Customer Reviews
The artstyle is very impressive, but my low review goes towards the narrative itself.
I had high hopes for this comic because the ALTER EGO concept is so refreshing. Instead, the characters were briefly explained with no real depth or way to connect with the reader, so it gives the feel that they were just there for "the aesthetics."
The story doesn't challenge these characters beyond one action scene and stays on surface level. I want to know why the city is TRULY broken. The story introduced some thugs in a video game scenario. Okay. Why do they want to hurt VIXI? What's their intention? What did VIXI do? They're just evil?
I thought the five characters would merge in the machine and become one (Lisa) but nope. It just became a fairytale story about friendship, though it doesn't make sense that these characters are separate people because they're... alter egos.
So how do we improve the story? First, introduce a single character. Lisa. She has this normal life but feels heartbroken for the city. Crime is at an all time high in Lisa's neighborhood and she's getting sick of being a bystander. But what can she do? She's just an average girl.
Keep showing aspects of Lisa's normal life. But write her in a way she acts differently in certain places or with certain people. Let's say, when she's driving, she likes racing and ignores all traffic rules (Speedi). When she does her hobbie of singing at a bar late at night, her attitude changes to a complete rockstar (Roxi). When she's partying, she becomes a total diva and doesn't care about anyone's opinions (Kiki). Her "default" self at her usual office job is a bright and sweet girl (Sunni).
Lisa (Sunni) starts getting close with some coworkers and Lisa once invites them to one of her gigs. They're surprised to see Lisa (as Roxi) screaming on stage, yelling at the audience something punk. Lisa offers to drive her coworkers home since they've had a few drinks, but they become terrified when Lisa (Speedi) is passing every red light and going over the speed limit. Situations like that.
That day, on Lisa's way home, she sees a flashy light in the distance. Picture that this a Tuesday night, there should be no parties, especially not in this shady neighborhood. Her curiosity got the best of her and Lisa stumbles into the middle of a experiment. Her curious self, the one heartbroken by the city, the one with a sense of justice is born. Vixi.
She gains 5 powers corresponding to her alter egos and fights crime. In this case, let's use a reference from FUTW music video. AE Chemicals. They pollute the planet and experiment on the poor to merge them and get super humans (like Lisa). So this becomes Lisa's journey on taking down AE Chemicals.
If you're still here, I hope you enjoyed my take on ALTER EGO.
Please produce figure.
I love the colors and the connections between her egos as her best friends I just wish there was more depth into each character and new neon city
The story and the art style were great. Hope there's a sequel and future merch. I would love to have a Speedi and Kiki action figures.
I really like the story and the pictures are so good. Please keep up the good work and all the very best to all of you. Cheers.