Feb 18, 2025
Jiro has become part of project Genesis, living on with his new family! A happier ending for his soul then I thought he would get.
Memoria was a fun story! The digiscape had a lot of development that made it almost feel like it could be possible some day, although personally I hope we never get to that point, regardless of the condition of our planet, which I'd like to keep green and blue if possible lol
As for the characters : I like it!
Jiro and Archie were definitely a fun duo through the whole thing. the moment Archie got shut down when they went into the mine, I felt like a piece of Jiro's soul was missing, but honestly, that worked out for the better. that whole arc served really well to introduce Tong and Kururu, giving them a lot more then just some base level details. We really got to see what they were like when pushed, and that's when a persons true personality comes to bat.
Thresh also had a lot of ups and downs for me, emotionally speaking. I hated him, then I loved him, then I thought I was going to hate him again, but then I loved him more. He was a real roller-coaster, let me tell ya'.
Songbird and Blackheart were mysterious, but I had a feeling that they were part of Aki by the way they were talking to Jiro. I really liked how they both seemed like paragons of both good and evil, even though they were very directly connected to Jiro's lost love.
Aki, although most of her story was told without her being around, we really get a good picture of her by the end. she had such a kind heart, and I'm sure leaving Jiro behind broke her just as much as it broke him.
Oh, and Barnes can eat dog poop in Heck.
As for the setting : The setting moved from a lot of different locations, which kept everything feeling fresh and different. We saw a lot of the good and we saw a lot of the ugly that Memoria's virtual world had to offer. The first town really stuck with me for some reason. I think I'd want to see a bit more of the outside world if anything, but I think the dystopian descriptions really painted it well enough.
And as for the story : I feel so bad for those Eternals... For a lot of reasons, but one of them is kinda personal and goofy XD I have no idea how long the genesis systems plan to run for, but I'm worried that those poor eternals are going to have to deal with the universe slowly running out of energy over the course of trillions of years. lol I don't know why that's all I'm thinking about, but its an unusually glass half empty concern that probably only bothers me.
Anyways, I thought the story was great. Barnes worked really well as Satan's greedy left hand seeking to monetize the afterlife for power, and Aki was an angel with one dirty wing, trying to give people souls a second chance to live on.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book! May the light of Memoria guide you on your next novel, and me catching up on all my reading here!
(In my sleep deprived state I thought I saw another chapter! lol) Very fun to get to see all the gang here again! At some point I have to read the original story they all came from! 
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