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Nico Baidan, "Firsts"
After being kicked out of his family estate, Lu lives a quiet life in the city until bumping paths with a particular human.

Short (26 pages) comic about a vampire who moves to the city and lives the life of a shut-in until a meet-cute finds its way to his doorstep. I was more into the vampire slice-of-life bits. but it's romantically hopeful/comforting in a "love finds a way even if you're a homebody" sense.




Pearl Law, "Karma's A Peach"
Full of ennui, an Asura wastes away in the mortal world by gaming and stealing paintings. Bodhisattva decides to put a stop to this nonsense by making him collect good karma. Then he meets a goody two-shoes on the way, who turns out to be the kind of help he needs all along.

Content warning: swearing and depiction of smoking

Urban fantasy story about an asura forced to farm karma. The gamified approach is appropriately cynical and thoughtful about the concept of having to do good to achieve a purpose—something I think about a lot when doing the life sim portions of Persona games ahaha. Loved this a lot! And the manga-like format is perfect for my ereader. :')


(Also wrote about Pearl Law's previous Shortbox comic, Parasocial Activity here.)

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