Ogeha

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On one hand, Ogeha is irritatingly short, and on the other hand it's perhaps the greatest piece of fiction I've ever laid my eyes on. It's not a series which I think many people will enjoy, but it does everything right from an literary perspective. The art is really good and really well made, the characters are sensible and enthralling, the world is fun, etc. It feels like the first volume of a generational piece, but for some reason ended right away. The only thing is that from a literary perspective, although it makes sense for there to be more after it, it also makes ... perfect sense for it to have ended where it did. This is also one of the few series which has a character with psychopathic tendeencies which is not heavily introspective and depressing. Characters with such tendencies tend to be either monstrous killers, or become monstrous through their lack of fullfillment/emptiness.

"Ogeha" tastefully portrays kiji as a psychopath who is simply coasting through life. He doesn't know what he is, and other charaters don't seem to know either. It's for that reason that his bond with Ogeha feels so enthralling, because the author doesn't TELL you that he's empty inside, they SHOW you, and they SHOW you how Ogeha becomes like a daughter/friend/lover(?) to him. It certainly feels like there should have been more there, but it also makes perfect sense to stop there. Two well made characters arcs in only 15 chapters with very little verbal exposition.