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So after it opens with the coolest opening ever, this Mesopotamian king about to face off against the monster from the front cover, it jumps to present day where this lady is in a very boring board meeting. I just want to see Shulgi fight the octopus lady, not this boring meeting about peach tree restoration.

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I AM LOSING IT AND I'M ONLY ON PAGE 2

First of all, love the octopus cyborg(?) on the cover. Really sets the tone. Secondly, do those little black balls remind anyone else of the pokeballs Mewtwo had in the first Pokemon movie to catch the trainers' Pokemon, or is it just me? Black with a red dot in the center. Sure, it's missing the purple stripes and the fact that the red dot is the pupil of a yellow eyeball, but it's close.