This is what happens when the goddesses say down with the misogyny.

Gorgeous art, powerful storyline, nuanced narrative (like, ridiculously nuanced even the side-characters' accessories had symbolism). I was enamored and slightly unsettled by the sheer amount of care that went into creating this: the perfect Amazon origin story. Something that particularly stood out to me was how subtly the illustrations flattered the narrative: in a scene where a character was carrying a female infant to “expose” her, that is dump her in the wild because society failed the baby before she was even born, the background casually depicted scenes from everyday life in ancient greece: a male philosopher standing on a platform, very obviously basking in the attention of people who came to celebrate his intellect, a soldier walking around flaunting his golden armor, a man is walking with his two sons, the little boys looking so innocently happy and carefree, contrasting the somber scene where a much younger child is taken to die. The one and only woman shown clearly was poor and begging on the street: the few pannels summed up the women's status there perfectly: invisible, powerless, and regarded as inferior from birth. Something else that stood out to me was how it was not just men vs women, but the brutal side of humanity against all who were not men. Truly, a celebration of gender, humanity, and defiance.