Gunnm - Mars Chronicle 012

[reg0325]

Finally we see some shit actions going on! So exciting!!

http://rg.to/file/f504b0bad68b1df554e22 ... 2.zip.html

[AR-99]

Thanks. Painful to download from Rapidgator, took several tries to get the d/l link and only after removing the referral code. This is a raw BTW.

Spoiler:

Danko, the talking part of the shoulder gun, looks like this tentacle I saw in a Darkstalkers hentai pic years ago with Felicia and Morrigan. If that rings a bell for anyone, holla.

Qu Tsang mentioning Frau X. Looks like Sechs doing some Guntroll work with Niz.

[youngred]

Hey, I'm a fan of Battle Angel Alita. Thank you so much for posting scans of the new chapter!

[Abaddon]

Ugh, Rapidgator... Zippyshare mirror:

http://www8.zippyshare.com/v/tKSlLU4o/file.html

[Sam]

That one sounds really exiting!
But I'm wondering, is that really no 12 and we are really off with the translation or is that just a numbering issue?

[hennyo]

It appears we are quite behind on the translation based on this chapter raw showing up.

[^Ripper]

That has to be a numbering issue.

Chapter 1 was released a full chapter.
Then chapters 2-6 were divided into 2.
So 1 + (5*2) = 11, and then this one = 12 (releases).

It even reads "log 007" aka chapter 7.
And this ones is another full chapter release, seeing the 31 pages.

[MrFaber]

Ok, what the hell is happening anyway? It looks like light years foreward in the story. Did we miss anything?

Spoiler:

Nice to see guntroll again anyway

Do u think Alita and Erika are being serious in their fight or are they just checking each other's skills? That antiberzerk bullet seemed pretty nasty.

[kuroro86]

Spoiler:

in my humble opinion they just meat after the school was bombed and Erika is having fun playing with Alita.

I'm happy about the Time jump, didn't feel interested in 2 little kids.

But to be fair I don't like Alita design, reminds me too much of the Mass produced.

And I want to know what happened to Sechs

[MrFaber]

We have a hint about secs.

Spoiler:

Looks like he is working with some military force. I guess Queen Lameira's (if that's the name, i don't remember). There is also the railman from guntroll team who fight side by side with him.

[AR-99]

Ok, what the hell is happening anyway? It looks like light years foreward in the story. Did we miss anything?

Missed how they got into Grunthal and became badass.

Spoiler:

There's no hint of Mars Kingdom Parliament work from what I can see. Maybe Sechs replaced Laib, who he killed with the monkey during the ZOTT.

[MrFaber]

Spoiler:

Getto and Kohen (or Getz and Koen or whatever the name is, i hate this japanase naming issue, they really shoud quit using ideograms, damn, hammurabi has been dead for millenia) didn't die. Sechs was performing a coup de grace but he was stopped by a rock thrown by Niz the railman. But it's ok, they weren't members of Stellar Nursery Society in the first place. They were just occasional allies SNS called for Z.O.T and other occasions. And Laib was Niz's father who died in the destruction of SNS' asteroid

[AR-99]

You're right, I stand corrected.

Spoiler:

Getz and Koen are clearly dead after being brought back to the Guntroll base and they make no subsequent appearances.

Since they were so instrumental to the SNS, I find it hard to believe that they weren't effectively members. The SNS has no friends except the MKP and are considered an outcast by the major powers. They couldn't get asylum anywhere after their asteroid was destroyed, so they entered the ZOTT for the immunity. If the 2 weren't SNS members before, as part of the Guntroll team they became so by default.

Just realized that Erica spit out the round that was fired at her. Literally biting the bullet.

Wonder what Kunstler school she got into. Erica is getting the drop on Yoko more than once, the Frau X confirmation is just waiting to happen.

[MrFaber]

Spoiler:

I re-read the sequence of Sechs+Bunnies Vs Gitz and Kohen yesterday. They are alive and talk with Sechs after the final blow of the match, then they are eliminated and carried away, but they are more likely just motion disabled. Heads were intact and guys who recieved far more extensive chest damages, like Niz, for istance, survived with no much life risk.

