Monstress #7 Review

Writer: Marjorie Liu / Artist: Sana Takeda / Image Comics Back off this Monstress hiatus! YAAAAAAAS! Back into this gorgeous and deadly affair to immerse myself into. The first few pages of this comic feature Maika possessed by the God Monstrum feasting… bloody and hungry and… monstrous. She is a terrifying sight. Ironically, I can’t help but think it’s morbidly accurate as Monstrum is hungry, as is Maika. They’re both hungry for survival, for answers. The question hangs in the air of how long can she last, how long can her body last the assault of Monstrum’s feedings, and her lack of control given it is apart of her. How much longer can her body last–an important question as we see she has much less of her arm now. This issue finds our motley crew of Maika, my precious little Kippa, and Master Ren far from where they escaped still searching, still hiding and still hunted. Maika and Kippa float around through the city of Thyria on the lookout for a woman whom they are told is long gone and find items that smell of death. Maika truly feels the heat as “another ghoul killer” is on the loose as told publicly in the marketplace and she comes face to face with more suffering, LIKE ON EVERY CORNER here in this city. It’s a pleasant reminder of what happens to all those who are weak and fall between the cracks–it’s a reminder of what Maika doesn’t want to ever become again. It also serves to strengthen her resolve to not end up like her mother: betrayed and murdered quite pos…