Reading this was an EXPERIENCE. It got really wordy, but the art is masterful. Don’t be fooled by how pretentious some of the characters’ waffling is. I don’t think it’s intended to teach or be relatable to the reader; it more so shows you some perspectives that inspired the work, but it also might characterize the setting and the main characters’ uneasiness within it. I connected to both leads in that respect, so maybe the story won’t have the same meaning or impact for everyone as it did for me. That is, however, pretty standard for a manga that requires you to do a boatloadof thinking in order to get anything of substance out of it…unless you liked the way it looked at surface level, anyway..