In a nutshell, Battle Angel Alita tells the story of Alita, an amnesiac cyborg who is taken in by a kind doctor in a dystopian scrapyard city where cybernetic implants are common and life has little value. Alita unravels her past little by little, discovers she is a ferocious fighter, faces many challenges and setbacks while trying to help her loved ones, all while fighting against her own doubts, insecurities and destiny.
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My first contact with manga author Inio Asano was in the Sol Bookstore in the ethnic Liberdade neighborhood of São Paulo. I was just browsing random manga and the cover of What a Wonderful World! stood out for me: just a guy with a weird, childish bear mask holding a gun and a suitcase.
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Quadrinhos são muito mais que super heróis de colante ou garotos de cabelos espetados salvando o mundo. Que tal uma chef de cozinha descontente com sua vida e que quer abrir seu próprio restaurante? Essa é a premissa inicial de Repeteco, a mais recente graphic novel de Bryan Lee O’Malley, famoso pela série Scott Pilgrim.
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