Not Yer Mamma's Frankenstein!

 

In a world of vaguely medieval/Victorian atmosphere, a mad scientist has created 100 zombies, in an attempt to create human perfection.  But they soon escaped, and are now roaming the world in search of the parts they need in order to make themselves “whole”.  And, tragically, a good number of them found what they were looking for in the super-powered Yao family.

 

Now the sole survivor, young Ashibi, travels with the last of the “Fabricants”, Number 100, in order to hunt down their surviving members and make them all pay.

 

Now why, you may ask, is he working with one of the enemy?  Because he promised her that, once all the other Fabricants are dead, Number 100 can have what’s left of his body for herself.

 

This kind of relationship, albeit probably having been done before, is still rather unique, in my eyes.  Although I think we all know that, one day, Number 100 will grow to see Ashibi as more than just a useful sack of organs.  And we all know that Ashibi will one day stop being just a useless bystander and begin to find ways to fight against the Fabricants on his own.

 

Each Fabricant has gained certain special powers from the high-quality body parts that they have stolen.  One can see incredibly well with powerful eyes, while another can hide underwater, thanks to super-powerful lungs.

 

The story and the art are both fairly standard, but the starkness of the latter really helps to make the somewhat macabre subject matter stand out.  I mean, these are zombies that go around hunting for super-powered body parts and harvesting them…whether from other dead people or otherwise.  I am almost reminded of Seven Deadly Sins, going by the aesthetic of the world and by the art style.

 

As of this posting, Ashibi and Number 100 have linked up with an organization called Mortsafe that is also hunting down the Fabricants, so we will see where things go from there.

 

I am sorry that I don’t have more to say on the subject of Fabricant 100, but the series, as of this point, is still more-or-less in its infancy.  Only debuting in Japan last year, and with no news (as far as I know) as to if/when it will be getting an anime or releasing on Western shores any time soon, the only thing us manga fans can do is keep up with the new, translated chapters on the Shonen Jump web site.

 

And you know I will.