Okay, so first, some explanation regarding why I'm even writing this. I have updated my webcomic ranking yesterday, and a certain comic I've discovered some time ago wound up on the fifth place. I've read through the entire thread and nobody mentioned it so far, so I assume it's relatively unknown. I'm very excited about it and my brain keeps pressing me to talk about it, which kinda sucks. If you decide to check it out, keep in mind that I'm known to have a crappy taste and things I love with my whole being aren't necessarily that good. Ultimately, the purpose of this post is to satisfy my urge to talk and preserve my sanity. Feel free to ignore it.
The comic I want to talk about is called
Blonde Sunrise and is ostensibly about werewolves. The plot is as follows: the city of whatever-its-name-is (not important) serves as a base of operations for hunters - people tasked with eliminating all kinds of monsters threatening humanity. One of such threats are lycans (basically werewolves). One night, the protagonist, a young hunter, meets a girl who turns out to be a lycan while wandering the city. He decides to track her but gets outsmarted and turned into a semi-lycan servant. From that point onward, he leads a double life, trying to put up with the whims of his new mistress while avoiding getting discovered by the hunters. In the process, he learns the truth about lycans and has to decide where his loyalties lie.
Don't get fooled by the initial premise, it's actually a mystery comic. (Well, not really, but there sure is a hell of a lot of mystery going on.)
The art in Blonde Sunrise is okay-ish (some panels are really pretty, but most are average), the character writing is adequate and the worldbuilding is alright, but nothing special. The real strength of the comic is its plot - or rather, subplots. Many, many sprawling subplots with a lot of twists and turns. Every reveal poses more questions than answers. Nearly every character has an extensive backstory, and as it slowly gets unveiled, their motives become more and more unclear. Things are rarely what they appear to be at first glance. And honestly, at this point, I'm pretty sure it's just the tip of the iceberg. The story has a bit of a slow start, but it begins to pick up the pace during the hunter ball, when the majority of the cast from the hunter side gets introduced (around 200 pages in), and rarely slows down after that.
Some example subplots (with minimal spoilers, but I'm gonna spoiler it out anyway) include:
- the case of the Bloody Demon, which turns out to have increasingly far-reaching consequences every 50 or so pages;
- the case of the berserk lycan, which gets introduced at the very beginning, then gets forgotten about for a bit, then resurfaces again and quickly turns out to be much, much more than meets an eye;
- the mysterious woman with a connection to the protagonist, who seems to have an entire religion centered around her;
- everything about Vince;
...and many more.
And that would be it. Feel free to ignore my ramblings, but if you decide to give Blonde Sunrise a chance, you can always message me to tell me I'm full of !@#$ and unfit to judge webcomics.
Have the most best day, ye who have wasted your time reading my post!
