Tsutomu Nihei has meticulously built this age where humanity clashes with an alien species whose intelligence probably is beyond but certainly is separated from our own. But what remains from humanity is also changing to something alien to us as Nagate, a human that has been living isolated, discovers sometimes painfully.
It is addictive to see the drawings by an architect/mangaka that dreams functional buildings in which lost in the scope of their sheer scale humans are like ants; the proportions of the characters is slim but natural where in Western comics is usual to prefer a muscular type. And the writing... Tsutomu Nihei is almost invisible and his world is the one speaking for him. This is, again, a very beautiful work of art; a manga about a hopeless and, in the vacuum of the space, almost a silent future.
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Intriguing story. Poorly scanned digital Kindle edition.
The Kindle digital edition of this manga is poorly scanned. While the art is sharp for the most part, it features large borders, thin lines along the edge of each scan, a constant gray area at the bottom, and no 2-page spreads. Throughout the volume the artist features several dramatic 2-page art panels which cannot be appreciated in single-page format, and can even make you read things out of order if viewed one page at a time. On a larger device, such as the Kindle Scribe, rotating to landscape orientation does allow you to see the intended effect, but on other Kindles and smaller devices I can imagine this would make for difficult reading. This is fine enough for Kindle Unlimited, but I would be somewhat disappointed if I had purchased this digital transfer.As for the story, I'm hooked! This is a nice and unique space setting, with lots of art that gives a strong sense of scale to the world. The artist relies much more on visual storytelling than on the dialog, with many panels having no speech at all. I'm enjoying seeing his vision put forward and the brisk pace at which events move along. 4/5 story. 3/5 digital edition which makes you overly conscious of the reading format.
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