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In of overall feel to this manga you can think of a Japanese equivalent to a Wes Anderson/Lynch hybrid drama containing a weird sense of humor, either deadpan or pure.

Storywise, there's this eccentric doctor doing research on Hashi who can't help but say out loud everything he thinks and feels, mostly vile stuff. Hana on the other hand has unexpected orgasms anytime, anywhere. Mari cannot perceive the people around her, isolating herself from reality. Hideo claims to have superpowers and can get in touch with aliens and God. There's also a Napoleon Dynamite clone thrown in there with some kind of Alzheimer's. The rest ... of the non-linear unraveling of the story makes for a pleasurable reading experience.

As usual in Minetaro's manga, I'm drawn to his art work. In my subjective opinion I find it soothing, neat and quirky done to minimalistic perfection.

I would recommend reading it while listening 90's indie rock, perhaps Pavement, Unwound or Failure. But everyone has their manga reading music preference I guess, that's just my take on it.

If you are remotely interested in themes regarding psychology or a work of art that makes your mind wander in a good way go ahead and give it a read. It saddens me that authors like these are so underrated, while I also enjoy the average well done Shonen or thriller manga there's a lot of room for more recognition for this type of Seinen in this database.

"There's no remedy for idiots."