Imagine if you will, a broken and fragile country gets terrorized by a bombings. Akiyuki Takehara is an unlucky victim of a bus bombing that not only leaves him with scars but a beast that now is apart of him called the Xam'd. Confused by what happens, he ends up taking a journey to understand what this organism wants. He joins up with a crew and travels around doing menial labor. But he must understand that if he fails to control the monster within, it will fight against him every step of the way.
An audacious series that explores not only different cultures within the world but the interactions that could occur if something like a war was to arise. The main character along with the characters on the ship have rich and deep backgrounds that they come from. The way that they interact among themselves was not forced at all but natural. The monster that inhabit the humans are also of peculiar interest as they force not only the main character to make unusual decisions but many other in the series. Not to mention the exploitation of these monster to try and win the war was refreshing take on how antagonists should work. He had a logical reasoning for his evil but at the same time he was still one to be despised for his actions. He is a human that is teetering on the edge of being non-human. All in all, it was a very well received series that I liked as it had many elements that melded together naturally. Something some series try to force on the viewer.
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