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A review by vimcenzo
Land of the Lustrous 3 by Haruko Ichikawa
4.0
An absolutely haunting ending to the volume, and the turning point of the series, it feels like.
The art feels like it’s received a colossal bump in quality and settled into its own, although the forms of the Lunarians and what they’re supposed to be is still confusing sometimes. The air of mystery is fine, it’s the physical that confuses me.
There are great story masterstrokes—Phos’s decaying memory is used to reveal backstory the reader is otherwise not privy to. The species doesn’t physically mature, so the story shifts to adapt its metaphor of growing old and leaving behind childish ambition and innocence in a way consistent with its own lore.
All in all, the best volume so far.
The art feels like it’s received a colossal bump in quality and settled into its own, although the forms of the Lunarians and what they’re supposed to be is still confusing sometimes. The air of mystery is fine, it’s the physical that confuses me.
There are great story masterstrokes—Phos’s decaying memory is used to reveal backstory the reader is otherwise not privy to. The species doesn’t physically mature, so the story shifts to adapt its metaphor of growing old and leaving behind childish ambition and innocence in a way consistent with its own lore.
All in all, the best volume so far.