There’s always a similarity between Sca-ji’s work that is brutally honest depiction of suffering in a broken world and the seemingly hopeless (but not completely hopeless) struggle to find happiness, like most people who question why the world is the way it is deep down.
Following his work is really a great ride. As a Japanese, he’s trying to explore the concept of western god.
H2O (God as someone who creates miracles)
Subahibi (God as an observer)
Sakuuta (God resides within human and walks together with them good or bad)
A god who walks with man is weak, but where people believe, there shall he be. A god created by the people is weak, yet it is for that reason he can be with man.
My own interpretation toward the last scene in Chapter VI
I feel like it can be interpreted with Naoya as a human, and Ai as god.
Humans will go on a journey to explore the world.
Gaining so many experiences, got hurt, experiencing hardship, finding happiness in this broken world.
And in the end. Ai (God) is waiting for us at the end of the line.
「それじゃ、そろそろ帰るか? 私達の家に......」
I was half-joking but I kinda agree with OP's statement: "Like I mean it seems so insignificant and worthless, essentially meaning nothing, working until you die to survive, not finding happiness, ect."
I personally separate my life to pre-Subahibi and post-Subahibi periods, as reading it has completely changed how I view the world. It taught me to appreciate life much more (or rather in a different way) than I used to and also be more honest with myself. It may have a similar effect on you, or it may do nothing if it’s not your kind of thing, but one thing is clear — you’ve got to read it even if it’s the last thing you do. My life has been an ongoing quest to discover life-changing works of fiction, and despite having gone through thousands of books, movies, games and the like, I have yet to find anything to even rival Subahibi. I’m honestly getting goosebumps just remembering it.
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Following his work is really a great ride. As a Japanese, he’s trying to explore the concept of western god.
H2O (God as someone who creates miracles)
Subahibi (God as an observer)
Sakuuta (God resides within human and walks together with them good or bad)
A god who walks with man is weak, but where people believe, there shall he be. A god created by the people is weak, yet it is for that reason he can be with man.
My own interpretation toward the last scene in Chapter VI
I feel like it can be interpreted with Naoya as a human, and Ai as god.
Humans will go on a journey to explore the world.
Gaining so many experiences, got hurt, experiencing hardship, finding happiness in this broken world.
And in the end. Ai (God) is waiting for us at the end of the line.
「それじゃ、そろそろ帰るか? 私達の家に......」