This felt like a fusion of Tea Dragon Society and Kiki's Delivery Service while also being it's own completely different thing. I loved how the mixture of manga and comics styles came together. Beautiful story.

Artificial intelligences have managed to achieve true sentience. Not all of them, and not predictably. But sometimes, their consciousness is undeniable.

Also, sometimes they’re really cute.

At first, Clementine was fascinated with the AI Kye because he was made by her mentor, Dr. Lin. And, yes, a bit because he was attractive. But soon, she’s attracted to his personality and the mysterious code that makes it. But Kye is a valuable resource for Dr. Lin, and she doesn’t want anyone snooping around in his code. And she especially doesn’t want someone taking up his processor space with…feelings.

A nice balance between the mystery of Kye’s programming and the romance between Kye and Clementine. Just when you’re getting a bit tuned out on one, the plot switches focus to the other, giving a nice little thrill to the reader.

As in the cover, the artwork is two-tone, blue and orange. The large majority being that blue, but when an image is done mostly in orange, definitely pay attention! It’s a visual and emotional highlight. Also, keep an eye out for all those cute little AIs! Not all of them are dreamboats. Most are just little adorable blobs, and make you want one of your own. Someday? Sigh…

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This was very enjoyable. Soft and warm, especially in the art. I like that for such a simple love story, that it also presents a lot of ethical questions to think about. Will definitely recommend to some graphic novel loving teens in my library.

A beautifully drawn soft romance set in a utopian Mars colony, a community full of parks, public transit, and cute helpful robots. Clem booked a one way ticket from Earth to work under her intellectual idol, Dr Lin, who works on AI. Clem is initially wowed by her scientist boss, and intregued by her humanoid AI assistant, Kye. But soon the cracks begin to show in Clem's new life- PTSD from an abusive person in her past has followed Clem to Mars; Dr Lin has an ugly temper and doesn't treat Kye as a being with thoughts and feelings; and Kye himself starts to glitch. The color palette of soft reds and blues and the CLAMP manga aesthetic charmed me, as did the hopeful vision of biological and synthetic beings living in harmony.

Purchased for my high school library. My students love graphic novels and cannot get enough of them. I’m consistently looking for high quality ones to purchase. This fits the bill.

I'm sure this is a great sci-fi graphic novel and I can see readers loving it if they love science fiction, but I think the book just wasn't for me personally. The illustrations and use of color were gorgeous.

I'm so delighted this was a five star read for me, as I expected. It was beautifully written and illustrated. I really enjoyed it.

Thank you to netgalley for a free e-copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked this graphic novel. Life on Mars and AI robots, I really liked all the sci-fi elements.
Clem meets Kye an AI humanoid robot and they start a budding relationship. There is Dr. Lin, Kye's creator, that they have to deal with and her negative opinions on AI Robots. I did not expect this story to delve so far into ethics in this cutesy looking graphic novel but I really liked all the topics explored. I would recommend this title.

Such lovely, delicate art. Such a tender, loving story! I was happy to see, in this world of LLMs, an exploration of actual artificial intelligence and what that could mean. And this one had rounded characters and conflict fit to break your heart. I absolutely adored it.

A thoughtful and touching story about growing into ourselves. It addresses the sometimes slippery subject of artificial intelligence insightfully and gracefully links the concept of self to abusive relationships. The artwork is beautiful and the color scheme is muted which further allows the power of the story to shine through.

Summary:
In the 26th century, humanity has successfully established colonies on Mars thanks to the assistance of advanced artificial intelligence. A young and aspiring inventor named Clementine Chang, in search of a fresh start, makes a life-changing decision by purchasing a one-way ticket to the Red Planet for her dream job at a robotics repair facility run by a renowned AI pioneer Dr. Lin.

Clem finally gets to meet and work with Dr. Lin and meets her assistant, Kye, a specially designed humanoid AI who immediately captures Clem's interest.

However, the story takes a captivating twist when Kye starts experiencing glitches and begins to perceive a mysterious child residing within his digital core. Turning to Clem for assistance, Kye's request deepens their connection. As their bond strengthens, the boundaries between artificial intelligence and humanity begin to blur in Clementine's mind and heart. Clem is not determined to help Kye and starts to question why she is on Mars.

The clean lines and art style with the simple pink and blue colors are beautiful which is what we can expect from Wendy Xu's style. Loved this graphic novel and will recommend it to buy for my library.

Actual Rating: 4.5

The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu is a beautiful science fiction graphic novel about Clem, a young inventor who falls for a humanoid AI named Kye. Their budding relationship throws everything Clem thought she knew about artificial intelligence into question as she struggles to come to terms with what makes a being human.

