After Kiruko met with her old idol, she and Maru embark on what should be a long road trip south. Meanwhile in the Academy, chaos has engulfed the campus and some of the children are now out on their own!
USDisease and a new race of supernatural beings have nearly wiped out
mankind, and two survivors are on the hunt for an oasis called Heaven.
Within the safety of the walls, youths
are raised in a nursery-style setting by robots. While life there may
appear stale on the surface, the children are full of potential and
curiosity. In many ways it is like a slice of heaven.
The outside
world is a hell-scape. It is almost entirely void of anything mechanical
and is now inhabited by bizarre, yet powerful super-natural beings.
Maru,
with the aid of Kiruko, is out there crisscrossing what was once Tokyo
for heaven. But after searching for so long, maybe heaven is more of an
untenable dream than a potential reality.
Heavenly Delusiondoes
many things, and it does them well. Ishiguro makes great use of contrast particularly in building up
atmosphere and setting. All this is realized with delicate, detailed linework, with
what little shading is there done through pen-and-ink techniques such as
crosshatching.
Its central characters think and act and
talk like human beings[...] One thing it does not do, however, is give
any answers. Not a single one.[T]here are way too many unique storylines and elements set-up
that are fascinating to read, and it only begs for me to learn more. If
you’re in need of a sci-fi manga, you won’t be making a mistake checking
this one out.
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