Bernd Scanlations: Hallucinations from a dangerous mind

And so we have completed our second long running project. I'd say I still prefer Soil at the end of the day but this was really great. It's rare to see time travel used in such a satisfying manner so hats off to Kaneko, this will certainly be something that you'll want to reread now that it's completed. How to even describe the story? psychedelic noir? well, as Kaneko said "this is a love story".

The ending was great, this stretch at the end with these last two chapters were fantastic. I wonder how people will feel about Wet Moon, not now of course, I'm not interested in gut reactions, but 2 months from now, 6 months from now... a year from now... There are things that he didn't go in depth on and in general people like everything explained for them, they want endings where everything is neatly tied up with a bow and everything gets resolved so that you can shut the door to that world and never look in again. Some people don't like to keep thinking about things after finishing them, and they don't want to do research based on the breadcrumbs left by the creator.

The art in it was absolutely phenomenal though, this is the natural evolution of what he was trying in Soil, he's always had a cool style, but this is where he maxed out his stats as a storyteller, going beyond just sequential storytelling, but his use of symbolism, framing scenes... it just doesn't get any better than this.

Continuing his Lynch vibe from Soil with a bit of a Lost Highway vibe this time, adding in some Seijun Suzuki and yet creating something entirely new and unique. This is Atsushi Kaneko and I love him.

Also, I made a blunder, the last chapter is not double sized, I counted the last couple of pages without looking and they were just crap from the publisher, advertising other manga they've put out and stuff like that. Sorry 😅

I'd write some more but I'm not feeling very well so here are the goods.