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2.0

Two stars mainly because the art was great and provided the feeling of the setting much more competently than any of the writing did. 

NeoForest takes place in a distant future where the world has become lush and verdant again, and humanity exists in pockets of feudal-esque citadels, but with science. The art provides an interesting contrast between the greenery and science of this world, and is pretty nicely done. At times it felt a little too static for me, and maybe a little too boring in the color choices, but it evoked exactly what it wanted to. 

The writing fell completely flat for me here. First off, the text choice in the layout of the story was awful; the font is so small, and there is SO MUCH text trying to set up the worldbuilding, multiple relationships between characters, a plot against the current ruler (our main character's father), and the forest somehow starting to kill humans. All this, in 64 pages. Despite all the story work being put into this volume, I found myself not really caring one whit about any of the plot lines. 

An interesting story, NeoForest has a little bit of promise, especially in the art. However, I think I'd have to see reviews on the next volume that say the writing improves dramatically before I even consider picking it up.