Scott Pilgrim the Complete Series by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Scott Pilgrim the Complete Series by Bryan Lee O

While Lost at Sea moves at a slower pace than Scott Pilgrim, the introspective stream-of-consciousness of the narrator places the reader as a passenger alongside Raleigh as she commutes through her life, with all its twists and turns and dead-end tangents as she tries to make sense of herself and where she fits in, particularly in her own life. Consequently, while Raleigh and her newfound friends return to Canada, she revisits childhood memories and her regrets about a departed friend, her parents and the self-described mundanity of her life in an attempt to find the 'soul' she lost. As they travel up the Pacific coast, Raleigh embarks on a surreal journey of self-discovery, which is similar to the narrative arc within Scott Pilgrim.

Despite being far from home, she manages to catch a ride from some classmates she barely knows that are taking a road trip before graduating.

Lost at Sea follows Raleigh, a shy and introverted 18-year-old Canadian high school student stranded in California while meeting a guy she met online.

Either way, the coming-of-age story arc is a relatable testament to the good aspects of the picture and is a motif deeply rooted in its graphic novel predecessor, Lost at Sea. Whether those lessons stuck with him is still up for debate because even after beating Gideon Graves and running off with Ramona Flowers, he doesn't defeat 'Nega Scott' and instead opts to get brunch with him later. As a result, it isn't until Scott learns something from his mistakes and gains some self-respect that he can overcome his limitations and atone for the wrongs he committed to his friends and ex, Knives Chau. Its shout-outs to the music floating around Toronto at the time and the nerdy Easter eggs that speak to geek culture developed the 'cult following' that doesn't seem to let this film and its characters go, especially with the inclusion of a narrative predominantly focused on growth. However, despite Scott Pilgrim's problems, the way it communicates the essence of the era through an imaginative and bizarre video game and comic-fueled lens makes the movie work.

Scott Pilgrim the Complete Series by Bryan Lee O'Malley