Following on from our brief introduction to them yesterday, the Bohrok begin their clearing of the island of Mata Nui in today's issue. I've been cheating a bit and going to BioSector01 to do some background reading on the storyline. As I noted yesterday, the narrative takes place over numerous media, so keeping up with it is sometimes challenging. According to the lore of the series, the purpose of the Bohrok is to cleanse the island, though to what purpose, I'm not sure yet. What's interesting, though, is that, although the Bohrok are awakened prematurely by Makuta as a way of challenging the Toa, the confrontation is really a misunderstanding. The Bohrok are doing work set out as part of the plan for the Matoran universe by the Great Beings. When, or if, we find this out in the official media, I have no idea. But knowing it does make for an interesting take on the current story.
This arc is six issues long, so we'll make our way through that, and then perhaps pop back into the Great White North of Alpha Flight. I'm hoping to get a few of my non-40 Years articles up again soon, though the end of term is coming, and that's always a busy time.
I noticed in today's issue that D'Anda's art is becoming a bit more easy with the restrictions of the toys that he has to deal with. At one point Lewa is holding his axe just below the head, which would be impossible to do with the toy. The series undergoes a number of interesting shifts like this. As I've previously mentioned, the art becomes more and more stylized as the series progresses, and the story itself goes from mystical island adventure to post-apocalyptic adventure, and does so far more smoothly than a lot of stories that take this path. D'Anda finishes his run on the series after "The Bohrok Saga," and I'm curious to note how radically things shift when Randy Elliott takes over. But that'll be in a couple of weeks. Let's live in the now.
Onward.
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