from the past, Zapan. Having being repeatedly shamed by Alita in the past, including losing his hunter-warrior status and having his face distroyed, he's now an insane killer and more hungry for revenge than ever.

Factor in the equally mentally unstable dark genius Professor Desty Nova, and his rather haphazard experiments, and you have an explosive combination... I don't want to give away any plotlines, but once again this instalment of B.A.A. is heavy on death and destruction, including the deaths of some of the older characters. As usual Kishiro doesn't shy away from depicting visceral violence; so maybe not best to read this while eating your dinner. The gore and general adult themes in this book (murder, drugs etc) are possibly the most extreme in the series so far, so be warned. Having said that, there's nothing here that will genuinely offend seasoned Alita readers!

Although Alita seems to have put her search for her past life on the backburner in this book, we still get a few more teasing insights into the interaction betwen Tiphares and the Scrapyard. But the real star here is the quite involving and emotional storyline; Zapan's inner turmoil, Alita's new-found maturity and responibility, the enigmatic Desty Nova, and so on. The final section of the book is particularly highly charged with these conflicting emotions. The ending is a bit of a tear-jerker, too, but the story isn't over for Alita quite yet...

This book really is a must for Alita fans, but newcomers to the series will get the most out of this book by reading the series from the start.

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