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As far as Oracle Night goes, the writing was good, but it relied on too much serendipity. It comes off as contrived even though it's quite plausible and deals with what the unconscious mind and the imagination know. The structure is interesting.

Yesterday I finished Holy Superheroes. It gave a brief overview of religion in comics, our modern mythology. But had to stick to essentialism, because there is no way to keep up with all the new events happening in comics this summer. The book offered a lot to think about like redemptive justice, 'pop fascism' in comics, and comics as offering 'exceptional lives' biography/mythology. I might have to buy that book.

I also read some manga I had laying around. Roadsong was okay, but I just can't get into the art. The proportion and perspectives were off. It kind of hurt my eyes to read it.

I read Vol. 3 of Princess Ai. I liked the story, but the ending felt too rushed. I know there'll probably be another series, but Vol 3 could have been stretched out for another two volumes because of all the action.