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art continues to astound, the developing relationship does too. the slowly revealed backstory and trauma, the mutual support, the care and dedication.... all so right up my alley. pulls on the heartstrings in all the right ways!!

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5.0

4.5

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5.0

I am utterly and completely in love with the artwork. The way Chepi's hair represents his mood is just stunningly beautiful and subtle. I love his bond with Janek and the growing chemistry.
I love the sympathetic and real way that Chepi's panic attacks are explored, his self-image and self-doubt expressed in small but important ways. I love that no event or person in this story is pointless. Everyone has a purpose, a place in the story, even if it's not all been revealed yet.

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I am always so charmed by this comic. The details are just DIVINE from the world building to the intricate backgrounds/settings to the always shifting flowers on Chepi.

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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4.25

I definitely enjoyed this more than this first volume. The timeline was clearer.

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emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

y voice will become the wind, and you will hear it speak your name.

I am now even more invested in Chepi's and Janek's journey—and I was already pretty damn invested from the first few pages of Volume I! In this volume, the two are gradually growing closer, which seems like a good thing... Except it's a painful thing, too, because of all of Chepi's jagged edges. Janek remains just as supportive and understanding and genuinely wanting to help make things better, but he also struggles with his own growing feelings and the differences in their backgrounds. Needless to say, things get complicated. There are some awkward moments, some "oh no!" moments, and some moments that made me tear up. But there's also plenty of mutual care and support and beautiful hurt/comfort scenes.

There are some deeper dives into Chepi's past here, and I loved finding out that it wasn't all angst—there are people in his memories who have sincerely cared for him and made him happier. Those parts were really heart-warming. And the comic continues to provide likely the most sensitive representation of anxiety and post-abuse ptsd I've seen in this medium. I'm still in awe of the art—it keeps getting better and better—and the gradually developing worldbuilding. It's beginning to feel like the events we're witnessing as readers are happening on the fringes of a bigger story, and the stakes in that shadowy plot out there are getting higher.

The volume ends at a place that pretty much guarantees I will read on as soon as possible: on the very precipice of something new, and ith as all the potential to be a good new, but who knows how it will play out?

👀 And then there's also that one big un-answered question that's already haunting me...

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