Webcomic rec

[thistlechaser]

When I first started reading Metanoia, I wasn't going to rec it. The story was great (when I went home for lunch, all I could think about was coming back to work so I could find out what happened next), but the art really annoyed me. "Traditional", American-style? Non-anime, whatever you call it. It just wasn't good. Something about the faces were always off. The lips? The eyes? Whatever it was, it made me wish the story was text-based instead of in comic form.

Somewhere in chapter four it all changed. Same artist, same style, but wow, 100% improvement in the art. (Enough so that now and then I stopped reading just to admire a page's art or layout.)

If you do check it out, don't give up if the prologue doesn't work for you. It's kind of odd that they included it, since the nature of it really doesn't reflect the rest of the story.

Four more chapters left to read! Yay! Metanoia isn't as good as Vampirates, but it's still a darned entertaining story. :D

Comments

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

I just finished the prologue and I know exactly what you mean about the art being off. I wouldn't say that it's because it's non-anime; I'd say it's because it's sub-standard and anatomically off. Even I could draw something like that and I'm probably the most artistically inept person I know.

As for the story, wow. That amazes me. I wish I could write with that kind of impact. My heart just clenched when Star found out he went through all that and it didn't bring Jaime back and keep him sane.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Eee, yes! And the story gets so much better! I'm almost to the end though, so the wait's going to get rough. :/

And agreed about the art. Something was just wrong with it in the first few chapters. However, when it changes around chapter four, it's like everything comes together: Great story, really nice art. (The art isn't 100% perfect 100% of the time, but it's at least as good as I would expect from a free webcomic, and it has its amazing (beautiful, even!) moments, too.)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I had a total brain lapse. I should give you this link: http://chartreuse.studiowhippingboy.com/g_e_index.html

The reason I found the comic at all was that I was looking for other stuff that author had done. He did the comic's writing and some of the art, but all of it after God Eaters. (You can buy GE as a book, but he keeps it online there as well.) GE is a few million times better than the web comic's story. :D