I feel like this series is just getting more confusing the longer it goes, and I am less and less interested. It also continues to be overly bleak with no humor at all to lighten it up. The art continues to be gorgeous.
I don’t know, maybe it’s just me.
It’s been a couple of months (I think) between actually reading it and writing this review, but I seem to recall a pirate ship adventure, and nobody trusting Maika at all, and the monster inside her doing more damage, and then there was this weird island and a really old fox and some other fuckery. There was also this weird dude made out bones guarding that island, but I can’t remember who he is or why he was important.
Basically nothing of import has stuck in my mind, and that’s not a good sign.
I’m going to give this one more volume before I call it quits, though. I’m still feeling glimmers of my initial interest in it, though they’re fading fast and causing me to become unnecessarily dramatic as I type this.
Seriously, though, the art is gorgeous. Look at this shit!
I felt every bit of my age reading the first one and trying to figure out what was going on. One was enough for me.
I don’t think it has anything to do with your age. It’s just a confusing comic. I think they’re not so much going for confusing, though, as “mysterious,” but it’s a fine line.
Not really into comics, but that is some magnificent art.
Comics are the best. You should read Saga.
I read the first volume, and enjoyed it. But I wasn’t engaged enough to keep reading.
Which is kind of weird given its near universal acclaim.
I love Jeff Smith’s Bone, though.
I found it mysterious and kinda gory. Appreciate the gorgeous art though!