Children of the whales

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189 pages

English language

Published July 26, 2018 by Viz Media.

ISBN:
978-1-4215-9722-5
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In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, most dying young from the very powers that sustain them. It is year 93 of the Sand Exile, but the implications of that calendar are only now sinking in for Chakuro. Imperial soldiers from the Allied Empire have appeared out of nowhere with orders to kill all the criminals of the Mud Whale! The Committee of Elders knows why this is happening but still won t explain it to the young Marked of the island.

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Volume two is where the rubber hits the road, story-wise. Where volume one had a slow buildup, we start immediately in the thick of things as the Mud Whale is confronted with outsiders and things start to fall apart. We learn more about Lykos, more about the Mud Whale, and more about the world in general in this volume.

I love, love, love the art style! The story is also mysterious and complex enough to keep me reading, and the magic(? is it even magic?) system used is unique and wonderful. I love the emphasis on emotion in this series so far, where a lack of emotion is emphasized, and having emotions is frowned upon. This is a really unique series that I wish I had kept up with before now!

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  • Castaways
  • Magic
  • Comic books, strips