Travis Beacham

If you're like me and badly wanted more official Pacific Rim content in your life, then this is worth a read simply to fill in a couple little knowledge gaps from the start of the Kaiju attacks and the creation of the Jaeger program. As long as you're not expecting anything nearly as good as the film, but rather just some backstory and snippets of info, you're good to go.

The core of the story is a bit random and lackluster as it follows a journalist basically writing a fluff piece on those involved in the Kaiju attacks; this mostly just serves as a way for characters to infodump and have flashback moments. The result kind of feels like reading a very descriptive Wiki page, plus some Yancy and Raleigh drama that's a bit cliché (fighting over a girl...yawn.) Also the art styles throughout feel super low-budget? It's just not a pretty thing to look at.

But all that being said, it was still cool just to get some more info on the world of Pacific Rim, plus a neat little Pentecost and Mori side story. The origins of the creation of drifting was also fun to see, Also, don't skip the forwards by Travis Beacham! It has so much obvious heart and enjoyment for this world that it makes the story shine a little brighter.… (more)