Manhunters
Faceless and Fearless
"The cold, inorganic-like eyes were definitely of someone nicknamed a ‘manhunter’. Riddhe felt like he was being held at knife-point on the throat as he hurriedly left."
The branch of the Federation military the government itself fears for its reputation and nature is the Earth COlony ASteroid black operations force tasked with the dirty job of cleaning up the Federations shortcomings.They order troops without emotion, enjoy the bitter taste of adrenaline, and operate as machines more than men. These battle hardened instruments of war further represent the theme of war's effect on humanity by serving as an example of the result of dehumanization in a soldier's life.
The nature of this sect of the military is to eliminate one’s identity. Every member of a squad exists, yet doesn't. They have all given up their identities and become machines that will effectively do their missions. These soldiers become nothing more than the gears of the military.
Importantly, all of the members of ECOAS wear masks that cover their face, yet leave inhuman killer instinct visible in their eyes. This is strikingly similar to the face paint masks Lord of the Flies. They both represent the shedding of one's humanity for something less than a man and more savage, or in this case, more militant.
The branch of the Federation military the government itself fears for its reputation and nature is the Earth COlony ASteroid black operations force tasked with the dirty job of cleaning up the Federations shortcomings.They order troops without emotion, enjoy the bitter taste of adrenaline, and operate as machines more than men. These battle hardened instruments of war further represent the theme of war's effect on humanity by serving as an example of the result of dehumanization in a soldier's life.
The nature of this sect of the military is to eliminate one’s identity. Every member of a squad exists, yet doesn't. They have all given up their identities and become machines that will effectively do their missions. These soldiers become nothing more than the gears of the military.
Importantly, all of the members of ECOAS wear masks that cover their face, yet leave inhuman killer instinct visible in their eyes. This is strikingly similar to the face paint masks Lord of the Flies. They both represent the shedding of one's humanity for something less than a man and more savage, or in this case, more militant.
Animalistic Mechanics
They may be giant robots, but their mechanical fluids still resemble the blood of a human
Another common element of these novels is to use figurative language to describe the act of fighting in war as animalistic, further developing the theme of war's effect on humanity by describing the dehumanization in fighting.
This is similar to Lord of the Flies in the depiction of savage acts as inhuman by induing them with ferocious animal traits.
Here are some examples from the novels:
This is similar to Lord of the Flies in the depiction of savage acts as inhuman by induing them with ferocious animal traits.
Here are some examples from the novels:
- "Electrical transfer fluids continued to spew out from damaged critical areas like blood fresh from a wound."
- "By this point, the funnels were a flock of sharks hunting down a whale as they lunged forward to attack."
- "The light of the saber transformed into a beast’s mouth as it devoured the Geara Zulu, causing the battered machine to let out conducting liquid that floated into the vacuum like blood."
The savage desecration of the Kshatriya by the Unicorn Gundam.