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I don't know. I'm not really sure how to take this book. I think I realize the author and artist is being ironic. I think. The whole tying up and gagging thing is kind of "ew". And, as we get later in the book it seems like he is trying to make a point. But when it starts out, it just seems gratuitous. The book is kind of manga-ish, which I am not really used to, so it was interesting to read the different form. But I'm still struggling with how to take the stories. Ist it feminist? Anti-feminis
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Whoo. I have not disliked anything this much in a long time (mostly because if I am not enjoying something I put it down and move on). This was a book club read, so I toughed it out. This produced in me the same feeling one would get if eating slightly off mayo. I didn't HATE it, it wasn't powerful enough to produce such emotion. I just really, really disliked it. It wasn't clever enough to be ironic, it served no purpose other then straining my patience, and it had absolutely no point, none, wh
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I kept hoping for some character development from Emp where she would begin to lose some body issues and become better at being a superhero instead of just getting tied up less. Sadly I was greatly disappointed. Sure, she was tied up less as the volume continued but that was due to less superheroics occurring rather than Emp's skills improving.
I was pretty excited about what this comic would do and where it could go but those expectations were not met. Overall the story isn't all that bad and I ...more
I was pretty excited about what this comic would do and where it could go but those expectations were not met. Overall the story isn't all that bad and I ...more
Initially, I wasn't going 2 read this because even though I like the superhero genre (as long it's smart like Invincible by Robert Kirkman) & most shojen manga, I thought by the cover that it was too sexualised 4 me, I don't shy away from stuff like this, but I thought "yeah this is clearly aimed at men not women" until my fiancé insisted I read this I'd enjoy it. And he was right! Whilest, I'm not keen on needy female archetypes, Emp displays much promise. She's trying her absolute hardest even
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