So, Fabricant 100 has ended and I've been wanting to put down my thoughts on it.
Basic summary of the series for those who don't know, the series is about fabricated humans. A scientist became obsessed with creating the perfect human. So, tried to do so by creating fabricants from the body parts of dead people. When he died, the fabricants became obsessed with obtaining the best "parts" from living people, killing them to modify their body for the better.
Ashibi's entire family was murdered by fabricants for their body parts. He may be next, but he offered a deal to 100 to help him take down ALL the other fabricants in exchange his body at the end, she obliged.
The series started focusing on 100 and Ashibi solo going after fabricants. Then it introduced us to a society of folks going after fabricants that Ashibi joined.
It kept building and building on the world's lore, but honestly this kept shifting the tone, for me.
What started as a series about tracking down an enemy stealth style, added in too much about the group against fabricants to the point where it distracted from what was starting to make it interesting. It added in a super-power element to regular humans who came in contact with the fabricants. It was...an okay addition, but it felt a little forced.
When Fabricant 100 was on...it was well done and interesting. Getting brutal at times. But overall, it was only okay.
One of the more interesting elements was 100 herself.
The fabricants were incapable of being able to actually truly have compassion or relate to other people. But, over time, 100 started to gain those feelings. Never fully, but at the end when she kills herself to destroy Fabricant 1, she does so both selfishly and selflessly at the same time.
She makes herself perfect, by destroying the thing trying to ruin everyone else (Fabricant 1).
The big reveal toward the end of WHY the scientist became obsessed with creating the perfect humans was fascinating. A man who also could barely feel emotion watched an entire village die. Then he decided to recreate the villagers who, to him, were compassionate and perfect.
It was a lot. A lot, a lot.
But yea, overall - not a bad series. Interesting concept, well done art, mediocre plotlines - but does hit you emotionally from time to time in a good way.
@negativeprimes Yea, I started to lose interest. Honestly, the closing arc got me to keep around as it started to get...more interesting as 100 started to show that she may change, or may not. Internally she started fighting her "programming" for lack of a better word.
It's worth finishing depending on how far you got as it's not long. But, that's my opinion & YMMV
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