A review by bluepigeon
Unnatural, Vol. 1: Awakening by Matteo Scalera, Bengal, Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, Mirka Andolfo, Milo Manara

5.0

What a great beginning! Unnatural follows Leslie, a pig woman who works as a waitress and lives with her friend and roommate, Tirsh (a mouse lady). Leslie has a close friend and co-wroker, Derek, and a girl friend, Bliss. Her life is not rocking, but she's doing alright. Except she's having these strange wet dreams about being some wolf guy's bride. This in itself would be OK, except inter-species coupling is strictly forbidden in Leslie's world. And she's now 25, so she's automatically included in the government-mandated same-species, opposite-sex mating paring thing. Except when she shows up for her first mandated date, things go a bit weird and the next day, Leslie finds herself in deep shit. Trish, Derek...they all seem to be in deep shit. But there's a mystery person who's trying to help Leslie. And he looks just like...

The art is fantastic! The sexy scenes, the action, everything flows well, nothing is confusing, and the anthropomorphic characters are just perfect in their expressions. The story is also great. What starts off as growing pains and sketchy government mandate quickly spirals out of control, but never loses focus.

Recommended for those who like pet dragons, sushi, and antique books.