Outrage - thoughts

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**-Loki-**

So, Outrage is hitting shelves. I got mine through the week and today sat down for half an hour and managed to get halfway through it. I'm seeing zero discussion online, which is surprising since I know there was an early release at Adepticon (and I think Rumble?) so I'm making a discussion thread. Mark all spoilers, preferably with approximate location in the book..

Overall, I'm pretty happy with it. I've never read a manga before, so I can't comment on how it holds up to the medium, but the art is really great and aside from the odd typo - which in itself is these days a mark of being an Infinity product - it's well written. Not sure if it's normal to knock out something so fast, given all up I'm guessing an hour to read through it. Other graphic novels have taken longer but have been larger format pages and more text heavy.

Spoilers beware! About the halfway point.

Spoiler:

I really hope they do more. While it's a short read, it's very pretty, entertaining, and like reading an action film. There were some odd jumps between scenes, but I'm guessing that's just like a 'wipe to other loction' type thing.

**Kanluwen**

Was the art more of a cartoony style or "realistic" style?

I have a copy coming soon, just didn't pay much attention beyond the snippets here and there. As negative as I can be, I do like them trying new things when it doesn't impact things on their end too dramatically(art books and this seem to have had negligible impact on CB themselves) so I'm happy to support endeavors like this.

**-Loki-**

Both. The cover art is a good idea of how they drew the majority of it, but there's some scenes drawn to be a bit more cartoony.

The art style seemed to reflect the mood of the scene. Combat was very serious and hard edged. Moments of levity were a bit more cartoony.

It's definitely a manga in overall art style though, so go in expecting that.

**Kalamadea**

Just got mine yesterday, pretty good read. Nothing amazing as far as manga goes, but it's a solid enough story and, importantly, it's an Infinity story. Were I just to rate it as a stand alone sci-fi manga title it would unfortunately be a bit mediocre and I don't know that it will draw in much interest from people that aren't already invested in the setting (there is a lot of really great stuff out there) but for anyone looking for more Infinity lore it really bumps it up a few notches. Art is absolutely solid throughout, although a few of the action scenes aren't quite as clear as they could be.

Spoiler:

So yeah, overall I enjoyed it but wasn't amazed by it. I'm an Infinity fanboy so I'd give it a B, although honestly for anyone else it's really a just a C

**plastictrees**

I think it could have been a better story told over several books. As it is it feels rushed, and fails to distinguish the Infinity world as being especially unique. I'm sure the latter wasn't what they were necessarily shooting for, but as the first piece of stand alone Infinity fiction there are going to be certain expectations.
Art is good for the style, action is a bit confusing, but that's not unusual for the genre. Type setting is a little awkward in the english version.

Ultimately it's fine. A neat venture for CB and I do hope they do more, but not something I would buy if it didn't have 'Infinity' on it.

**-Loki-**

Kalamadea wrote:

Spoiler:

Would have been great if the team thought they'd gotten through the mission only to have Jethro take one out right as they were celebrating a successful mission. That headshot on the ninja would have been all that more powerful if it was just him and then the whole team had to deal with being sold out to yu Jing/media. That could force the team into hunting him down in the 2nd half of the story to clear themselves, getting taken out one-by-one Predator style and ending in the Knauf vs Jethro battle. Certainly would have lent more impact to each death and given the members some more screen time. Maybe instead of the main Hexa agent (Emily iirc) being betrayed and forced into freelancing, she knowingly takes the fall to protect Hexahedron. Hexa agents are described as being crazy loyal to PanO, willing to whatever they deem necessary to protect it no matter who it destroys, yet we have 2 (3 really) of them go rogue in the same story. Could have had a

Half way spoilers

Spoiler:

I really hope they do more. Now they've done their first as a more generic story, they can do some stories that dig deeper into the Infinity universe.

**JBSchroeds**

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**master of ordinance**

It was actually quite good in my eyes, portraying the desperate fight for survival by the surviving team members after their plan goes wrong. However, there are a few quibbles I have:

Spoiler:

Apart from those one very interesting thing that it did spawn was a wave of anons on 4chan/tg crying about Emily being innocent and how she was set up, and a victim. Do people not read the fluff? She was a Hexa agent, and to be Hexahedron you have to be the very special kind of scum that would kill their dear old granny if their boss told them too.

**Chillreaper**

I was happy with how it turned out.

Close enough to "real" manga from my amateurish perspective, enough stuff going on in the panels to make it worth another couple of reads. Wasn't anything that really clashed with how I imagined the Infinity universe to work, or look.

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