Steamboy
Set during the Victorian era's Great Exhibition, the story follows Ray, a young inventor born into a family of geniuses. Obsessed with steam-powered machines since childhood, Ray's life changes when his grandfather Lloyd unexpectedly returns from America with a mysterious metal ball capable of generating enormous energy. What Ray doesn't realize is that his grandfather has just handed him the key to a dangerous game. The ball is crucial to completing the Steam Tower—a catastrophic war machine being developed by the wealthy Ohara Foundation and its rival corporations. Now hunted by corporate agents desperate to reclaim it, Ray gets caught between warring factions, all vying to weaponize his grandfather's discovery. At its heart, the story explores the clash between three generations—grandfather, father, and son—and their fundamentally different philosophies about progress, responsibility, and violence. It's a commentary on industrial ambition, corporate greed, and the moral cost of building weapons in the name of innovation.
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Steamboy
14ch • 2vol
2005
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Set during the Victorian era's Great Exhibition, the story follows Ray, a young inventor born into a family of geniuses. Obsessed with steam-powered machines since childhood, Ray's life changes when his grandfather Lloyd unexpectedly returns from America with a mysterious metal ball capable of generating enormous energy. What Ray doesn't realize is that his grandfather has just handed him the key to a dangerous game. The ball is crucial to completing the Steam Tower—a catastrophic war machine being developed by the wealthy Ohara Foundation and its rival corporations. Now hunted by corporate agents desperate to reclaim it, Ray gets caught between warring factions, all vying to weaponize his grandfather's discovery. At its heart, the story explores the clash between three generations—grandfather, father, and son—and their fundamentally different philosophies about progress, responsibility, and violence. It's a commentary on industrial ambition, corporate greed, and the moral cost of building weapons in the name of innovation.
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Steamboy
Set during the Victorian era's Great Exhibition, the story follows Ray, a young inventor born into a family of geniuses. Obsessed with steam-powered machines since childhood, Ray's life changes when his grandfather Lloyd unexpectedly returns from America with a mysterious metal ball capable of generating enormous energy. What Ray doesn't realize is that his grandfather has just handed him the key to a dangerous game. The ball is crucial to completing the Steam Tower—a catastrophic war machine being developed by the wealthy Ohara Foundation and its rival corporations. Now hunted by corporate agents desperate to reclaim it, Ray gets caught between warring factions, all vying to weaponize his grandfather's discovery. At its heart, the story explores the clash between three generations—grandfather, father, and son—and their fundamentally different philosophies about progress, responsibility, and violence. It's a commentary on industrial ambition, corporate greed, and the moral cost of building weapons in the name of innovation.
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Steamboy
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