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Makoto Yukimura: Planetes. (2004, Tokyopop)

Fee decides to spend more time with her son and husband. Hachimaki is at the threshold of a new era for mankind as he and the crew of the Van Braun finally reach Jupiter. However, the engineer of the Jupiter Mission becomes haunted by the deaths of all those who lost their lives in pursuit of his vision.

195 pages

Langue : English

Publié 6 janvier 2004 par Tokyopop.

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  • Graphic novels.
  • Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan.

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a publié une critique de Planetes par Makoto Yukimura

Bad science, odd characters

This tries to do the »hard SF« thing, and fails. It tries to combine space debris with Earth-bound garbage collectors, and throws out orbital mechanics at the very start. That’s not the only example.

When Hachimaki actually gets any kind of character, i found it rather off-putting. »Space, space, space. No love. I must land on Jupiter (!) to get money. Nothing else matters!«

Also, the ship’s name, »von Braun« (or, going by the Uniforms, »VON BROWN«. Ugh. They had to pick the literal Nazi. »›Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down. That’s not my department.‹ says Wernher von Braun.« »›Maybe I’m just like him (von Braun). Some people will do anything to get into space.‹« Well, don’t be that way! But in the manga that’s it. End of discussion. He is that way. Just like the Nazi. (That is from volume 2, but …