Atom: The Beginning (Manga Discussion)

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

He actually looks like some sort of bird headed Egyptian monster.

[Shiyonasan]

The preview for Chapter 8 is now available.

We get a little of Moriya in this chapter, as well as a little more Tenma and Ochanomizu interaction.

http://www.heros-web.com/works/viewer/atom_1508/index.html#page=1

[Fauna]

What I can take away from this chapter sample:

Moriya is annoyed that his handicap has prevented him from being able to go on a big trip out, and the old lady in the beginning of this is either a relative or a family friend nicknamed "Baaya" (likely from "obaasan", the term for "grandmother".) Moriya calls for his butlers Hamilton and Maldives, but instead finds they've been somehow replaced by two girls from a robot themed restaurant. Moriya retreads and calls a Dr. Bremner.

Baaya and Motoko are flying the other kids out to an island, but the entire time, Tenma has been daydreaming. Ochanomizu insists he must be thinking about someone, and hits a lucky shot when he guesses it must be Dr. Lolo (see chapter 5-6.) Tenma is horrified, but the others just talk about something involving Dr. Lolo and the previous robot fight. Then, they start to approach the island.



This is certainly an emotion I haven't seen Tenma ever drawn with before.

[Shiyonasan]

The preview for Chapter 9 is now available.

Very little dialogue this time around; it's mainly just action.

[url]http://www.heros-web.com/works/viewer/atom_1509/index.html#page=1[/url]

Also, I like this month's chapter cover. I think Ran is my favorite character so far in this series:

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[Tetsuwan Penguin]

Seems to be a bit of a send off to "Atom-Cat" in there too!

[Fauna]

Not much to report in the story for this chapter...it looks like Ran is still on the island, with her robot cat, where she and the guys flew to in the previous chapter. Mars and other robots are scouting out the forest, likely for A106. Mars is about to kill the small utility robot A104, but willingly goes to save it. From there, Mars runs off on his own while A106 takes on Mars's companions, but Ran is stranded around Mars.

One thing of note in this chapter is that Mars's ultimate weapon is his lit hand...he can give a target one strong chop with it, slicing the target in half with the assist of strength and super hot lasers.

[Shiyonasan]

Chapter 10's preview is now available. A new character (presumably a major villain) is present, and there's lots of action and fighting. There's also a couple good silly expression panels which I've posted in the [url=http://www.astroboy-online.com/forums/showthread.php?p=235163#post235163]Silly Expressions thread[/url].

[url]http://www.heros-web.com/works/viewer/atom_1510/index.html[/url]

This is the new character I mentioned. I think he introduces himself here:

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[Umbral-Coltwings]

The guy in front of the robot looks like Noh Uno, but with long hair!

[Fauna]

Somebody get EyeOdyssey in here, because that's definitely a re-envisioning of Noh Uno! The chapter doesn't seem to say his name yet, though. The panel Shiyonasan posted has him going, "This is, this is, a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Tenma, Mr. Ochanomizu." He's obviously some kind of whimsical guy.

[EyeOdyssey]

And the fanclub of one rejoices!
Yes! He's back! Never expected to see him return actually, but there he is. This is great!