May 8, 2021
It has been years since i read a manga that can suspend my disbelief as well as Ajin. The author has thought of everything. Power dynamics among the financial, political and military elite of the country (as opposed to most other manga where these are presented as a single entity), power dynamics among the nations (i love how the author isnt pretending that all nations have equal leverage and recognizes the disproportioned influence that the USA has on Japan), relatable characters (and they are relatable because they are realistic), power and limitations of the mass media, apathy of the majority of the population regarding social
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issues (especially true in the case of Japan the past decades) and the list goes on.
Ajin presents what would most likely happen in the current real world if people with superpowers were discovered. A huge struggle among different powerful entities to weaponize/exploit them for their own benefit.
In the very first panel the author ridiculing the supposed political objectivity of established science, by showing us a researcher employed by one of those entities killing an Ajin while saying "for the progress of mankind". We observe the war for information about Ajin, one of the many such wars in human history. After all, power is all about obtaining the relevant information faster than the opposing parties. The world of Ajin is complex and grey, just like the real one.
I dont know if this manga will keep up the pace in the next chapters. But even if it blows off, it will not change the fact that these first 22 chapters are a masterpiece.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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