With TREES #4 I found out that I’m not a pervert! Yay! I didn’t mention this with my review of the first issue, but there’s a panel in that issue of a character, and I showed the art to my husband, but he couldn’t confirm my suspicions, but this issue confirmed it, so that made me happy. I really was nervous that I saw something that wasn’t there, but it was there the whole time!


Anyway, onto the review. This has been my least favorite issue so far, but I’m still optimistic that this comic is going to end up being really worth my time. We’re still learning about the characters, and I kind of want aliens and action, but it didn’t happen with this one.


This issue pretty much revolved around Chenglei, the artist who has gone to the Special Cultural Zone to pursue a new, more interesting life, but he hasn’t really done that yet. One of his neighbors, Zhen forces him out of his small apartment, and she makes him finally explore his new home.

I really like the friendship that is forming between the two of these characters, and I look forward to seeing Chenglei mature.


The other plot we saw, was the one that I was honestly more interested in, once I got to it. Marsh, one of the scientists at the Arctic research base has been obsessing over the black flowers he discovered (Issue #2). These flowers, under the microscope, are even crazier than he imagined, and his obsession continues in this Issue.

I really think Issue #5 is going to be his, and the research team’s, story and where we’ll end up getting some more information on the aliens.

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing if my assumption on the plot of Issue #5 ends up being right. In a month, I’ll know!

I’m still going to recommend this comic, but if you get bored, or if you want action right away, maybe wait for a few more issues to come out before giving it a shot.