Astra Lost in Space

I came across this series right after consuming one of SJ’s recent series The Promised Neverland. A friend I know on Twitter recommended two titles to me, Kimetsu no Yaiba and Astra Lost in Space. The latter was the one he loved the most and he told me it was a more obscure SJ title that has yet to see deserved praise. Given my sense of empathy, I wanted to look into Astra Lost in Space first to see if I would love it as my friend. I was highly impressed with the art and character design, immediately thinking about why this has become notableto the manga community. Astra Lost in Space does start out fairly generic with a nice little premise about nine kids being mysteriously sent to space, wanting to return to their home planet. As the chapters progress, I gradually started to get attached to the characters. The combination of teamwork and leadership with the element of survival on an unknown planet created intrigue and decent character development. As the story progresses (Particularly in the halfway point), the plot starts to really kick in with so many plot twists that made all of the character development more impactful. The connections the kids have had some of the most intense moments that highly entertained me and had me caring for the characters by a big degree. Reading that last chapter, seeing everyone happy with things back to normal, I could not help but feel empty. Astra Lost in Space is a short, but powerful journey about friendship. I highly recommend reading the entire series in a day, as the manga has only 49 chapters. Give it time to let its story take loose, and I can guarantee you will be hooked to the end. I really hope to see an anime adaptation in 2018, because the creator (Kenta Shinomura) deserves to earn many rewards for creating a fantastic manga. I look forward to his next work. I hope his new series will follow similarly to Astra in terms of focusing on great character development and story.

Astra Lost In Space is the first manga I pick to read from the new Shonen Jump app, I didn't truly know what to expect but it quickly become one my all time favorite manga stories. Astra Lost in Space is perfect space adventure!! Lots of fun twists and turns!! I love how it actually felt like a space story, and centers on different planets and exportation and that survival is key, it was fast moving story with lots of cliffhanger moments, a really nice thriller too. The characters really fit together, and it wasn't just other spaceadventure or even love story, sometimes those moments take away from the space adventure or key characters. Overall I really love this manga, and I am happy it's getting made into anime!!

This is hands-down the best sci-fi manga I have ever read. All of the characters are great. It basically has an ensemble cast, so each character gets pretty equal time. It was a quick read, but it did not feel like it was too short, and more importantly, it wasn't too long because I read it all in one night. I just couldn't put it down. I went to bed at 4 a.m. and paid dearly for it the next day at work (it was worth it). My favorite character was probably the high I.Q. genius guy, and the only flaw with the story, ishow there are things the other characters figure out that he should have been able to.