Line #22 Manhua/NeoEra


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to a new world...]]
3	The latest manhua series by Singaporean artist Wee Tian Beng, after the conclusion of [[Manhua/TheCelestialZone The Celestial Zone X-2]] in 2018, with two volumes released to date, and it is the first non-TCZ related series to be done by Wee Tian Beng in nearly two decades. The story of Neo Era takes place at an unspecified point in the far future, long AfterTheEnd. Humanity has gone extinct, and the Earth of the future has since been repopulated by a new generation of humanoids dubbed "Neo-Humans" - who basically resemble SpaceElves with PsychicPowers.
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5	The Neo-Humans lived a peaceful and harmonious coexistence with their fellows and with nature, and life on this future Earth was generally tranquil and idyllic until three years before the beginning of the series, [[KillerRobot Killer Robots]] left behind by the [[{{Precursors}} ancient human civilisation]] began to reawaken and launch a series of unprovoked attacks on Neo-Humans. The story follows the adventures of three Neo-Humans [[BlowYouAway Xiao Ai]], Xiao Jie and [[DishingOutDirt Stoney]], fighting off the encroaching robot army while racing to uncover the mystery behind what became of the ancient humans, and why did their [[MechaMooks robot army]] reawaken?
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8	!! Neo Era provides examples of the following tropes:
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10	* AbusivePrecursors: The [[{{Precursors}} ancient humans]] were basically being seen as this by the Neo-Humans, at least based on what little they currently knew about them.
11	* ActionGirl: Xiao Ai.
12	* AdvancedAncientHumans: From the perspective of the Neo-Humans, the old-world humans are basically these. And they're also seen as a [[AbusivePrecursors bunch of jerks]], too.
13	* AfterTheEnd: The story takes place in the distant future, long after humans have gone extinct.
14	* ApocalypseHow: From the looks of it, at some point the Earth underwent a Class 3 apocalypse; humanity as a species has gone extinct - but the Earth remains teeming with life, and the Neo-Humans have since emerged as the new dominant species of the planet.
15	* TheBigGuy: Stoney, of the PintSizedPowerhouse variant fills this role for the protagonist group.
16	* BishonenLine: Can be observed in the robot army, who are grouped into four classes in ascending order of combat effectiveness.
17	** Class D fighters are basically hulking bipeds with [[ArmCannon gun arms]] and [[MacrossMissileMassacre missile launchers]], that the protagonists seem to dispatch with minimal difficulty.
18	** Class C fighters are smaller and more streamlined with a more humanoid silhoutte, but are nevertheless obviously robotic in appearance. They're also considerably stronger than the Class D fighters - two of them were able to give Stoney a rough time.
19	** Class A fighters made a brief appearance at the end of Vol. 2, and are shown to [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot look no different from humans]] - and according to Xiao Jie, the most powerful of the machines.
20	* BlowYouAway: Xiao Ai's power set revolves around manipulation of wind, such as being able to generate blasts of RazorWind, or controlling gusts of wind to act as a crude form of telekinesis.
21	* BookEnds: Wee Tian Beng's latest manhua series is a dramatic GenreShift from his usual {{Wuxia}}/Fantasy themed works in the form of Manhua/TheCelestialZone, with Neo Era a sci-fi work - which is a radical departure from what most of us are familiar with. But those who've followed Wee Tian Beng's works might recall that ''very'' early in his career his first works were also sci-fi series, namely ''Astronautics'' and ''New Frontier''. As such, Neo Era marks a return to his roots rather than being something entirely new.
22	* EveryoneIsASuper: Regular humans as we know it have gone extinct in this setting, and in their place we have on one hand SpaceElves with a variety of PsychicPowers and on the other hand, [[KillerRobot Killer Robots]] left behind by [[{{Precursors}} old-world humanity]] - both of them would be by our present-day standards, superhuman - albeit in different flavours.
23	* FleshVersusSteel: The conflict between the Neo-Humans and the MechaMooks left behind by the {{Precursors}}.
24	* GhibliHills: What the future Earth has become long after the disappearance of the [[{{Precursors}} old-world humans]] and their civilisation. As far as we've seen, the planet is now covered with pristine forests teeming with life, rolling plains and beautiful, pollution-free oceans.
25	* GunsAreWorthless: Only the Class D MechaMooks make extensive use of guns, and they're the most easy to dispatch. While the Class C fighters also have ranged weapons in the form of blasters built into their forearms, they don't seem to use them nearly as much as their Class D counterparts, instead preferring to fight the heroes using their fists and feet.
26	* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: In the TwoGuysAndAGirl PowerTrio of Xiao Jie, Stoney and Xiao Ai; the former two are seen smashing the MechaMooks with SuperStrength punches and kicks and generally employing a more in-your-face style of fighting, while [[ActionGirl Xiao Ai]] tends to employ more acrobatic evasions and take them down beyond arm's reach with a barrage of RazorWind, or using gusts of wind to [[GrievousHarmWithABody slam her enemies into one another]].
27	* KillerRobot: The main enemy the Neo-Humans face in the series, and one of the only remaining legacies of the {{Precursors}} besides ruined cities.
28	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Stoney; he may be the smallest of the three protagonists, but he can certainly hang with the best of them.
29	* PowerTrio: Of Xiao Jie, Xiao Ai and Stoney, who appear to be a BalanceSpeedStrengthTrio.
30	* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: The Class A robot fighters who are briefly introduced at the end of Vol 2 look and act perfectly human, and on top of that it was even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Xiao Jie that they are even designed to imitate the anatomy of humans.
31	* ScienceMarchesOn: As mentioned below, the nine Class A robot fighters were collectively referred to as "The Nine Planets" after the planets of the Solar System. Except that Pluto is no longer classified as a planet since 2006, some twelve years before Neo Era began.
32	* SpaceElves: The Neo-Humans are essentially of the Enlightened Mystic Race variety, being born with PsychicPowers and generally possessing a more enlightened outlook on life.

Context Manhua / NeoEra