Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5
Publisher: VIZ Signature (VIZ Media)
Release Date: September 2018
Volumes: 13+
Spoilers?: No.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
In this postapocalyptic fantasy, a sea of sand swallows everything but the past.
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, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past.
The people of the Mud Whale have been trapped on the floating island since their ancestors were exiled to the Sea of Sand nearly a hundred years ago, yet their prison has mostly felt like a home. But now the true extent of the punishment inflicted on the criminals of Faláina has come to light, and the cost exacted by their home is immense.
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, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past.
The people of the Mud Whale have been trapped on the floating island since their ancestors were exiled to the Sea of Sand nearly a hundred years ago, yet their prison has mostly felt like a home. But now the true extent of the punishment inflicted on the criminals of Faláina has come to light, and the cost exacted by their home is immense.
Review:
Chakuro gets to learn what happened at the beginning, when the elders
decided to bury the truth about what makes the Mud Whale work. Only
three of them know the truth, aside from the remaining elders. It's
sad, but a little sweet, why they make this decision. They had good intentions.
Of course, though, now that they're deciding to travel and find a new
home, there's an attempted revolution. If there's someone in charge,
there must be unhappy civilians wanting to overthrow it.
Now that the Mud Whale is moving purposely, they're on a kind of road
trip. They make a few stops, as three of them want to explore the
Tower of Time, a tower that reaches the sky, and supposedly if you
reach the top, you'll be able to change time, go back to when you
want to.
They come across rain, something they don't see often. And then a
salt island, which gives them a bad omen of their travels. And during
all this, we're aware that something is happening to Ouni, though
it's unclear what exactly it is.
This series is odd. The lore and the world it's set in—it's odd, at
times awful and at times rather beautiful. I'm kind of enjoying it,
though.
A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!
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