"What's the point?" Started very unexpected, but delivered the melancholy I hoped for well. I also like that the sidekick character sort of gave aro/ace rep. Not sure whether that was intentional but I love it. (Ps: not directly ace/aro, more like apothi or a different microlabel under the umbrella.) The art is nice and cutesy (making the guns/weapons feel out of place, but in a silly/cartoonish way, lol), though I couldn't always tell the characters apart. Especially in the first chapter with the penguins. Worldbuilding is a little odd, but also not that much of abiggie, since it's more about the message. Feels like typical western cartoon where you just gotta accept that it plays in our world with a few bonuses.

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Thank you to Kodansha on Netgalley for a digital review copy. The book was released on 7th October 2025.

-Ayxan Solongo, 06.01.26