I’m a fan of steampunk. The use of old tech to build modern breakthroughs is always appealing (and the look of it is always cool). It’s also an underutilized aesthetic, so I jump at the chance to read, watch, and play whatever steampunk media I can get my hands on. Recently that has been Levius, a battle manga with a good artstyle and a by-the-numbers plot.
Set in an alternate world where a breakthrough in steam-powered technology has advanced tech to the 21st century, the locations are lavishly drawn, making for a believable setting. The new tech advancement also led to a great war. After the war ended, the populace became united around the sport of MMA (Mechanical Martial Arts). It’s essentially Victorian-era mixed martial arts where athletes can augment themselves with mechanical enhancements.
One of the rising stars is Levius, our good-looking and battle-scarred protagonist. A civilian casualty of the war, the fighting cost him an arm and placed his mother in a coma. He gets equipped with a mechanical arm and sent to live with his standoffish but very loving Uncle, Zack and wise-coot Grandmother. After having an epiphany, Levius develops a hero complex and joins MMA to save his mother. You see, Levius had a dream that he was in an MMA bout on a floating island while his mother watched from the stands, so he wants to rise through the ranks and fulfill this dream. If any of this reads like Battle Angel Alita or any other battle-focused manga of your choice, that’s because it does. The manga even includes an Alita-looking character.
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But honestly, that’s okay when you have such a unique artstyle. The locations are lavishly drawn, and that includes the characters. The character designs are some of the most realistic I’ve seen in a manga, and that’s a good thing. It makes all the violence feel real and gives the fighting dramatic stakes. I also like the focus on motifs; you can’t go a page or two without one panel being a close-up on an eye or flying bird. It gives each moment more thematic depth that I enjoy.
But this is a battle manga, so how are the battles? The fights themselves can be a bit hard to follow. While you can always see the end result, it’s hard to know what happened in between. The battles lack the flow that made classics like Battle Angel Alita and Berserk such a joy to read.
If you’re okay with a prototypical plot, I’d recommend this book. The art is good, the style is unique, and the story does make you feel something. The volume covers many themes that a cyberpunk story would, but the steampunk world created differentiates Levius enough to stand on its own.
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It’s the 19th century, and the world has entered the Era of Rebirth, recovering from the devastating flames of war. The sport of mechanical martial arts has galvanized the nations. Cybernetically augmented fighters turn their blood into steam and their bodies into brutal fighting—and killing—machinesCromwell is the main protagonist of the series (manga) and /est (manga). He is participating in the Mechanical Martial Arts cybernetic boxing.
Is a young man with light blond hair and blue eyes. He has a good physique and his right arm is replaced by a mechanical one.
Is a downright, but sensitive person who deeply cares about his mother and wishes that she would be healthy and conscious again. When he sets a goal for himself, he does a lot to achieve it; his determination and stubbornness often get him in dangerous situations, but he manages to adapt to them rather quickly by observing and learning from others. He’s also headstrong.
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When Green Bridge was under attack, went to look for his mother who was in the hospital at that time. On his way towards it, he got attacked by an automation and his mother, who ran from the hospital to look for him, protected him with his body, but the automation steam cannon still hit his arm. As the automation was about to finish them, Oliver E. Kingsley came and destroyed it. Seeing his arm getting corroded from the toxic steam cannon, he had to amputate it to save his life.
Zacks Cromwell's mother informed him that Cromwell would be coming to live with them as his brother Nicholas had died in the war and his wife was in a coma. Zacks went to the station to wait for , but fell asleep. then came and sat next to him, and about a hour later Zacks woke up, surprised by the presence of , who told him who he was and that he waited long enough and they needed to go.
On the way to the car, Zacks asked if knew anything about him and started explaining what he knew about him, with Zacks having to stop him in the end. He then commented he was probably single, as he wasn't good with kids.
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Back at his home, Zacks started talking about to his mother, telling her that he was looking at his mother and that he entered in a coma after she got injured in the war and that he lost his arm the same day. Later as he smoked outside, he was thinking how hard it must have been for a 12 year old. He went inside from the window and returned the photo he had to , who then put it in his album, but didn't allow for Zacks to look into it. Zacks started telling and old story about how he fought with a buddy and then he died in the war, so he couldn't apologize, and then tried to leave, but showed him a picture and asked if he knew that place. Zacks recognized it and that it was close to the only MMA Hall in the area. wanted to go and see it, as he wanted to see where his mother grew up.
Then helped Zacks to fix the car, so they can go to the MMA Hall. On their way, asked Zacks if he hated Nicholas. Zacks commented that he was revolutionary, but the government treated him as rebel, and because of that they got treated as traitors, but as the topic was too serious, he tried to not speak much of it. then commented it's better to talk about it, as it makes you feel better and that it was good thing that Nicholas has died.
Reaching the place, thought he was his young mother and rushed out of the car and ended up running into the stadium. As Zacks caught up to him, explained he saw his young mother. They stayed in the stadium, until it closed, even after it had started to rain. Few days later at Zacks house, he explained to his mother that Cromwell thought he saw his mother and that today was the first day to go and see his mother in the hospital.
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As they went to see his mother, Zacks left him with her and went outside to smoke. When came, Zacks explained he couldn't handle hospitals and apologized for leaving earlier. While went to pee, Zacks was recalling that he expected to see tubes and all, but he had wounds all over her body too, understanding it must have been hell.
As returned to the car, after he cried, seeing him, Zacks tried to cheer him up saying that after some bad things happen, good things follow and eventually all balances out. then asked Zacks if he believed in the power of dreams and that the other day when he saw his mother and followed her, he ended up in the ring fighting with her at his side. And now every night he dreams of him being adult and fighting in the tournament with his mom watching. then explained that on the day of the accident, his mother was about to be operated on, but the attack occurred, he ran towards towards the hospital but got caught up in the fighting. As he woke up, he was with a mechanical arm and the people that found him told him that his mother was shielding him, as she heard he disappeared, she went out looking for him. He then told that the doctors told him to give up, as she would never be able to talk or laugh again, blaming himself for all of that.
Was at Bill Weinberg, who was performing maintenance on his prosthetic arm as it was causing him pain. When Bill was ready, wanted to leave, but Bill warned him that if he leaves in the cold before his pain haven't subdued, the place will become more sensitive for pain, but still decided to leave.
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He met his grandmother and asked where Zacks Cromwell. As Zacks came, they headed to the hospital, Zacks was trying to tell a funny story, but mind was elsewhere. At the hospital, he went
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