[woolion]

This hands thing, there's a literal note in the manga about it. The man is an old neuro-scientist, but new brain implants that allow for direct CPU connectivity is something that only young neuro-surgeons are familiar with. For this reason, this man doesn'n't want a man who could be his child to operate direcly on his brain. However, the productivity boost because of the brain implant creates a gap between humans and augmented humans, so this is the solution this man found to work around his refusal to get the brain implant, and so it is clear that it is a fairly bad solution that only exists because of this human "motivation". The two points are some of the major themes that are explored in depth.

I would recommend reading Masamune Shirow's original work (it's only 2 volumes!), as you could argue that the adaptations are merely shells of the original.

On the one hand, the Mamoru Oshii movie version is a 'best of' the cool moments from the original, but it bends the narrative very strongly to express Oshii's POV rather than Shirow's. It's not as bad as in people modernizing Tolkien for example, it's more in line with how Kubrick's version of "A Clockwork Orange" differs from Anthony Burgess' original (which I also recommmend reading). On the other hand, the SAC (Stand Alone Complex) series more closely match Shirow's POV and ambience, it's not as deep, but it's really an impressive feat considering it's all original scenarii, and how entertaining it is.

[jumpoddly]

The original manga is great

Worth noting that it is way more horny than the anime

Also, love Kubricks adaptation of clockwork orange, but burgess hated it and caused him to hate his own original work later in life

He even made a play with him and Kubrick as characters to talk about how much he hated the whole experience

One major change was the ending, burgess’s original has 21 chapters, and in the 21st the main character rediscovers his humanity and seeks a life of creating art

Kubrick stops his adaptation at the conclusion of chapter 20

Hilariously, the publisher behind the first US print of A Clockwork Orange removed the 21st chapter to make the novel more controversial so it would sell more

If you read clockwork definitely make sure it is the full version with all 21 chapters!

[portaouflop]

Thanks for sharing that!

imo the manga is often better the the anime adaption even if they replicate everything 1:1

A bit off topic but I found the text version of clockwork orange very hard to read and not nearly as entertaining as the movie - still an impressive piece of art.

[dleeftink]

Thanks for the recommends!