I love me some Battle Angel, but I'm kinda disappointed in Last Order's direction. The original 9 volumes where great in their A-typical Shonen-ness, strong narrative and characterization, Nova, and of course, Jashugan. Last Order is much more typical Shonen FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT POWERUP WIN OHNO THIS GUY IS EVEN STRONGER FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT POWERUP WIN...It makes every thing and everyone much less consequential.
But what really bums me is the art direction. Kishiro's style has flattened out and thinned up, seemingly in the name of cleanliness and accuracy. It's still good, but it lost the aesthetic that originally drew me to it.
And I hear James Cameron has plans to butcher it into a series of films.