March 15, 2025

Setting aside some serious suspension of disbelief issues (particularly with the 2nd lead, Mimi), the series is pretty solid so far (through vol 5 / ch 38.5), with some interesting storytelling and portrayal of various characters and relationships and dynamics. It strikes a good middle ground between portraying some realities of war, and raising some ethical questions, but not going in as deep as something like 鋼の錬金術師 - instead focusing on the relationship and character development - and manages to avoid being run of the mill. There's even a recent chapter about a character questioning their own gender nonconformity.

While there's times I thought it could stand to hit a bit harder/go deeper, overall I've been really enjoying this story, and think look forward to seeing where it goes. It's nice to see something out of the box for once.

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