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A good portion of this review will be about the black representation in this manga, just because not often do manga have a super high amount of black characters.

The setting is in the ancient past, when Neanderthals and homo Sapiens still roamed around. The interest comes from seeing the characters from the future surviving in this setting, various characters using their different skills to further their success.

The characters in this manga are for the most part pretty distinct, and their personalities stay pretty consistent. There haven't ... been any moments where a character did something they up to that point wouldn't have ever done. If a character's personality or motives do change, this is shown and abruptly not changed.

There are a lot of black characters in this manga, and they aren't drawn in a super stereotypical or racist way. They do have different facial structures from the Japanese folks from the future, but that does make sense. There is a weird thing where the main black characters have a more anime aesthetic, while the background ones have more realistic and less stylized faces. Even so, I don't think the background characters are drawn in a demeaning way even given that fact. Also the black characters have pretty well drawn black hair, some have it in tight braids, while others just have it short while making sense given their hair type. Don't often see black hair done well.

Sometimes that happens with Japanese artists, they make their black characters, if they have any, into blatant stereotypes. I wouldn't say that's the case in this manga, all the black characters are literally at the 'Genesis' of human history, so they are pretty primative. This isn't shown in a way where someone would come away with the feeling that this is because they're black. They have their own culture and values that make sense given the setting.

Overall, as for the black representation in this manga, I would say it's done very well, which is a pleasant change from the only black character in a manga having an afro, big lips, and liking to rap.

Also just as a bonus, a character from the future had dyed hair, and it slowly grows out into his natural hair color. Just a thing I liked.