Thanks to #Netgalley for making this book available to me.
#Yojimbot is a short graphic novel set in dystopian Japan, where the country is run by robot and the land is populated by androids. In this First Part we saw a boy, Hiro, who is saved by a robot, from the corrupted higher ups.
I really enjoyed reading this graphic novel, but the story was really short for me to develop a solid opinion about it.
But the art is fantastic, and the story is intriguing so I definitely recommend this book😉.

Thanks to #Netgalley and Europe Comics for making this book available to me.

I really enjoyed reading this graphic novel and I think the concept is really cool, the graphics were well done, loved the colour contrast.
Set in a not-so-far future Japan, where the country is run by robot and the land is populated by androids. Hiro lives on an island with his father and they apparently are on the run from some highly-teched out militiamen. Hiro comes across a robot who seems out of place in the forest and he approaches it.
Before long the militiamen catch up with them and they ask Hiro's father who is some scientist who had escaped from them because he found out that the air was polluted (the real issue was not explained). Hiro's father dies while protecting Hiro, who is then saved by the robot he met earlier. The robot kills or the militiamen and Hiro decides to go with the robot.

The story really was not long enough for me to develop a solid opinion of the book. Since this is the First Part, I know there is a lot more to come but it would have been great if there was a bit more story in this part.

A short graphic novel set in dystopian Japan about how a robot saved a boy's life from the corrupted higher ups. This is a very short read that I managed to read in one sitting and its super intriguing. The colours, illustrations and story is absolutely breathtaking. I would totally recommend.

I liked the writing, illustrations and everything that happened in this book , so good. I definitely recommend this book to you !

5/5 Great start to this short series!

First off, the art in this book is so beautiful! I love how well everything blend together but also contrast at the same time. The story is fairly short and can be read in under 10 minuets which is great! This feels like a pilot episode with how little it went over but it really set the scene for the next part. If you like robots and fighting I would check this out.

I read this for free on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Yojimbot by Sylvain Repos is a sci-fi thriller graphic novel set in the future. The plot revolves around a Japanese father and son who live alone on an island. One day, a robot arrives near their home. The son becomes friends with the robot, but it turns out that the robot had inadvertently alerted a bunch of assassins as to the location of the father and the son. This mistake turns tragic. One highlight of this book is the cinematic and gorgeous artwork. I felt like I was watching a sci-fi movie on TV.

Overall, Yojimbot is an exciting, action-packed graphic novel that will appeal to fans of Westworld and I, Robot. I could not put this book down and sped through it within an hour. The book ends on a major cliffhanger, and I am definitely interested in seeing where the story goes in Volume 2. Although I did enjoy this book, I took off one star because I thought it was rather short - about half the size of a typical graphic novel. This is completely an artistic choice and isn't the book's fault, but I'm just explaining why it wasn't a 5-star read for me personally. If you're intrigued by the description above, or if you're a fan of graphic novels, I highly recommend that you check out this book. It is out now!

A great mix of Asimov's Laws of Robotics, samurai action-adventure and unexpected humor as the robot considers new philosophical possibilities with its changing programming (a bit like Short Circuit set in Japan). Definitely looking forward to the next one.

Yojimbot suffers a bit from the European way comics are produced as 60 page albums, and from being the first in a series, and therefore having to establish place and characters.

Because the art is fantastic, and the story is intriguing, but stops uncermoniously at the exact moment everyone has been introduced and the story would really get going.

The story. It's the future! A man and his son are hiding on a Japanese island, that seems to house a defunct samurai themepark, where the samurai are crusty old androids. I say defunct, but a couple of the androids are still cycling through their routines.

There are more humans, though - some kind of mercenary force, which is hunting the aforementioned man and son. Then there's a nice bit of the ultra-violence, and the son ends up with one of the robot samurai (the titular Yojimbot, I'm guessing.)

And there is a lot of guessing involved, as the book only hints at what is going on. And I liked that! It can be terribly frustrating, but here it feels part of the package. I can't wait for part 2.

3.5 stars

The cover for this book instantly grabbed my attention so I was looking forward to reading it. Unfortunately, this did absolutely nothing for me.

