Book Review- Adhira Mohi: Beast of Vichitrapur, by Ashwin Kalmane, and Emilio Utrera, and Vibhav Pandey
The above-mentioned quote is said by a nasty kid, suddenly you find the narrative atmosphere of a promised horror comedy turning dark like it's colour scheme, and it's series protagonist Adhira and Mohi are nowhere in view.
The second book opens in a South-Indian village named Vichitrapur. A boy named Meyappen is searching for his dog Parshu in midst of full moon night. The puppy is being hunted by a monster, but no one believes little-timid Meyappen, neither his parents nor his village mates.
Vichitrapur is an apt name, you know something is wrong here, the animals don't seem right, the population is quick to temper, kids are looking hollow and drained. This village has too many secrets and grand themes for its 36-page storyboard. Human greed leads to tantrism, which leads to dealing with a crooked pundit who works with the evil demon Bali, which leads to the demand of sacrifice, which makes the whole village collectively a conscious bunch of kidnappers, murderers, and abusers of magic. What happens in Vichitrapur stays in Vichitrapur!
Soon secrets start to unravel as Meyappen narrates the history of Vichitrapur, while the whole village is in a state of perpetual denial. And our latest scapegoats are Adhira and Mohi mislead on the road by village patrolman.
I loved the story, I felt it could have been stretched bit more, as there was so much material for developing subplots. Themes were well exploited, greed eats everything, a prolonged life will destroy natural order and mankind's self-preserving nature knows no logic; everything has a price even stability and security.
This issue Mohi the nerd stole the action, from the voice of scared reason she became the body of anger and action. Adhira was her usual; the strong-headed lady we know.
Panelings were better than the previous issue: less stiff. The colouring was amazing, the use of earthy tones and nightshade was smart. Loved the character designs as you can see immortality is taking its toll.
Again my complaint would be the clothing and the near-perfect babelicious bodies, if you are driving an SUV all night across the country, a camisole top is not ideal clothing. I understand the need for the beautiful skinny but curvy lady in post-apocalyptic stories, but, those clothes are not suitable for survival! Mosquito bite man! Cold wind! More insects! Loved the continuity of shoes though from the previous issue.
The second last page did hurt a lot! I hope the next issue has funny zombies and the missing puns from the last issue.
Quote: I did say I wanted to have fun, didn't I?
Besides, humiliation is a small price to pay for finding your dog, wouldn't you agree?
The above-mentioned quote is said by a nasty kid, suddenly you find the narrative atmosphere of a promised horror comedy turning dark like it's colour scheme, and it's series protagonist Adhira and Mohi are nowhere in view.
The second book opens in a South-Indian village named Vichitrapur. A boy named Meyappen is searching for his dog Parshu in midst of full moon night. The puppy is being hunted by a monster, but no one believes little-timid Meyappen, neither his parents nor his village mates.
Vichitrapur is an apt name, you know something is wrong here, the animals don't seem right, the population is quick to temper, kids are looking hollow and drained. This village has too many secrets and grand themes for its 36-page storyboard. Human greed leads to tantrism, which leads to dealing with a crooked pundit who works with the evil demon Bali, which leads to the demand of sacrifice, which makes the whole village collectively a conscious bunch of kidnappers, murderers, and abusers of magic. What happens in Vichitrapur stays in Vichitrapur!
Soon secrets start to unravel as Meyappen narrates the history of Vichitrapur, while the whole village is in a state of perpetual denial. And our latest scapegoats are Adhira and Mohi mislead on the road by village patrolman.
I loved the story, I felt it could have been stretched bit more, as there was so much material for developing subplots. Themes were well exploited, greed eats everything, a prolonged life will destroy natural order and mankind's self-preserving nature knows no logic; everything has a price even stability and security.
This issue Mohi the nerd stole the action, from the voice of scared reason she became the body of anger and action. Adhira was her usual; the strong-headed lady we know.
Panelings were better than the previous issue: less stiff. The colouring was amazing, the use of earthy tones and nightshade was smart. Loved the character designs as you can see immortality is taking its toll.
Again my complaint would be the clothing and the near-perfect babelicious bodies, if you are driving an SUV all night across the country, a camisole top is not ideal clothing. I understand the need for the beautiful skinny but curvy lady in post-apocalyptic stories, but, those clothes are not suitable for survival! Mosquito bite man! Cold wind! More insects! Loved the continuity of shoes though from the previous issue.
The second last page did hurt a lot! I hope the next issue has funny zombies and the missing puns from the last issue.
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