Wow. Amazing. Wonderful.
'Marcy's Journal - A Guide to Amphibia' truly is a must for any 'Amphibia' fan. A few things - like extra details and thoughts - included in this companion book are even better than what the show gives us. The drawings, the sketches, the legit, authentic voices given to the character(s) writing as they record their adventures and growing pains and emotional journeys and reflections; everything is a blast. An abundant flow of personality, characteristics, and features, even subtle ones - THAT is 'Marcy's Journal'.Real effort was put into the creation of this "journal". It is all so much fun, and thoughtful, sensitive and emotional. It is just as funny, exciting, suspenseful, intense, heartbreaking, and hopeful as the cartoon.
And like the cartoon, at the heart of all the Isekai-ing, magical worldbuilding, and Magical Girl-ing is the complicated, trialling, growing friendship between the three young girls - Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright, and Marcy Wu. They are like real people with a history together, and they're great individually, too - so different from each other, with so many issues to work through, and yet their bond, their love, is there. They complete one another, separated or not. They are not to be easily dismissed as cartoon characters. Female friendships in ambitious epic fantasy animation for kids, I am here for it!
'Marcy's Journal - A Guide to Amphibia' - one of THE geekiest, most passionate things I've ever read, and I love it.
Two warnings: don't be fooled by the cute, kiddie and cartoony aesthetic - be prepared for an emotional rollercoaster; and be sure to watch the Disney animated series in its entirety first before reading it. It's not for casual fans (though it may well win them over to become hardcore fans, it is that good), and there are spoilers for the whole show. It's a completionist's treasure.
Official and passionate, thy name is Disney's 'Amphibia's 'Marcy's Journal'.
Final Score: 4.5/5
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