SOIL Author: Kaneko Atsushi “This person loves me too much” “The insane here is you” “Self consciousness only contradicted her existence, reality, and time broke her” “Why…?” Craziness. Insanity. Mania. There is everything in this damn place, this damn city called Soil, at first glance, is just the city of dreams for many, but even the most beautiful dream can become the most horrible nightmare. The reality we see is just a false plan that hides something beyond the understanding of every living being. People who say they have seen the “strange organisms” are classified as crazy, but they saw something unusual. Maybe this is the origin of their insanity. Ofcourse, no one would believe it, just another madman.

“Humanity's oldest and most intense emotion is fear, and the oldest and most intense fear is fear of the unknown.” — HP Lovecraft

Trust no one. IN NO ONE. Even the most innocent person can be a strange organism, and obviously you would not want to meet one of them, mysteries only create more mysteries, and answers are almost non-existent. Any man or woman would have given up by now, but if they held on a little longer, they would see the truth, and as they say, truths hurt, but this one can even kill.

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” — Plato

A masterpiece of cosmic horror, Kaneko Atsushi must surely be one of the most brilliant manga writers alive. The development is rich, the concepts in just a few pages are brilliantly developed, the characters getting insane as the story progresses combined enough with the text. The art, as usual, being by Kaneko, is sensational, but in Soil, it matched a lot with everything. Soil, it might not please most people, but for me, it's an amazing story that deserved more.

Note: 9.8