A marvelous war drama that focuses on the effect, that death and its proximity has on people, and actually manages to address these things in a very profound and meaningful way. It is a captivating, but very dark and depressing story, the most prominent feature of it being its uncompromising cruelty towards the characters.
The plot shows us both sides of the war, raging around the ancient sacred city of Eldorado, – the teen soldiers from The World Government troops and the insurgents. The story builds itself slowly, but piece by piece a complicated relationship starts to form between those involved in the conflict, one that
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: ハスク・エディン husk of Eden InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 28
Status: Finished
Published: May 28, 2012 to Nov 28, 2014
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Josei
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Comic ZERO-SUM Authors:
Kisaragi, Yoshinori (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #114552 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #10218
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Jul 25, 2023
Husk of Eden is in itself, a war story that has very untypical setting. The whole cause and reason for these conflicts are vague and uncertain, we rarely see or hear any motives of the higher-ups for the whole situation, and the story is traced through the eyes of many foot soldiers, usually in their teens.
This work, however, is masterful in one thing, the genuine portrayal of these young people's psyche, their emotions and thought as they go through the motions of being soldiers in a war that they hardly find sense in themselves to wage. As they live in ... |
