More on Solanin

My plans of finishing this comic in a short amount of time (one sitting) were shot down pretty fucking fast after I read the fifth chapter of it. It's rare for me to read something that makes me literally have to fucking stop and reflect in the middle of a story. It was just captivating to me.

What's strange is that the chapter plays out different from the rest of the story so far. It doesn't contain any spoilers, and instead explains about a character who has been mentioned very lightly up to this point. While the interactions with the main character are important, I'm sure, it feels almost like an aside.

(viz translated his name as Rip, which makes more sense to us non-slants)

I want you to read it. Like wise, I have uploaded this entire chapter (14 pages) here, or you can click on the image, so, please. Be captivated with me.

I am afraid to continue the story because I have a growing fear that it might not live up to the image I'm painting of it in my mind, but I'm pretty optimistic at this point.

Who cares?

"The way I see it, adults are made up of "who cares?". I have potbelly, but who cares? My nose hairs show, but who cares? As long as I'm not caught, who cares? I'm totally insincere, but who cares? There's war, famine, disease and thousands of people are dying, but as long as I'm happy, who cares? They pay well here, so who cares?" --Inio Asano via "Solanin"

I should really probably stop reading this before it decides to hit home.