yeah i'm not really sure what to say about this book. this very much mirrored by own struggles as a yonsei JA trying to understand my own family's history of incarceration. i am a big fan of octavia butler's Kindred, and kiku hughes does a great job of taking inspiration and adjusting it to fit the needs and goals of her young adult graphic novel. the symbolism of the whole "displacements" is a much clearer allegory for generational trauma.

there were multiple times, in which i was tearing up. the book is an amalgamation of history, memoirs, and personal accounts and i just think it was very effective at making history something personal.