[DreamSword]

I just finished reading the first two volumes of Rogue Sun, and boy did I not like it!

And I won't beat around the bush here: The primary reason as to why I couldn't stand most of the story is that I found literally every single character to be incredibly unlikable.

Even when there's an interesting plot angle, concept, or character beat presented, it doesn't matter because not only am I not at all invested in these terrible people to begin with, but anything that even closely resembles redeeming is immediately ripped away a few pages later. An issue later at most.

Sure, it's not all bad. Issue 7 has a really fun Choose Your Own Adventure gimmick that a part of me wishes the entire story had, the art is nice to look at(most of the time), and the superhero banter can be pretty decent at times. But when it comes down to it, I don't appreciate how unlikable everyone is ontop of the story giving me no real reason to root for any of them.

In hindsight it also makes me dislike the Supermassive crossover even more, as, now having read all of the stories involved, said crossover terribly misrepresents all of the characters. And on that note, I kinda have to call out the Massive-Verse in general for false advertising, as just like Radiant Black before it, I personally wouldn't qualify Rogue Sun as a "Toku" comic. It reads more like a standard American superhero story with some minor Toku aesthetic thrown onto it.

Anyway, yeah. I really was not a fan of this one. Hopefully The Dead Lucky will be atleast a little better. But that's for another time.