Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto

 I didn't look at who the author was when I started reading this digital advance copy I received from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The art looked familiar....the occasional blurry disjointed images bordering on Impressionism reminded me of something....then after I finished the book in one sitting I Googled and sure enough "Tatsuki Fujimoto, author of Chainsaw Man." 

Tatsuki does the weirdest, craziest stuff I've ever read in Manga and still somehow like. He's surprising and disturbing and pulls you along with characters that you sometimes dislike and sometimes break your heart. And don't even get me started on whatever the hell Fire Punch was, I still haven't got a damn clue. 

But his work has a life to it, a complexity and greyness that defies expectations. Pages of images without text work in Goodbye, Eri because the story is immersive and pulls you down into it. Pages of abject blackness beg you to ask....Is this the end? Is this all there is? The levels of complexity in a single volume is remarkable. You can read the Publisher's blurb for a synopsis, I can't do better describing the plot without taking away from the reading experience. I highly recommend this book, especially if the author's other works are too fantastic or violent for you to try. 

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