The drama and action drags a bit long for thrills that don’t make the story richer, I didn’t like that, but it seems to be common amongst certain types of manga and their audiences, so that was forgiven.
What makes this special to me is how the author handled different serious ontological issues within the Qabalah and related systems in her own way, not very intelligently though. It was the twisted and post-apocalyptic take on the structure and layers of the Tree of Life that made it work for me, she does ponder very important questions just around the end. The whole heretic take on the angels and their relationships is cool enough for teenagers, but it was rather the destiny they faced manipulated by the system itself that made the story work.
I find these stuff fascinating coming from the 90s by an eccentric Japanese woman, as they contemplate subconsciously on very serious matters; questioning and revolting against the Biblical narrative, turning it upside down. Instead of celestial realms/spheres we have an artificial system connected by some sort of “supercomputer”. Man do I love these stuff, kudos to that.
There’s a feeling of dread and romanticizing of violence that seems to be a signature of the author. Also, she is clever in how to abstract a mystery around some characters. It’s a pity such epic was not produced as anime series by a talented group instead of that sorry excuse of an OVA, she wanted to use Kuroyuri Shimai as the soundtrack, imagine the joy.
