Its awesome how something so short can be so fascinant, I got really involved by the idea and by the interaction of the characters, even though it was brief.
The conceit.
The conception of Emanon is consistent enough for the story get close to perfection. The Emanon's billions of years were pass on a few of pages and have a shallow explanation, but it gives me space to imagine satisfatorily how was to Emanon. Even though its absurd to imagine that one generation had survive for billions of years, and that all of them have procreated (as the idea is awesome, I obviously already imagined myself in her place, and I would worry about the next generation, since I couldn't die without giving birth).
The "No Name".
As the conceit, Emanon is also a great character. By her vision, the decades are like just some hours for us, and its very well reflected. Her behavior and ideals are justifiably amorals and on the same time, perfectly humanizated. The pages without dialogues, that we don't know if its break of time between one of another was of some minutes, or if was of decades, they are so engaging that I got myself looking at them by some time. Its incredible how the manga really pass to me how lives the No Name.
The artists
Also, the art is particullarly beatiful, just like Emanon (isn't a commentary that I made previously, neither for my waifu...), its charts have excellent angles and it helps in the immersion of scenes. Simply, an excellent work to the illustrator.
And the writer made a great job as well, his subtle character characterization and his philosophic and ellegant metalanguage make a consistent and deep atmosphere. Even though the narration was a little excessive, his story is pratically perfect for its propose.
My personal experience.
I had a block to get emotionally involved with the work. It passes a lot of feeling by an indirect way, almost imperceptibly, and it can be a problem if you want to get personally involved by the drama, because at least with me, the story was just interesting.
By the way, I get involved after all, at levels so complex that I can't explain easily. I loved the idea, and really imagined myself on the situation of both main characters, because both are well structured the sufficient to open space for that. I yet didn't read the season 1, but I really hope that be a literally sequel and that doesn't push a second plot cannon in the story, becaute for me, the "empty"'s conceit is absolutelly interesting, I'd like to see Emanon's natural life.
Conclusion.
If you have interest in meet some different manga, with ideas and approaches differents of anything, take it a shot. As mush for the experience of reading something so different as for the baggage of knowing that something like Emanon exists, the work is worth it.
