A review by wbfreema
Rai Volume 1: Welcome to New Japan by Matt Kindt

4.0

this feels like a much matured version of Rai over the valiant hero from the 90's. the book maintains the hidden turmoil of the character with the same name, while updating it for a world full of post social media paranoia. the digital artwork, while off-putting at first, grew on me and feels appropriate for the setting, which is 100% what i'd expect a floating in low earth orbit in the year 4001 Japan would look like. one thing i did love about the valiant of the 90's was how each book felt connected, plot wise, to other books in the universe, and that feels absent here. Maybe that would be fixed in later stories(though Valiant no longer has the license for Magnus robot fighter :( )