Starting off with a concise and easy-to-follow illustrated breakdown of everything the reader needs to know before the story begins, Life is Strange: Partners in Time introduces two timelines: “Max and Chloe’s universe” where Max, a woman with the power to rewind time, investigates the death of Rachel Amber, and then “Chloe and Rachel’s universe,” a new timeline where Max is stranded and her girlfriend Chloe is instead coupled up with a very-much-alive Rachel. Then, there’s Tristan, a young man who gets caught in Max’s original universe while trying to help her get back. The set-up is a lot to take in, but the “Previously on” is delivered with ease and grace, like it’s notes taken by someone who loves you when you can’t make it to school… if that someone also happens to be an incredible artist and designer.