This fifth installment of the Scott Pilgrim
series of graphic
novels by Bryan
Lee O’Malley seems to me to be the Kim Pine story.
Kim is Scott’s ex-girlfriend and bandmate. She has enough troubles of her own
with a bad roommate, cheating boyfriend, and a sense of losing her edge as Sex
Bob-omb makes and album instead of playing musing.
In spite of this, Kim musters the selfless courage to help Scott and Ramona
get over their baggage and try to make their relationship work. She draws out
the best of friends often seem to be not worth the trouble, especially Scott.
She supports and encourages both, and helps them to connect when they can’t
seem to do it on their own.
Scott is being a jerk, as usually, through much of the book. He is
incredibly forgetful. I suspect it is a kind of Peter Pan syndrome. On his 24th
birthday, Scott vows to stop aging. He seems to have trouble forming new
memories. For all the progress he made in previous books, he is still resisting
the transition to adulthood.
Even with the focus on Kim, the story of the evil exes continues. Scott
defeats the Katayanagi twins, though in a different manner than the movie. This
is another scene of Kim’s selfless friendship.
Of all the books, this one has the sense of being “in between.” It is
in between the build and the climax to be expected in the final book. I think
O’Malley made a good choice in bringing in Kim so much in this volume. He was
able to move the story of Scott and Ramona along while also giving some space
to look around and not rush to the end. Scott is too messed up to make it on
his own, so it is nice to see one of them get some attention.
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