S.I.R.

by Fell Hound

To win back her girlfriend, Avery Sakai will need to compete in her school's violent underground extracurricular... a motorcycle jousting competition known as Seismic Ironclash Roulette!

Get ready for your new obsession... MOTORCYCLE JOUSTING!

Fate brutally separated Avery Sakai from her girlfriend Nico Xing, but acceptance at Bridleham Academy might be just the thing to bring them back together. As it turns out though, Nico's extracurriculars are the last thing Avery expected…

Now to win a chance at love, Avery will need to throw herself into the violent but captivating world of the motorcycle jousting fight club known as the Seismic Ironclash Roulette!

Ringo Award-nominated cartoonist Fell Hound (Commander Rao, And We Love You) brings over-the-top sports anime energy to this effusively charming and effortlessly delightful saga of love, loss, and… motorcycles.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Romance, Lesbian, Queer, Sports, LGBT

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2025

Reviews

[Emily Sarah]

Oh I ADORED this! Sapphic motorbike jousting and pining, what more could you want?

I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy this. It sounded like it could be a fun premise but I worried it would be too cheesy.

When I say I didn’t put this down I mean it. I’m glad I had the whole of volume 1 before starting it because I was locked in. It’s the perfect balance of romance and protecting those you love, action, and an intriguing commentary on classism especially within sports.

The art I adored- especially the centrefold spreads. The use of colour and the details on the armour are spectacular and all the characters had their own style and vibe.

Rep// BIPOC Lesbian/Sapphic MCs, Central romance is Sapphic/WLW.

TWs listed below, please skip if you don’t want spoilers.





TW// death of parents (past), themes of bullying and depression, blackmail, classism, slight violence, elitism, gambling/betting.

[Ranash_books]

This would have been cute as a Netflix series

[Holly Cruise]

I needed something bright, colourful and not too taxing on the brain to read after a long week at work, and this did the trick. Would it have hit a lot lot harder if I had read it after a long week at school in the previous century to this? Yeah, probably. But y'know what, they didn't make queers comics for teens in 1999. Hell, it wasn't even legal for my school to tell me it was ok to be queer in 1999. Anyway, this has teenage angst and motorbike jousting and nice art and an entirely confusing setting (is that a private boarding school or a university, the signals are so mixed). Give to a bookish 14 year old today as a good deed.

[Alexandra]

Like a faster paced, more intense, more gay Revolutionary Girl Utena!

[Ya Boi Be Reading]

2.5 just barely rounded up. I feel like this just wasn't for me as well as just being underwhelming in a lot of itself. I mean, there is nothing like a good angsty queer romance about taking down the system (this time in a rich Ivy-esque college deal). But I feel like the conflicts were a bit too shallow for its pagespace and weak on top of that and its theme felt muddled. It wants to be this unprivilege vs those with privilege but it felt all muddled and didn't seem to really land on anything. On top of that the writing feels weak at points with it often being too melodramatic or unrealistic.
The action’s paneling is a bit too out there for me where it just hurts the readability. Multiple times I was confused on the order of the panels. I applaud the attempt but sadly each one was a bit of a miss. The art itself can be a bit of a miss too being a tad on the inconsistent side though this is a monthly issue and Fell Hound seems to be a bit newer on that so I can imagine the workload got a bit overbearing.
I wanted to like this. I mean it seemed so up my alley but it all just felt underwhelming sadly.

[Kelli]

Lesbian motorcycle jousting? Always a yes.

So, this is very fun—obviously.

I mean, what wouldn’t be fun about lesbian motorcycle jousting? All of those things are fun individually. So, together? FANTASTIC.

This story has all the intensity of a sports manga blended with all the feels of a Nina LaCour novel. Plus, it’s beautifully illustrated throughout. The character designs here are especially lovely.

Definitely recommend for readers who enjoy an actioned-packed queer romance~

[Arizona Harvey]

Honestly, I just did not like this book. The characters, they all frustrated me all the hell. I want to rant and ramble, but I won't because I know it's all because of personal opinions rather than the quality of this work. It. Just. Wasn't. For. Me. Sorry.

[bryce]

I am not the target audience for S.I.R but i picked it up cause it had a great premise.

The art is undoubtedly gorgeous in a really great way that Boom Box titles always manage. The story for me personally felt a bit muddied in issues #2-4 but the pay off in #5 was absolutely worth it. Plus every character with tattoos had banging flower tattoos.

Read as single issues.

[Vail Chester]

In the author bio it says that she rewatches Mobile Suit Gundam: the Witch from Mercury religiously and it really shows here. Replace the motorcycles with big honkin' mecha and you've got roughly the same thing.
So for all its splendor as a Queer take on defending the honor of your wronged woman, it's very much a tired tale of the haves shaming the have-nots for not having a lot.

[Adriana]

The art is painfully bad most of the time. And the story is a mess of what I'm guessing is supposed to be foreshadowing and plot development, but is mostly just poor writing and chaotic pacing.

[K K]

The concept was interesting, but it was very predictable.

[Cori]

On vibes/premise, this was awesome, and when I saw the g-witch ref at the end I was like "hell yea / makes sense," but the art execution and simplistic arc left something to be desired for me.