And for being part of SNS, Qu Zang states that (this time) Gitz and Kohen agreed to join the ZOT and they asked no payment. Why is joining the ZOT optional to them and why should they ask money if they where already part/emploees of SNS. They are quoted, in some translations as Guntroll Allies, in other as Guntroll Bodyguards. I still guess they are some king of friends/hirelings of the SNS yet no part of them. They are more likely part of some military organization or contractors of some kind, since they define their jobs as to "fight against starships"


About Erika Vs Alita, the bullet is shot by the tentacle rape smartgun's initiative, and in the panel after Alita seems shocked by the event. Maybe she never intended to fight to death and so, again, i can really be a sparring match

[MrFaber]

Something curious. I was checking the names upon the memorial stone to se who's the monument was about, and i noticed "Cicciolina, I" among the names.

That's pretty strange. How did Kishiro came out with such a name? Cicciolina is an italian term, mostly an invented word, and it was the name of art of Ilona Staller, (note the I initial), a pornstar who was very famous in italy and somehow world wide between the 70's and the 80's.

Can this ever be a reference to her? O_o

[AR-99]

Why are we talking in spoilers about past events?

You're right that Niz survived a massive hole in the chest, and he was even talking after he was brought in. But Getz and Koen are out and everyone's reactions tells you that the worst has happened.

[MrFaber]

The panel in which they lie down standing still like in a morgue, looking well at it, looks like they are dead. The kids cry, but it looks like they are scary for Niz descending to battle. I don't know I still think they survived. Now i'm really curious, i hope the conversation between Caella and Qi reveals something about them when translated

[Silvery]

First of all, thanks for the scans and the upload!

Spoiler:

The shift to the present feels kinda abrupt. Eh, we're probably going to see more flashbacks, anyway. The atmosphere of the sudden encounter with Erica seems... weird, though I find it a bit hilarious that she's just toying with one of the biggest badasses in the known universe (well, as far as we know). Gally's design is okay, but I'm a bit sad that Kishiro's style still seems to be evolving into the direction I don't like much. I'm glad that almost all my favourite characters are making a comeback! I hope that Sechs isn't going to be only mentioned in passing.

[HumanRage]

holy hell kishiro, why and how would she spit the CARTRIDGE of the bullet on page 30 ???

[AR-99]

Spoiler:

I think Erica deflected the actual around which impacted the aircraft but yeah, the cartridge you expect to be ejected from the gun, not fired. Maybe Berserker Bullets are just different since the ejection isn't shown from the gun. Kishiro is very detail oriented with his guns so it'd be hard to believe this was a mistake.

[VehicleReversing]

Spoiler:

I thought she fired a bullet hidden in her mouth with her teeth or something to deflect the Berserker round, based on the text, not quite sure though.

[thearkive]

holy hell kishiro, why and how would she spit the CARTRIDGE of the bullet on page 30 ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGPIQ72-2Vg

Probably runs off similar technology. 65% more bullet per bullet is worth it, I think.

[HumanRage]

Spoiler:

I thought she fired a bullet hidden in her mouth with her teeth or something to deflect the Berserker round, based on the text, not quite sure though.

i hope you are right

[kuroro86]

Guy as far as I understood she simply dodged the bullet and than smiled for the audience.

[MrFaber]

Kuroro, the point is not wheter or how she dodged the bullet. The point is she spits a bullet shell, which is a part of a bullet the gun doesn't shot. The gun shots the head of the bullet cunsuming che explosive inside the shell, then the gun expelles the shell, usualy from top or side.

So why is Erika spitting a shell instad of a head of a bullet? Looks like Kishiro made a rookie mistake. But the it was objected that she had a whole bullet hidden in her mouth and, as a secret tecnic, she is able to bite it and shot the bullet head, even to intercept a point blanck bullet shot toward her.