I am so glad I had the opportunity to purchase this printed edition of the web comic series. There's something to be said for the tangible reference book. And that's really what this is... more than just a story. Minna creates an intricately detailed world for her readers to get messy and emotional in. I spent immense amounts of time studying her "cheat sheet" pages, where she provides things like etymology & language crossover references, cat usefulness rankings, and maps of the known world, complete with breakdowns of population, immunity rates, safety degrees of different regions, etc. Essentially, the first 100 or so pages are about setting up the world and easing the reader into it. 

And then hits Chapter 3...

Don't worry! I'm not going to spoil anything. ;)

Just know this. Minna reached out her hand and pulled me into this incredible place with these lovable people, where I get to rediscover our world 90 years into the future, now permeating with strange creatures, cultural remnants, and deafening silence. ...I never want to leave. <3