I am yet again very far off of my expectations that I had placed too much of it in this book and it left a gaping hole as the book ended. I do believe that this could have been fleshed out more if it was a serialized book. I am hoping for more because it is good. I just got underwhelmed by the story development because it is still very clearly in its infancy of glorious plot.

First of all, if a book starts with Pasintabi kay Rizal I just know it's going to slap. The audacity is valid.

I read through the full volume in a 30-minute reading sprint from one of my book club sessions. The catholic imagery was very present in most pages. It is, in my opinion an amalgamation of what it's like to be a person who went through religious trauma and still cannot stay away from its beauty.

I had high hopes for this but as a person who don't read synopsis I thought this was going to be about magical gay boys in modern times living through filipino mythology. It was not gay. And it was barely magical. The best parts of the book was encapsulated near the end of the story and it did not save the story from being incomplete in the eyes of the reader./p>

I discovered this as a free to read on Substack which was pretty cool, they already had the first full volume and a few chapters from the second volume in time for their formal launch and I made a review and got gifted right after! I'm just amazed that they got to do a mecha title with a great art style while moving the pace of the story in an interesting angle with a very sexy antagonist.

It is just the type of mecha I've been looking for. Even with two volumes, I'm sure it will be one of the most well known titles in the country in just a few years.

One of the best ways to mix and match to rediscover how a body of work can transcend mythological creatures in the most respectful and interesting way.

I picked up this book last 2024 November Komiket in passing and I'm still waiting for their second release.