BIBLIOMANIA

A manga about a young girl named Alice who awakens in a strange mansion and is told to stay in place by a strange being called Snake. As she traverses through the mansion looking for an escape, she encounters strange worlds created from the desires of the residents of each room.

We’ve discussed this on a previous episode.

This is just an absolutely stunning book. Some ideas here are not totally original but the execution is what brings everything together. The art by MACCHIRO is so well crafted and fascinating to look at and the unique worlds ORVAL created on the desires of various room residents are so interesting to read. A mix of science fiction storytelling and horrific visuals. I would compare this work to Tsutomu Nihei’s BLAME! as far as visual eye candy.

Available to read online in Japanese on KAI-YOU.

~dakazu