Fantasy adventure story about mail delivery gone wrong. I have no patience for "oh these revolutionaries are misguided" stories but luckily that's only a subplot and not a central premise.
Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 1
Astro Boy is so good! The quality is kind of uneven in this one, but seeing the original Most Powerful Robot arc and how it inspired so many stories in the future is fascinating.
Pluto
Astro Boy reworked into a murder mystery. Insanely compelling with interesting things to say about humanity. Urasawa's careful plotting and theming is particularly strong here when he has a place to stay focused on. Masterfully done and one of his best work.
Jasper Jones
I.... mostly liked it. Its a murder mystery about a small town in the 70s destroying itself with its racism, bigotry, and classism. I was expecting more mystery but you quickly realize its more about characters reacting and surviving in this horrible environment. And that's fine. Would like to enjoy it more.
20th Century Boys
Urasawa again! I really do love his stuff. And he does amazing work to constantly raise the stakes and demonstrate a world that's losing freedom to an angry, childish despot. The characters are insanely endearing and their psychology is deeply fleshed out and developed. At the same time, Urasawa's flaws are becoming more apparent back-to-back. He loves weird imagery and clues that lead to more clues that more people have to solve. It gets a little exhausting, especially when the story, time and time again, focuses on the repercussions of previous arcs. Which I love! Babylon 5 does it amazingly well and this gave me the same vibes. But it can also be a slog at times. I still love it a lot, however, and I think my feelings will stay positive the more I get away from it.
Horrorstor
Its a book about a haunted Ikea and it RULES. CAPITALISM IS NO DIFFERENT FROM PRISON. TEAR DOWN THE SYSTEM.
Beauty
i love my girlfriend. her taste in shameless fantasy fairy tales is unparalleled and GREAT.
Affair of the Mysterious Letter
Mostly good! You just gotta roll with the fact that you aren't going to understand this world at all and let it sweep you up in its bullshit. Delightful fun ride.
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Fantasy adventure story about mail delivery gone wrong. I have no patience for "oh these revolutionaries are misguided" stories but luckily that's only a subplot and not a central premise.
Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 1
Astro Boy is so good! The quality is kind of uneven in this one, but seeing the original Most Powerful Robot arc and how it inspired so many stories in the future is fascinating.
Pluto
Astro Boy reworked into a murder mystery. Insanely compelling with interesting things to say about humanity. Urasawa's careful plotting and theming is particularly strong here when he has a place to stay focused on. Masterfully done and one of his best work.
Jasper Jones
I.... mostly liked it. Its a murder mystery about a small town in the 70s destroying itself with its racism, bigotry, and classism. I was expecting more mystery but you quickly realize its more about characters reacting and surviving in this horrible environment. And that's fine. Would like to enjoy it more.
20th Century Boys
Urasawa again! I really do love his stuff. And he does amazing work to constantly raise the stakes and demonstrate a world that's losing freedom to an angry, childish despot. The characters are insanely endearing and their psychology is deeply fleshed out and developed. At the same time, Urasawa's flaws are becoming more apparent back-to-back. He loves weird imagery and clues that lead to more clues that more people have to solve. It gets a little exhausting, especially when the story, time and time again, focuses on the repercussions of previous arcs. Which I love! Babylon 5 does it amazingly well and this gave me the same vibes. But it can also be a slog at times. I still love it a lot, however, and I think my feelings will stay positive the more I get away from it.
Horrorstor
Its a book about a haunted Ikea and it RULES. CAPITALISM IS NO DIFFERENT FROM PRISON. TEAR DOWN THE SYSTEM.
Beauty
i love my girlfriend. her taste in shameless fantasy fairy tales is unparalleled and GREAT.
Affair of the Mysterious Letter
Mostly good! You just gotta roll with the fact that you aren't going to understand this world at all and let it sweep you up in its bullshit. Delightful fun ride.
Quaratine Books
National Security Cinema
Sewer, Gas, Electric: Public Works Trilogy
The Once and Future
The Fifth Season