I do not have a lot of feelings about this story. If this is a standalone, it is lacking something, but, if it’s only volume one, then I would like to see Kriss discover his origins. One thing I enjoyed about this story was the implications. Everything didn’t have to be spelled out.

Like, Anja being pregnant?

All of the characters speak with an old-timey accent which was fine. I think the cartoony art style is cute, but when it came to dramatic moments where we were supposed to see brutal wrath displayed, we are left feeling like a frozen slice of pizza. Like, we should be able to enjoy it, but we cannot in this format. I think some speed lines or giant exclamatory marks might have made the punches and whatnot feel more dynamic. On the other hand, the sabertooth spirit looked perfectly creepy.

Despite the rumors and predictions, it’s nice that Kriss and Anja were simply just friends (tho I wouldn’t have minded the cliché route. boy and his childhood friend? Come on, that’s just too cute). Kriss seems like a little sad-sack, emo-boy, but I did not dislike him. Anja was vaguely interesting, but we didn’t see enough of her. Vanya, the older brother, had Kriss in his head rent-free. I don’t know why he had such raging jealousy toward Kriss, but it was annoying to watch his shenanigans.

Overall, the pacing with the time skips just felt too fast. Still, I'm game for a volume two tho. I think the last few pages were fitting.