3.8

This is such a sweet graphic novel, I could really see people around Ash's age, who are questioning their gender identities, getting much needed validation from the messages shown here. I ended this story excited by the idea of getting to see a follow up adventure, and really liking at least most of the characters. It goes a bit quick, without much time to absorb and with little to no transitions, but that's sort of what you can expect with a lot of graphic novels. I do sort of wish some of the pieces were less subtle so the "boys vs girls" theme didn't get perpetuated through most of it- though the patriarchy/toxic masculinity being embodied by a posh, authoritarian man filled with terror is pretty boss.