User blog comment:SolZen321/My thoughts on ULTRAMAN 2011/@comment-17070698-20140310104544

I pretty much agree with everything you posted here, I have nothing negative to say about this manga to be honest, it's just that great!

I find Shinjiro being comparable to Superman to be a very nice fit, at least to the Man of Steel Superman. Superman in that film, he was always found himself exiled and rejected by the world around him because of what he was, or in more understandable terms, what he couldn't understand/didn't know that he was. And seeing how the action of taking a life has been effecting him, it's very much like Clark from MOS at the end of the film. Although just with a more lasting mental effect. I wonder how he will progress from here.

In terms of Aliens/kaiju, I too find the characters thus far to be amazingly well designed and nicely developed, I was a bit sad when Alien Adacic was killed off, he was the second best villain in the manga right next to Bemular. (Who's my favorite villain thus far. What? Weak kaiju can come back as complete badasses!) Generally because he was a psycho, but a likeable insane one that really helped Shinjiro develop as a character.

Now I once originally thought all creatures introduced thus far were just aliens. But it turns out Red-San is indeed a daikaiju, which normally you'd expected based off of the Ultraman Monster he's related to. Thus far, he is the only declared daikaiju from the author/writers (He has a character reference sheet in Volume 4 like Alien Bris, Shinjiro, etc that states this information, sadly I have yet to find it T_T But I'm sure it will show up eventually) And it also states why he is the size that he is (But you'll be finding out that soon enough in the upcoming weeks!)

Now onto Moroboshi, I have to admit, he's rather...How should I put this...Heartless. I do understand his logic of how an Ultraman should be in taking on the responsibility as an enforcer of peace, order and stability. And yes, as Ultraman you have to be prepared to destroy a life should it come down to that. Because in a way, showing mercy or forgiveness to an enemy can come back on you tenfold. But Moroboshi is painfully blind in seeing that Ultramen aren't heartless warriors, and none of them are cold enforcers. They have a emotional range that expresses compasion, mercy, forgiveness, and reason. Extinction of a life, most of the time, is always a last resort unless the target at hand posses that much of a danger that it cannot continue to exist.

It makes Moroboshi a bit less likeable, but provides an interesting clash of personality when placed alongside Shinjiro. Well he become more merciful later? It remains to be seen.