Himegoto

A must read, Himegoto is a work that could change your life like change mine, it's an anime about ethics, psycholgy and sociology. Hime is a Faustian figure that makes a pact to back to a normal life for the price of his morality, what follows is a messy, uncomfortable journey of self-definition—who Hime is, who he’s forced to perform as, and how those roles are shaped by power, debt, and social pressure. There’s also a sharp class reading here: Hime as a working-class character being pushed, manipulated, and cornered by people with institutional and social power. Clearly Norio have read the works of authors likeKarl Marx and Michael Foucault. That said, it is a bit hard to read structurally, since it was released across multiple magazines. Do yourself a favor and follow the official manga order, it makes the experience a cleaner read, and it won’t take long to finish anyway. For me (and a lot of others), it’s a contemporary masterpiece. And also is a funny manga with a shit ton of jokes of bulges and nasty jokes. But that’s part of the trick, between laughs, the story lands moments that hit hard enough to make you genuinely worry about these characters.