Uhh, hello everyone! I'm terribly sorry for taking this long, haven't been having the best time lately and I couldn't focus enough to post. I hope you're not too mad at me.
The comic I wanted to contribute is...
Title: BLONDE SUNRISEAuthor: Someone called Mana, apparently? There's not a lot of information available.
Genre: Fantasy/drama/mystery/...? I don't know, what are genres even?
Rating: I'd say T.
Status: Ongoing, updates Mon/Fri. When it's not on hiatus, that is. Currently at just over 1000 pages.
Synopsis: In the town of Creston, elite units of hunters protect the citizens from vicious monsters, most common of which are lycans (werewolves). One night, a rookie hunter Leonard Derrin meets a lycan girl named Daine (not Diane) who tricks him and turns him into an omega lycan under her control. From then on, Leonard is forced to cater to the whims of his new mistress while hiding his affliction from fellow hunters. And as he gets introduced to more and more of the werewolf society, he starts to discover that maybe the lycans aren't so bad, actually. Meanwhile, a series of brutal attacks sparks an investigation that slowly, but surely causes everyone's dark secrets to begin to unravel...
What I like about it: MYSTERY! Nearly every character has something to hide, the more prominent ones have multiple layers of secrets. Perspectives change as more facts are revealed and by the halfway point, it becomes hard to tell who's a good guy and who's a bad guy anymore, or if there's even a distinction. One of the long-running subplots has recently been resolved, but there's still so much that is not known. The dynamics between the characters shift as they react to revelations, some bonds are broken, others emerge stronger than before. It's all very exciting and I can't wait to see what happens next.
Also, plenty of meme-worthy facial expressions. That's gotta count for something.
Content warnings: A caveat here is that I had stopped reading this comic for over a year and only returned to it recently, so there might be things I don't remember.
- Violence and blood, though not too often and not particularly graphic. That said, murder plays an important role in several subplots.
- Parental abuse and references to bullying.
- Occasional swearing.
Art: Serviceable. It's not terrible, but won't be winning any awards anytime soon for sure. Here's my favorite page, visually:
Random trivia: The protagonist is illiterate at the beginning of the story, and only learns to read and write later on. This is represented by all writing being blurred whenever his perspective is shown.
