Contraversial novel written by Koushun Takami. Also serialized as a manga and produced into a feature-length film.
Premise: A random class of 9th graders are sent a island, issued weapons, and forced to kill each other until one student remains, as part of an authoritarian governent program to deal with reckless youth.
Premise: A random class of 9th graders are sent a island, issued weapons, and forced to kill each other until one student remains, as part of an authoritarian governent program to deal with reckless youth.
by BRfan July 5, 2004
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It centers around Gally/Alita, an amnesiac cyborg girl who's found in the rubble of the Scapyard by Doctor Ido. She learns that the ancient Panzer Kunst, the most powerful humanoid cyborg fighting technique, is instilled in her. She then begins to fight so that she can learn who she is and used to be.
The series is amazing and taps into many different themes and philosophical questions. Gally/Alita is constantly trying to find herself; figure out why she fights; what makes a human; what someone's value really depends on; how can we conquer our own karma??? These questions and more are posed in Battle Angel Alita (or Gunnm, it's other name that translates to Gun Dreams) and we see different character's answers and solutions.
It's an AMAZING story written by a great author. It's great for a deep read or something fun and enjoyable. The characters are memorable and make you laugh or cry. It's super violent but not so poorly drawn that you can't figure o'ut what's goin on, too. There's a LOT of blood and brains getting smashed and yum yum yum hahaha but it's still amazing.
There's a movie coming out and a bunch of people will try to jump on the bandwaggon and say they lurved it 4ever, so we'll have to fight through the noobs, but true Battle Angel/Gunnm fans know that when they read that book it seriously changed their lives!!!
It centers around Gally/Alita, an amnesiac cyborg girl who's found in the rubble of the Scapyard by Doctor Ido. She learns that the ancient Panzer Kunst, the most powerful humanoid cyborg fighting technique, is instilled in her. She then begins to fight so that she can learn who she is and used to be.
The series is amazing and taps into many different themes and philosophical questions. Gally/Alita is constantly trying to find herself; figure out why she fights; what makes a human; what someone's value really depends on; how can we conquer our own karma??? These questions and more are posed in Battle Angel Alita (or Gunnm, it's other name that translates to Gun Dreams) and we see different character's answers and solutions.
It's an AMAZING story written by a great author. It's great for a deep read or something fun and enjoyable. The characters are memorable and make you laugh or cry. It's super violent but not so poorly drawn that you can't figure o'ut what's goin on, too. There's a LOT of blood and brains getting smashed and yum yum yum hahaha but it's still amazing.
There's a movie coming out and a bunch of people will try to jump on the bandwaggon and say they lurved it 4ever, so we'll have to fight through the noobs, but true Battle Angel/Gunnm fans know that when they read that book it seriously changed their lives!!!
Battle Angel Alita beats sooo many other mangas on sooo many levels... it's violent, bloody, funny, (at times) romantic, REALLY WELL DRAWN (you can always tell what's going on) and can make even the most tough people break out in tears.
When Alita doubts herself:
"Until now I've always just done what I believed was write... but if I was right, why did all of this happen...?" - Alita
"Answer's simple. When you're stronger and better than everybody, they start to hate you." - Girl
"Why?"
"Geez, you're slow!"
When Alita doubts herself:
"Until now I've always just done what I believed was write... but if I was right, why did all of this happen...?" - Alita
"Answer's simple. When you're stronger and better than everybody, they start to hate you." - Girl
"Why?"
"Geez, you're slow!"
by bitemesucker June 19, 2008
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(n) An erection experienced after the blood lust of engaging in heavy combat and emerging victorious against a far inferior force. The stiffness and duration is directly proportional to the size of the enemy force destroyed and is often used by historians as a measure of the scope of the defeat suffered by the losing side.
After blowing up an entire column of enemy tanks, the pilot of the A-10 climbed out of his jet sporting a raging battle boner so hard and long he was at risk of suffering permanent damage.
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Get the battle-spack mug.A method of couples reconciliation where couples agree to choose who gets final decision making authority for all types of situations to reduce arguments.
Last night my wife and I agreed to take Battle Born Psychology seriously to end our fighting and laid out twelve different situations where she gets final say and I get final say. Our agreements ended immediately.
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Get the Battle of Breakfast mug.N. A large, ugly female that usually cohabitates with smaller, more attractive female companions. The battle troll is typically a hairy mouth-breather that is a backup offensive guard for the local university's football team. A battle troll will become larger, uglier and hairer the more you drink. The heinous cackle of a battle troll will make any virile young man's testicles retreat into the stomach for safety.
She will never procreate because her vagina looks like a gorilla salad.
She will never procreate because her vagina looks like a gorilla salad.
Gertrudle, the local battle troll has fat rolls that spill over the bar stool, protecting her attractive friends in a force field of repugnance.
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