![]() The first issue contains rape threats and violence towards children. ![]() The issues left me curious, in a good way. This first issue gives us the basics – who is in power, what Maika wants in the short term (to get revenge on the woman who betrayed her mother), and where and when the story is set (China, in an alternate world with magic and technology). I adored this comic and yet I had a heck of a time understanding what, in terms of larger plot, the story is about. She uses this link to try to get revenge on her oppressors – but she might not be the one in charge. In this world, humans keep ‘Archanics,’ non-humans, as slaves, and they fear ‘Monstras:’ “unnerving, but harmless, apparitions.” A young woman, Maika, who looks human, has a psychic connection to a supernatural force. ![]() It’s a fantasy story set in an alternate version of China in the early 1900s. Monstress is a new comic by Marjorie Liu and artist Sana Takeda. ![]()
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