There was a lot of violence through this short comic but it didn't really make much of an impact because I didn't actually understand what was going on and everything seemed to escalate really quickly.

Sadly I don't think this was for me.

Thank you to Netgalley for the early review copy.

Yojimbot have an unique and interesting plot, the part one tell us about how a boy (Hiro) and a robot samurai (yojimbot) first meeting. However, if I didn't read the synopsis first, I didn't get what the story about. I hope the next part give us the reader more context about the story and what will happen next!

The fighting scenes is really epic, I love the graphic's illustration art, how the characters movement are drawn, and how the Japan dystopian background depicted in very detailed lineart with vibrant colors! (Caution: This series contain some bloody scenes, but I think it's subtlely drawn so I give it an- OK!)

The end of this part one give me a goosebumps. No doubts it will be a great series! 🙌

Disfrute mucho la lectura, no es para nada aburrida. Además está muy bellamente dibujado. Me atrapo la historia! Me gusto que no es como las novelas gráficas que suelo leer.

3 stars *may change

This was unexpectedly short? I've read quite a few graphic novels, and usually, they exceed the 100-page mark, but this one was way under it. There wasn't really much story for me to go off of with just a single volume.

I mean, I can say it's got a lovely art style and that the concept itself is very interesting—feudal Japan being abandoned by robots only for robot samurai to take over—but I'd need more volumes to really get a good grasp of it. So far though, it's a nice beginning.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing an advanced reader's copy.

This story follows a samurai robot as it accidentally stumbles upon a young boy.
I thought the story was an awesome start to what will no doubt be a great series. The robot immediately reminded me of rurouni kenshin and being a wandering samurai. I am so intrigued about Hiro and where he comes from, why he was there, and why the world appears to be abandoned.
The robot's origins are a mystery and I can't wait to learn more about where it came from and whether they're still controlling it.
I love the depiction of the world, the artwork has a style that combines the traditional comic book style art with manga to forn something beautiful.

This book is too short. It raises a ton of interesting questions. Why are these characters on the run? Why were these robots programmed to fight like samurai? Who is the robot communicating with? Unfortunately the length of the story prevented any of these questions from being answered. It was also really hard to empathize with anyone because there was no time for any kind of character development. The robot suffered the worst in this regard. It lacked the personality of an R2-D2 or a Wall-E or even human-like features so I couldn’t connect with it more than I could connect with a household appliance. It’s a pity because the action is really cool looking.

First of all, this comic has a gorgeous art style - however, I struggled to follow what was happening at some points as a large portion of this was just pictures with no text which made it a little difficult.

However, it was interesting enough for me to finish but I'm not sure whether I am hooked enough to follow on with the series

Beautiful art, however cery hard to judge on the plot as it is do short. First impression is a bit like Baymax from Big Hero 6.

Solid start to a series. It just felt SO short. But the concept is interesting and the art was great so not bad

Hmmm... A waste of a post-apocalyptic Tokyo Disney-styled theme park setting, something about samurai robots, and Asimov's Laws, all crunched together. At least it takes no more than ten minutes to read – and a lot less than that to realise this isn't much cop.

The flash comic begins in media res, with two robots having a sword fight. The fight ends with a robot's sword shattering into pieces.
A little boy picks up that piece when the robots go away, and there begins the real story.
The comic raises a question, asking us to think about it, while not really demanding an answer. 'Once the authority starts reigning supreme unchallenged, does any difference remain between humans and mindless drones? And if robots become autonomous, does that place them at par with humans?'

The comic ends a bit too soon, turning into more of a prologue than a chapter, setting the pace for the entire series that'll hopefully follow. But unless it's a weekly updated comic, I hate to say this but people will slowly lose interest over time. To counter that, the least that can be done is increase the length of the story told in a chapter. Hopefully, Yojimbot will soon blossom into something greater than what it is.
But as of now, I can't give it more than three stars.

A very interesting turn of events. I was intrigued about the idea of following a samurai robot in a dystopic world.
I have not expected to enjoy the story so much and to see that such vibrant colors were used. The central principle of Artificial Intelligence is to reproduce (and then overcome) the way people perceive and interact with the world. This is the exact principle followed in this graphic novel until now. I look forward to see how it is continued in the following numbers.