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A work that doesn't sell itself by the conceit, it just sells the conceit.

Its awesome how something so short can be so fascinant, I got really involved by the idea and by the interaction of the characters, even though it was brief.

The conceit.

The conception of Emanon is consistent enough for the story get close to perfection. The Emanon's billions of years were pass on a few of pages and have a shallow explanation, but it gives me space to imagine satisfatorily how was to Emanon. Even though its absurd to imagine that one generation had survive for billions of years, and that ... all of them have procreated (as the idea is awesome, I obviously already imagined myself in her place, and I would worry about the next generation, since I couldn't die without giving birth).

The "No Name".

As the conceit, Emanon is also a great character. By her vision, the decades are like just some hours for us, and its very well reflected. Her behavior and ideals are justifiably amorals and on the same time, perfectly humanizated. The pages without dialogues, that we don't know if its break of time between one of another was of some minutes, or if was of decades, they are so engaging that I got myself looking at them by some time. Its incredible how the manga really pass to me how lives the No Name.

The artists

Also, the art is particullarly beatiful, just like Emanon (isn't a commentary that I made previously, neither for my waifu...), its charts have excellent angles and it helps in the immersion of scenes. Simply, an excellent work to the illustrator.
And the writer made a great job as well, his subtle character characterization and his philosophic and ellegant metalanguage make a consistent and deep atmosphere. Even though the narration was a little excessive, his story is pratically perfect for its propose.

My personal experience.

I had a block to get emotionally involved with the work. It passes a lot of feeling by an indirect way, almost imperceptibly, and it can be a problem if you want to get personally involved by the drama, because at least with me, the story was just interesting.
By the way, I get involved after all, at levels so complex that I can't explain easily. I loved the idea, and really imagined myself on the situation of both main characters, because both are well structured the sufficient to open space for that. I yet didn't read the season 1, but I really hope that be a literally sequel and that doesn't push a second plot cannon in the story, becaute for me, the "empty"'s conceit is absolutelly interesting, I'd like to see Emanon's natural life.

Conclusion.

If you have interest in meet some different manga, with ideas and approaches differents of anything, take it a shot. As mush for the experience of reading something so different as for the baggage of knowing that something like Emanon exists, the work is worth it.

[No Game No Life] - No Game No Life is an anime manga that had its first volume published by the publisher Comic Alive in 2013. Summarizing the plot for those who did not see the anime, Sora and Shiro are neet brothers who are brilliant players who Think of the real world as a "bad graphics game," and one day they are mysteriously called by a God to go to a world where everything works with games.
 That said, the art is very beautiful, only the eyes of the characters that do not please me, otherwise, no inconsistency that really bothers me. Already the story, ... for all of us who know and love that wonderful anime is no surprise, but in the only volume released it is already clear the potential for more volumes of this manga (which attracts me more attention than Light Novel because I I'm a lazy bastard). And my note for the No Game No Life manga is nothing less than note 6: It's a fun manga to read, but I do not think it's fair to give it a high note, it's just a volume and it's not as if it's much better than The anime, so I think the safest note for the manga that will probably never come back is a smaller note than the one I gave for the anime (note 7). But I recommend this manga to those who liked the anime and want to somehow have a "new experience" with the same story, there, note 6.

 Number of pages per chapter: 20 to 30 pages.

This short in just 40 seconds managed to do what much anime could not. I was really touched by the beauty and hidden meanings. The animation is something that anyone can do, and whoever has done it is to be congratulated, because in a mere 40 seconds I was touched with the message that this story has passed, I am writing this excited by the animation, that without a voice, Managed to sum up all the love and hate I've ever felt. Note 10 without a doubt, I recommend Kakuhaku to anyone who has never seen animes, or simply is not interested in the subject, ... because the genius of the hidden message of this work will arouse the interest of anyone, very good indeed, again, I am touched.