Moon Child 8-11, by Reiko Shimizu

I remember Mely calling Hot Gimmick the manga of feminist shame. Moon Child is the manga of every kind of shame: an appallingly stereotyped character design for an African... er... alien mermaid, creepy gender politics, the absolutely tasteless use of a number of actual disasters, and incredibly, jaw-droppingly, appallingly sketchy adult-child interactions.

And yet the story is so compelling, I can't stop reading! It is like crack. Pretty, pretty, politically and morally horrifying crack! With bonus intriguing worldbuilding and gorgeous art.

I would not have thought the crack could get more cracky, but volume 8 has one of the most... um... unusual extended flashbacks designed to create sympathy for a villain since Jezebel Disraeli's encounter with intestines in Godchild 7.

If you've read that far, all I have to say is... WEEEN!

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Moon Child 8-11, by Reiko Shimizu

I remember Mely calling Hot Gimmick the manga of feminist shame. Moon Child is the manga of every kind of shame: an appallingly stereotyped character design for an African... er... alien mermaid, creepy gender politics, the absolutely tasteless use of a number of actual disasters, and incredibly, jaw-droppingly, appallingly sketchy adult-child interactions.

And yet the story is so compelling, I can't stop reading! It is like crack. Pretty, pretty, politically and morally horrifying crack! With bonus intriguing worldbuilding and gorgeous art.

I would not have thought the crack could get more cracky, but volume 8 has one of the most... um... unusual extended flashbacks designed to create sympathy for a villain since Jezebel Disraeli's encounter with intestines in Godchild 7.

If you've read that far, all I have to say is... WEEEN!

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