More of a guide to diversity in anime/manga styles than a how-to-draw book. But by no means bad! This is more for intermediate drawers as you’ll need a basic idea of how to draw (and color) before going into this. The hairstyle(s) portion was very well done! This book focused on drawing Black/people of African descent, which I absolutely love. A nice change of pace as black people are often under-represented in most mainstream art books.

It’s very minor but there were still a few typos in the final published version, which reflects a bit poorly on Rockport/Quarto because didn’t you all have proofreaders? But it’s nothing that takes away from the quality of the art or teaching.

Overall, this is a good companion to another how-to-draw book. Get one for the basics, then use this to finetune and diversify your characters. It could benefit from a second volume where it goes more in-depth with tutorials, drawing and coloring on different skin tones, and features more races, ethnicities, and cultures.

I’ve been following Whyt Manga for a little while now and his videos have been a tremendous help to me, so I was happy to support this book. 

The cover is lovely but as the story continued my interest dwindled. I also found Mina and the side characters to be bland. I think the mystery behind the Sea God and Shin were the most promising parts, but he warmed up to Mina almost a bit too quickly for my liking. I enjoyed the Korean mythology and lore and the inclusion of imugi. 

Really enjoyed this! This memoir features the author's coming to terms with OCD and anxiety, dental drama, and rocky friendships. It's very rare to see a narrative from someone who was homeschooled, and this one wasn't negative. I remember having the same awkward weird feeling of wanting to avoid telling other kids you were homeschooled lol. The illustrations also fit and aided the story well. 

This was silly and quirky. A do-gooder robot in a post-apocalyptic world just wants everyone to get along and be friends. But the story’s entertaining and has a subtle message. Despite such a friendly main character, it even acknowledges not everyone will be friends. I think that’s a great balanced message. 

Overall, I enjoyed reading this.

I enjoyed this series from beginning to end with its themes and characters. Here, we have a bit of a time skip and the fallout after Alef colonized most of the world. 

The only thing that stopped me short of 5 stars was the ending got slightly confusing.

Did they meet God at the end? And I can’t take Sola’s adorable child acting so mature at the end. They didn’t place him at an age, but I was thinking 5 – 10ish.

Still, the ending was mostly fitting. 

These worlds that Dahm builds are so enthralling. 

I enjoyed this, but the ending confused me. Like what???