Kodama Maria tickles my brain. If you are a fan of the works of studio SHAFT then I think this is a must-read because it tickles my brain in the same way that SHAFT does. The cadence with which events happen feel almost dreamlike, and the way in which it just effortlessly floats all these interesting ideas around makes it a pleasant read. Of course, the constantly invoked theme of literature is somewhat misleading because I don't think that this manga ever approaches levels of pretention or high complexity in its writing. It mostly just takes these strange, intriguing ideas that are tangentially related toliterary themes and makes interesting narratives out of them which make perfect sense in the overall narrative, which is dominated by an unreliable narrator in Fueda. If you like things such as SZS which explore these strange, offbeat concepts and built upon them until some ridiculous situation arises, then you will like Kodama Maria, and it is for this reason that I strongly recommend it.