Himekishi Lilia vol 3 eng

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It's hard not to be a little bitter that the series doesn't live up to the power and promise of its perfectly formed pilot. But even if the remainder of the show feels like a sequel to its first episode, at least it's a fun sequel. There's plenty to enjoy here: likeable characters, laugh-aloud jokes, and over it all a faint pall of heartbreak to temper its rampant lightheartedness. To ask more, even given the knowledge that it is indeed capable of more, seems a bit churlish.

In the novel, the small Solomon Space Association is trying to successfully send a human into space using their new technologies. Although based in the Solomon Islands, the association is funded, run, and staffed almost entirely by Japanese citizens. The association has been trying to prove its worth, but many of its recent rocket launches have been met with failure, and Yasukawa, its sole astronaut candidate, has finally had enough and has tried to run away. However, the association needs to put a person in orbit in the next six months or the entire project will face dissolution.