[Story Plot Summary]
The comic starts with a boy named Jamie and his grandfather being out in the desert collecting....sand? Lmaoooo
Anyway, so basically they run into this injured deaf girl named Abbie who’s trapped in a sandstorm with her Moa (basically like an ostrich type creature). Anyways, so Jamie and gramps take Abbie back to their town called little Marigold, which is hella quaint and cute
By the way, Abbie was in the desert to spread her mother’s ashes
Jamie lives with his aunt, Nifrain, who’s a doctor as well as his grandfather who’s a sand collector or whatever. Lol
Jamie’s biological parents left him when he was a child in order to live off the land or something. In any case, as Abbie recovers from her wounds thanks to Nifrain, she and Jamie start to develop a friendship and go on these hijinks together
You realize Jamie definitely feels a way about his parents’ abandonment and that despite Abbie’s non-expressive demeanor, she kind of grows to like him a bit. Around this time, a foreign man comes in and basically robs the village
He’s what’s called a “parasai”, a magical kind of person historically in charge of protecting civilian groups. But in Marigold, parasai often go rogue and terrorize hoes
Nifrain clocks Abbie and realizes she’s a parasai too and encourages her to leave
Abbie starts to make preparations to leave much to Jamie’s chagrin. But before she can, a group of 4 rogue parasai roll up and start with the bullshit
Jamie claps back which gets that ass in trouble
Abbie wasn’t around initially, but after being discovered and having the vase holding her mother’s ashes destroyed, Abbie decides the only solution is to open a can of Grade A, organic Whoop-Ass
So she rocks they shit and them bitches couldn’t take
After the ass whooping, the town slick is like “omg a parasai” towards Abbie, but also highkey she just saved y’all so I mean...
But anyways the mayor’s like “you gotta go sis” and Jamie again claps back and is like absolutely not.
He accuses the town of being cowardly which was shade cuz honestly sis has been ready to leave Marigold for a MINUTE
Wtf happened next...oh yeah then umm Jamie catches up with Abbie and is like “please let me go with you” even tho niggas literally don’t know where Abbie’s going
She acquiesces and says yes and they both go back and say bye to Nifrain and gramps and the two leave the town in the middle of the night
[Story Thoughts and Feelings]
Very much anime tease, let’s talk about how beautifully this shit is animated
Prediction: I think Jaime’s parents leaving him was far more layered than initially stated
Thoughts on Jaime joining Abbie? If the journey is to spread her mom’s ashes, isn’t that...idk...personal?
Is the town justified in making Abbie leave? Would positioning her as a town protector have been better?