This story set on Mars, tackles heavy themes like surrounding sentient Als- autonomy, humanity, freedom, and love. It reminds me a lot about The Murderbot Diaries and Psalm for the Wild-Built with the topics discussed while also telling the story of a sweet romance through an amazing world and phenomenal art.

There are discussions on grief and loss and abuse. There are also discrete disability aids if you look at the art in the background closely which was lovely to see. There was also a diverse range of characters that were presented - a character wearing a hijab without making any reference to her race, religion, or culture, outside that fact that she worked in a shop and was on Mars. I also loved the cute little Pokémon-looking Al companions.

I didn't like the very rushed feel of the romance. It was quite insta-love and at one point towards the end of the book - I felt one scene was a little unnecessary, personally, and that the removal of that part wouldn't have affected the story at all. In addition, a phenomena known as "the glitch" was such a FANTASTIC concept and I wish it was explored more in-depth because that is so cool.

I think one book I read recently kind of gave off "the glitch" vibes and that was a couple of scenes in the queer space opera called Some Desperate Glory. I need more sci fi books with that kind of cool phenomenon.

Overall, this was a lovely read and I can't wait to read more books written and illustrated by Wendy Xu!

Clem has made it to Mars with her best AI/robot friend SENA. She's chased a dream of a lifetime to work with Dr. Lin, an expert in the field of AI and robots. What turns into a dream, slowly turns into a chance to heal and grow when Clem meets Dr. Lin's assistant AI, Kye. There is an immediate connection between them. When Kye starts to spend more time with Clem because he's started to glitch, Dr. Lin turns angry, prompting Clem's traumatic past to come to the front of her mind. Together, Kye and Clem work together to determine his glitching and to follow the lead of Kye's slow exploration of a world beyond being Dr. Lin's assistant.

This reads like a quiet story for such a heavy topic. Clem's history is told subtly but readers will understand why they were drawn together. Despite this being a well told story, I was sad for it to end because it was a very comforting read (weird, I know) and I wanted to spend more time with these two on Mars. It wraps up well and the premise from climate change, to AI, to robots, to ethics, and more are deftly covered in this romantic story.

In the Infinity Particle we follow our main character Clem, as she starts a new life on Mars where she gets a job working for her idol, Dr. Lin. Clem and Dr. Lin's personal assistant, and IA named Kye, start to hang out and become closer and closer. Dr. Lin does not like Kye new independence and tries to control him even more. This book explores the line between AI and humans in a beautifully drawn graphic novel. I think that this is one of my favorite graphic novels that I've read this year.

**ARC provided by NetGalley for honest review**

The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu was a thought provoking and ambitious graphic novel set in a futuristic/sci-fi world about a young science major who gets an internship with her famous scientist role model and her romantic relationship with the unique A.I. assistant. This story brought up a lot of important and interesting topics, like autonomy, abuse, and what makes us human, as well as had some Asian influence which was cool. Reading this made me a bit uncomfortable, but I suppose it was meant to. I'm still not sure how I felt about the romance, but overall, I think I enjoyed this story. It made me feel, which is something, I'm just not sure what to think of it.

Sweet, wholesome, soft love story. I adore the artist’s style and use of limited color. The ideas this story presents are both sad and intriguing. The questions about humanity and identity are always tough but the emotions and abuse in this story as handled with great care. The author did a fantastic job telling this ai love story.

I read this a month ago on a plane and apparently lost the review I wrote back then. Unfortunately, I don’t remember how well I liked it. I did remember thinking that readers who liked Kevin Pancetta’s Bloom will also like this one as it involves a very loose definition of a pan relationship.

Loved everything about this! The artwork is amazing! Love the storyline, even though it felt a little rushed. I really, really love the characters too!


4.5 Stars

A story about what it means to be human, set in the far future on Mars, where AI robots are commonplace -- and growing more special every day. The art is beautiful.

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‘The Infinity Particle’ with story and art by Wendy Xu is a graphic novel that raises some interesting questions about AI.

When Clementine Chang gets her dream job working for Artificial Intelligence genius Dr. Marcella Lin, she is excited. She meets an AI that Lin has made named Kye and she is fascinated. There is more happening below the surface between Lin and Kye and Clem finds herself caught up in a secret struggle that Kye is going through and that is putting her at odds with her mentor.

I really liked this story of friendship and doing the ethical thing even if it costs you your dream. The art is minimal color and art and I wanted a bit more of a finished look, but it is decently done.