Mardock Scramble 1
Kodansha Comics · Paperback · August 23, 2011
"I'd rather be dead." Rune Balot was a lost girl with nothing to live for, when a man named Shell took her in and cared for her... until he tried to murder her.
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- Who it’s for
- Cyberpunk’s sharp edge meets the question of whether life can be rebuilt.
- Themes
- Seeking justice, Survival and resilience, Betrayal
- Genres
- Cyberpunk Comics, General Manga, Action & Adventure Comics
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"I'd rather be dead." Rune Balot was a lost girl with nothing to live for, when a man named Shell took her in and cared for her... until he tried to murder her. Standing at the precipice of death, Rune is saved by Dr. Easter, a private investigator, who uses an experimental procedure known as "Mardock Scramble 09."
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The procedure grants Balot extraordinary abilities and now Rune must decide whether to use her new powers to help Dr. Easter bring Shell to justice, or if she has the will to keep living a life that's been broken so badly. Includes special extras after the story!
After the Breaking Point
Cyberpunk’s sharp edge meets the question of whether life can be rebuilt.
Come here for
- A power-charged struggle over justice and the will to keep living
Expect
- Hard choices about survival and bringing an attempted murder to justice
- Special extras after the story
Where it sits
| Cyberpunk Comics | 96% |
|---|---|
| Action & Adventure Comics | 57% |
| General Manga | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- General Manga
- Cyberpunk Comics
- Action & Adventure Comics
- Authors
- Tow Ubukata
- Publisher
- Kodansha Comics
- Published
- August 23, 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Seeking justice · Survival and resilience · Betrayal
- Reading lane
- General Manga