A review by yharnam
Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

5.0

Extremely wonderful little gay story. Adorable and expressive art, I really love that the whole thing is pink. Everything I wanted from something like this! Had me smiling a lot because it's so cute.

So the below was something that had bothered me and I had made a comment on a tiktok and Mari Costa responded and it was a really nice exchange! She even affirmed her stance in support of Palestine. Keeping it here just for the record of it ig

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I don't want to rate lower for something kind of small, but getting hit with the random Krav Maga mention felt very uncomfortable, since it's a martial arts developed for the IDF as a mix of other martial arts that is used officially by the IDF. So, in their occupation of Palestine... to be given this reference was uncomfortable because of how absolutely innocent and wholesome this graphic novel is. I sort of assume it's only a random and coincidental choice made in just pure ignorance of the real-world context