Prophecy

Prophecy is not about one thing exactly, as it touches many topics, but this manga does it all with mastery. Some of the topics are: 1)Cancel culture and topics related to internet authoritarism (even extending that to physical violence) are constantly dealed withing the whole manga 2)The corruption lying inside the heroes that people love (even leaders of political manifestations) 3)Authoritarism of the police 4)corruption in the politics 5)And even how extreme we tend to be when we are using social media 6)How capitalism pushes people to do absurd work only to survive, and the violence neoliberalism propagates just by its existence etc. The characters are all very good, the police andthe terrorists, all very well written and it's really easy to get yourself laughing and cheering with them whitin all the chapters. The dialogues are great, they aren't that kind of dialogue that you want to skip, they are intrinsic to the book and cannot be separated from it, like some kind of filler. The art is pretty good too, when it needs to be more explicit it is, and when it needs to be funny it does it well too. After all, it's a manga that will make you stop trusting people blindly, after all, it's a book that makes you think on yourself, don't depending to the vision of any authoritarism, even the authoritarism of the freedom thinkers of the internet. "Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own." - Schopenhauer.

Note: I hate quantifying a manga scoring in multiple categories - story/characters/pacing etc - because to me that's just min-max type of scrutiny that dilutes the holism of the entire work. So, I'm going to score the entire manga as a whole and nothing else and tell you why I liked the manga. This is a short and sweet manga. It's not phenomenal in any regard but one - the walls do feel like they're closing fast. And that feeling makes it a really nice manga. It's sweet, short, and does what it sets out to do best - portray the "mob mentality" of internet in thebackground and a sweet story of friendship in the background all tied with a bow of cat-mouse police chase. It begins by putting forward a lot of questions and I'm so happy that all of them get answered in due time. It's short, the manga, but it's not rushed at all. It's adequately paced and very nice. All characters other than the police are great. The police characters are so lame lol, but then again, doesn't matter because you're not rooting for the police at all. Still, they're so lame its funny. The art is nice, and grim. I like it. Read it. 7/10.

This is a very solid work, especially for being such a short read. The only strong critique I have are how the general political and societal themes are presented and discussed. Often certain elements feel caricaturized and lacking depth, without making strong enough or decisive statements for me to really understand how the author feels or what they want the takeaway to be. Normally that isn't too much of an issue, but the author does spend enough time working around these topics that it feels like I should have a stronger opinion. While the characters are generally interesting the real star of the show isthe underlying plot. The twists and turns following motive, identity, and execution can genuinely be a thrill at best and only kind of predictable at worst. It is best experienced blind so I shall not say much here. The only other minor critique is that I wish the ending was a little stronger, even if it was just one more chapter of resolution - but I did really love that final scene. Overall, this one is worth checking out if you are in search of a fun thriller, and especially if you (like me) enjoy following a genius protagonist in a battle of wits.