Reviews

After finishing Dragon Head I just had to express my thoughts about it. Dragon Head is a thrilling artistic adventure. The characters are all quickly thrown into this mysterious phenomenon and have to learn to survive, keep their sanity and their morality. I found the art to be an aesthetic throwback to something like Kazuo Umezu. The detail of the landscape and weather conditions are amazing and the characters simple enough. The story is thrilling and interesting the whole time. I never once felt uninterested. The mysteries keep coming and with every chapter the reader inches closer to discovering a possible truth. It is easy to get attached to the cast and find yourself cheering them on or cringing at the possibility of their untimely demise. The story is sort of doing two things at once. We get a straightforward survival story, but we also get an underlying meaning. The story tries to focus on some importance of human fear and why we need it or not. I think the symbolism and dialogue on the fear talk can be a bit thrown into the story, however it certainly does not take away from the experience. The ending is a fine one, leaves much open to interpretation and that is alright. By the end, I was sort of hoping for more or perhaps expecting some more detail on the other plot points. Despite that the story still does a good job at winding it down and opening it up to an end. Dragon Head is definitely an enjoyable read with interesting plot developments, mystery, loss, beautiful art, and emotional appeal.