To Terra… 3
Posted: August 9, 2007 Filed under: To Terra... 1 Comment »I was kind of impressed how fast this series moved in the third and final volume. There weren’t any more digressions, the Mu went directly to Terra and threatened regular humans. How does that turn out? Not well. Not well for anyone.
Jomy still maintained best character status. He commands an army of super-mu who angst and complain a lot. Well, some of them do, I kind of liked the head of this army save for his ego. They all have kind of big egos, so it feels pretty good when things don’t go their way. Jomy has no ego though, and is driven solely by the desire to get to Terra, and he brings this up over and over again. Most other times I would find this extremely annoying, but the reinforcement is used quite effectively here.
While the ending was a little vague and symbolic (ie, the last three or so pages flew over my head), the final “showdown” of Jomy vs. Keith vs. Mother that occurred at the end was very satisfying. I can’t think of any way to make that better, really.
Though it got a bit boring at parts, it managed to stay quite a beautiful story throughout. The artwork and emotional characters (complete with crying fits) make the story very classy, and while I think this series shows its age quite a bit, I think it’s overall a really great read. I’ve got no regrets.
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