>>28863450It's not too long, don't get scared about the number as you'll probably be flipping about 4 pages per minute. I'm not sure if it's necessary to play PMD, as the character's backstories are explained in the comic (albeit with not so much detail). I played all the PMD games, but I didn't play postgame of either Rescue Team or Explorers, which explain the backstory of Gengar and Darkrai respectively. I was still able to understand what was going on.
I would recommend bookmarking it and reading it whenever it's done, however. The author updates it per-page instead of per-chapter, so it's hard to follow consistently, unless you wait 'till he's completed a full chapter again, which might take a whole year. It left me wanting more and I'm unable to find anything else quite like it.