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Like so many science fiction stories preceding and following it, Battle Angel Alita follows the journey of a robot (or in this case, cyborg) who is learning who she is, and in doing so, is discovering what it means to be a robot and what it is to be human. These kinds of tales excite me, for as I journey along in them, I question those things that mar us as people and consider the hope I have for something greater, and in doing so perhaps learn a little more about myself.
Volume five of Battle Angel Alita leans heavily on these themes, while also exploring motifs for which it only scratched the surface of in earlier volumes. Entitled “Lost Sheep,” the volume contains chapters titled, “Scapegoat” and “Lion and the Lamb.” Biblical allusions unmistakably take center stage here, both surface-level, concerning the battle that occurs between Alita and her nemesis as the people of the Scrapyard pray that she’ll be a scapegoat that appeases the now godlike Zapan, and in something deeper, falling right in line with a battle we don’t see—that among spiritual forces.
