The first one, focused on Takezo Kensei, appears to take an artistic, retrospective look at things, rather than the 'Kensei is actually British' look at things.
I noticed that as well. Wasn't sure what to make of it.
In any case, another one up. This one addresses what Molly is going through in her head right now. Rather terrifying for Molly, and probably similar to the nightmares she's been having.
If I'm not mistaken, the animated GN began like 5 GN ago, I haven't check them out though...
...and the other GN it's about the Nissan Rogue... yeah, just advertisement
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they are relevant to an extend... they're more of a complement to the series.
the GN explains things the show doesn't have time to explain... or they go places were show can't go. They never contradict the show, so they can be consider Canon.... and they always expand upon what happened in the latest episode
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nope... I went through the entire first season and never saw one GN...the first one I read was Betty...
it's more of a complement to the show, you learn new things (but they're not entirely needed for the comprehension of the show) or you get to see things that happened in between stories...or you learn more about things that are just mention briefly in the show....like "the liquid man"
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