Oh god, I'm so glad this was released back to back with the 20/20 issue, because that left a bitter taste in my mouth for some of the reasons I listed in that thread.
But this first issue alone is going to get Secret History a run for its money. Saki's beginning of an existential crisis, the Savate zombies and other people he killed, whatever that multi-eyed nightmare fuel is, what I'm guessing is going to be the closest thing the "Dark Turtles".
Also, Rat Splinter just riding around on his shoulder and helping him out. And that one page with Shen.
It's going as I kind of thought it would, with Saki realizing how little control he's had over his own life while he was alive and trying to take back what he never had to begin with.
Of course there's no need to talk about how amazing the art was. But this particular time...Splinter looked so
silky. "Let me pet" silky. It was nice to see Splinter being an actual source of wisdom and being truly helpful. Maybe that's why he's kind of gone off the rails in the physical realm? Spiritually, he's not all there. The rest of it is back down to actual rat form hanging out with Saki like they're Dante and Virgil. (...Oh, this
is just going to be some kind of Dante's Inferno: TMNT Edition, isn't it???)
I'm already giddy to see what's next, because that was quite the note to end on!
In an image...
https://66.media.tumblr.com/3be6984c...rw8miz_540.png
