Always Human: A Graphic Novel (Always Human, #1)

someone shoot me with the cuteness overload gun.

This was so beautiful. I am completely in awe of the art style and the bubbles were so wholesome and aesthetically pleasing.

"They're nice. They're not a girl, Cayli is agender."
The genderfluid normality of the story touched my heart so very much. I also screamed when I saw the poly rep. It was so genuine and beautiful to see.

I loved how the art style changed as the story progressed. It looked so different and yet the same.
The music really helped me getting into the story, it made it all so much more real, it was lovely.

"You act as if I can do no wrong, as if everything I say and do is justified. But I'm not perfect, I make mistakes all the time. I can be petty and angry and insecure. And show more I can't live up to the pedestal you've put me on. "

I love how relatable and realistic the plot and characters were. Austen’s immune system and her inability to use most mods is so well done and developed. I'm also glad how the creator dealt with her eating disorder. I could totally understand both points of view. We don't see easy going situations or decisions being made for the plot. The characters are flawed, they're real. They aren't reacting in a perfect way. They mess up, hurt each other and themselves but also have growth and development.

I also appreciated how the plot isn't just fixated on the romance, but we have a lot of platonic friendships, family relationships, backstories and supportive teachers.
The plot is really easy and the angst is not extremely unrealistic, but instead, revolves around events that could absolutely happen to each and everyone of us. It shows that a story to be good doesn't need angst and plot twists every 2 pages and it was truly refreshing. show less

Truly amazing!
I love, love, LOVE the art so much!

I read “Aerial Magic” from walkingnorth first and was already amazed by her artstyle so much, but this is even more beautiful!!
It’s probably because the colors are much more radiant, which, of course is understandable, since it’s a sci-fi setting. I totally didn’t mind though! I feel like the bright colors bring the beauty of that artstyte even more to the front, and that’s so coooool!!!

I also love the setting a lot. The mods (fashion mods, health mods, etc), the fact that you can go to Mars on a holiday, the lumi-tattoos (I really want one!), the VR games,... everything!
Of course, the characters and the story is what kept me going for the most part, but the world-building show more should be appreciated as well! Though I don’t agree that’s a setting for the 24st century. I believe that might already be how the 22nd century will look like. (Author said in a Q&A that the world is set somewhere in the 24st century, but I don’t agree.)

The representation with the characters is amazing tho! We have lesbians, of course, since it’s a GL and they’re the main characters. But there’s also aro-ace, agender, poly, gay (BL parents), and probs some more.
Although I’m not very surprised, considering we’re talking about ca 300 years in the future! It would be much more of a surprise, if humans were still against LGBTQ+. (I mean, there will always be homophobes, but I’m not gonna count a tiny part of earth.)

So, yeah, it’s nice to read sth were queerness is normalized and there’s no huge coming-out or whatever. That’s a future I’m striving for.

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Sooooo... enough rambling of mine. If you’ve read my bad review (the review is bad, not the comic!), then you might as well read the webtoon! You won’t be disappointed, I promise you that.

And if you don’t like the story or the characters, at least you have gorgeous art to look at, so you don’t lose anything. Plus, it’s free! (All it costs is some MB of your storage, if you download the app.)

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This was absolutely precious. Probably would have been easy to get annoyed with Sunati’s extremely passive and people-pleasing nature if it had been a longer book, but with it being presented in bite-sized segments, there wasn’t time for that to happen. Austen is a fascinating character, and I can’t wait to learn more about her and her background, family, etc. A great series start!

Breathtaking. Way out of my element (very sweet with minimal conflict) but I loved every minute of this. The soundtrack included with the comic made this even better. I cannot wait to read season 2. You will not regret reading this.

lovely art. cute. some fun characters. but its a little too perfect and precious--there was never any conflict, tension, resolution, uncertainty, insight, or anything interesting

even though i’m a sappy lesbian this didn’t tickle my gay bones as much as i thought it would :/ felt very predictable and basic sadly

This webcomic is so sweet and pure! The characters are soooo sweet and precious! AND the art is amazing! Like, it's absolutely stunning, and there were a few scenes where I just had to stop reading to stare at the art for a few minutes. Also it's just really casually diverse, which is amazing!

My heart is filled with so much love for this webcomic, and now I want to go reread it...

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I feel the need to say (again) that I didn't originally want to add webcomics on here, largely because I felt weird saying I'd finished something that was in fact ongoing, but... my reading challenge was dying, so this is happening.

And also I don't have the slightest clue when I actually read this, just that it was some time after Heartstopper show more (January) and before I started Aerial Magic (May). show less