One of the things I enjoy about manga is the ability of a writer to imagine a completely unique and insane scenario that I couldn't have come up with on my own. The problem is, after reading a lot of them, patterns start to emerge, and that feeling of genuinely encountering a premise so insane you have to stop and appreciate the absurdity becomes harder to come across. I'm glad to announce that each new page of Astro Baby genuinely had me going "What the hell am I reading?" in the best way. The characters are a combination of human enough for you to empathize with and'anime' enough for you to enjoy watching, the art is beautiful and the story sets up new hooks and questions you want answered as it goes on. There are only 9 chapters out as at the time of this review but I'm writing it to encourage people to give the manga a try. It may not end up being your cup of tea but it's a different enough flavor that it's worth at least trying.