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So is he arrested for accidentally killing Nanako? Ending was alright but I was like o.O

That's my question too.

Trepanation is illegal and even if he didn't meant to kill her, he's still responsible for her death.

Also one second before getting arrested he was about to open Ito's cranium. He was crazy and it's better this way.

Yeah, he must've killed her by accident and surely he was out of his mind at this point.
Kinda sad way to end, Mr.Nakoshi.

What an ending, those last few chapters were really mind-bending. One of the best manga I've ever read!

WOW this manga has been crazy and it finally made sense but I still am unsure of what the heck happened in the end. It wouldnt make sense for it to have taken a full year for police to find him if Nanako had died from the trepenation since he was in the spot hes normally gone to before. He did kinda rape that one girl though, remember that? Maybe thats it? Or perhaps the police were just there by chance or because he was labeled as a missing person?

Even though the girl got raped, I don't think she'd report it to the police because I think she found her 'true' self.

The ending was quite trippy. I feel really sorry for Nanako. I guess she did die. :/ I wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason why he got arrested.

I'm glad Ito didn't get the drill. Who knows what would have happened? It is his fault though that Nakoshi became nuts.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this manga. It gripped me from beginning to end. :D

But still it doesnt make sense for the police to take a full year to find him when he was in his usual spot. No way police can be that bad there can they? Only way that would make sense is if the reason it took so long to find him is because he had lived homeless for a while and didnt know much people. Or alternatively she coulda died from a slow bleeding hemorrhage that took time. Or like Araya said it coulda been just arrest for trepenation essentially a medical procedure without a liscense and she might not have died.

If it was the cops coming to him for murder or anything at all it makes no sense Ito would be there first as if he came with them and they sent him over because they would never send him (or should i say her?) over first for an arrest right?.

Its very interesting how Nakoshi seemed to be at peace with the people around him but still felt alone and burdened :( he became the savior of the world but no one would save him from himself because no one wanted to see deeper than the surface.

Wish a bonus volume or chapter would be added on to fill in the missing information of what happened and why he kept adding more and more holes to his head even though he didnt really need them since he could already see that the homunculus were just people like him shallow and wallowing in their problems and just needed simple advice and comfort to cure them :(

Damn, I knew something was going to happen when she saw him with that Oni face..

overall awesome stuff, but I can't help disliking the end

Ito led the police to him right? Crazy and sad ending.

Heh, that was some brilliant and crazy shit right there. Pretty memorable ending.

The ending was a bit depressing but a great read nevertheless.

I think he didn't just kill Nanako. He may have tried the trepanation on other girls/people that he met, maybe once he start to know them. Being friends or something. And cuz he did it unsafe, resulting in killing them. Within one year period. He may have been searching for people to "look at himself" in the one year time. That's why he has the drilling machine with him in the car. He has it all the time. And the police having hard time to arrest him perhaps because he is living a nomadic life in his car?

Well, just my wild interpretation based on the reasoning that the police is there to arrest him. The police may have not been there to arrest him.





I didn't remember that rape scene. Was it with that sand girl? I doubt it's just a missing person case. Who would want to find him, filing a report on missing person? Ito? Then why would he (she) came seeing him first?

And I doubt Nanako survived. If she survived, maybe in a vegetative state. Who the hell having sex after drilling a hole in their head? More blood flow during sex, brain got less plus the blood loss, thus leading to coma right?


Anyhow, this manga is not like any other manga I have read. Kudos to the mangaka.

yeh i think it took so long for the police to find him because he lived as a homeless man for so long. Ito probable herd what had happened to Nanako and led them to him. I wouldn't be surprised if Ito found out soon after it happened and it just took a while for him to bring himself to turn Nakoshi in. I mean Ito himself was going through allot during that time as well, and they had bonded allot.

He was batshit insane in the end, but he could see people hearts as homunculi, and I was quite impressive how many times I questioned myself if he was just having hallucinations or he was truly seeing peoples hearts.

Nakoshi had a sad life, incredible how he suffered all his life and only found "peace" after becoming completely insane.

I also liked that showing people their "truth" could led them to kill themselves or become crazy.

He was arrested by doing the illegal trepanation, it's illegal in Japan and he didn't had a license, Itou led the cops to him, that's why he was crying after hugging him.

Most fucked up and original manga I've read along with Leviathan, 10/10.

Original and daring.

Yet the ending lacked impact.

This series has given me a lot to think about.

The plethora of Utena-esque symbolism throughout was intriguing and exciting, albeit a bit hard to follow at some points.
Even though it seemed to be more like a character study, the story was gripping enough to keep me involved; I finished it rather quickly for the number of volumes.
Nakoshi is one of the most interesting, eccentric characters ever put together in manga.
Although it did rely a lot on its outlandish content to drive the series, there was much more thought put into it than most would believe. I wouldn't call it pretentious.
As for the ending, it did hit me hard with confusion. I wouldn't say I'm disappointed, I can easily accept that as a resolution, but it did lack emotional appeal (most of the series for that matter) and left me wanting more.
I think the relationship between Nakoshi and Manabu sort of withered away by the end, which left me with disappointment.
Ugh, so much to say.. so much to think about..
Now it's time to wonder how to rate this.

Never would have thought it at the beginning, but Manabu was the most sympathetic of this cast of characters.

What a dichotomous ending.



Probably the same thing happened with the 2nd hole as with the first. Filled with pus and scar tissue and Nakoshi's own delusion that only "real" and "more" holes will allow him to see the homunculi.
At least Nakoshi found happiness :'(