Origin is the story of a robot trying to understand his objective. The objective that his creator his father give to him Have a proper life
Origin its a good story with great art despite his plot not being something so original but the characters are just incredible its a manga that even if you dont like complicated stories or just want some fights and good drawings its the perfect manga for you but first lets talk about the plot.
Basically USA wanted robots and a company started to make them for USA more specifically a guy named Tanaka he created a robot named Origin but it wasnt that advanced it was like a model but Tanaka loved that robot. Then he created other 7 robots but with the appearance of a human. The factory was burned and Tanaka died with Origin next to him but before he died he talked to Origin and he say have a proper life Origin take it as an objective. Meanwhile the other 7 robots manege to escape and hide in the city and one of them started to have emotions so he became the leader of the group. The group of robots needed money and other things so they started to kill people. After the accident in the factory Origin also started to hide in the city and he made a new body for himself with the appearance of a human. And the story continues with him fighting this robots hiding and having a job because he doesnt have money. Some time later he met a girl a girl named Hirose and there. The plot is quite original but it really doesnt have anything that makes you think wow this is revolutionary but after the story advance it just gets better and better.
The art in this manga is just amazing almost every panel in the fights can be a wallpaper seriously its beautiful. Also the story is well accompanied by a good comedy but this are just minor details the best part about this story are the characters.
Almost every character have a reason to do what they do also how the robots develop and tries to find their objective or starts to have emotions without noticing it its what make me keep reading instead of the battles. The reason of why we develop emotions its because the environment evolves into something complicated and we can no longer survive with just instinct thats why we develop emotions. Origin thought about the final words of his father as nothing more than an objective just a program numbers the way he tries to find out about his objective its impressive but the final words of his father mean have a happy life it was not an objective it was the petition of Tanaka to his beloved creation. Origin find out but he couldnt accomplish that objective if he has no emotions but the death of Hirose was the thing that make the environment of Origin so complicated because Hirose was something that Origin appreciated and thats how he have his first emotion anger. At this point every robot starts to have emotions even if they are simple like Shin he starts to feel pleasure having sex with others robots or humans and because of those emotions they start to fail and die its a bit ironic the thing thats supposed to make them survive in a complicated environment its what makes them die its what makes them betray their comrades and the most ironic part is that the leader the first robot with emotions its the most childish of all. He doesnt have complicated emotions like love like what Son or Origin feels hes just angry angry because his father created him angry because he have to live in a world full of sadness the only thing that made him kill all those people was because he was angry towards his dad hes nothing but a child he locked himself in his own world because he think the external world its depressing and dangerous. All this things may sound simple because its basically a resume but its actually deep and not just the robots have a reason to act like that but also Hirose have a reason to love Origin and at the same feel like she doesnt deserve to be happy Tanaka have a reason to create those robots and thats what makes me love Origin every character have a reason and a development to be what they are and who they would be.
I see some people saying it has a bad ending but actually its a good one Origin could complete his objective by being happy and help other people I dont know what they expected.
Well basically Origin its a good manga and one of the best I read and its weird to see a manga that is deep but it actually can be enjoyed without pay attention to the deep meanings and just enjoy the fights and art. Overall Its a masterpiece and if someone read this review before reading the manga please read the manga even if you know some things because of this review its an experience that you shouldnt miss.
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