A review by starthelostgirl
Crystal Fighters by Tyler Bartel, Jen Bartel

2.0

The art is really beautiful, and I love the premise. But the story itself jumped around a lot and didn't have much impact. I was confused by the timeline - I thought a few minutes had passed in the story and then a new character talks about how long she's been training. The ending was supposed to be a dramatic reveal but felt pretty lackluster. I felt like it fed into the "not like other girls" trope too with how much pure hatred was directed at bubbly pink-clad girly-girl Cousin Jessica. It's unoriginal and boring to have the main character be summed up as "pink bad!" I expected more than that from a story that promised to fill a missing spot in the magical girl genre.
Overall I think this was a poorly done story with great art.