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zomvi's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
This was a pretty decent, if predictable, conclusion, but I found the final pages extremely problematic, and it really soured the entire experience for me. There is a scene where the main character is watching a news report, after everything is said and done, and there is a masked reporter covering the conflict in the aftermath, saying: "President Dos Santos blames new plague on transgender critical race theory!" Until now, this has been a fairly diverse, authentically-spoken comic, and I can absolutely appreciate the calling out of real world issues and monstrous public figures, but considering we just experienced a global pandemic (I assume the inspiration, given the masked reporter and presidential failings/misdirection) it feels highly offensive that the anti-Asian sentiments and blame for the virus is casually replaced to better suit the creators' message. It felt like callous erasure of real world struggles for a demographic conveniently left without a voice in this otherwise progressive, diverse series.
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