#I take issues with the bsd author but also credit where it's due duh. The bsd manga storytelling is really really good

[sskk-manifesto]

Sorry for all the manga pages, but something that really can't translate as well in the anime is the constant switch between Atsushi and Akutagawa povs which is something I ADORE about this chapter. (Posting the pages joined together, so be mindful to read right to left). How you're following Atsushi and Tanizaki's helicopter so of course you'd expect it to be Atsushi when seeing an analogous aircraft in the next page, but it's not. The visual whiplash and utter brilliance of Akutagawa's black page by its own. How Akutagawa's steps follow immediately after Atsushi running, so that you'd believe it's his. How due the way the panels are positioned, their steps end up perfectly mirroring each other. How it all builds up to the perfect climax of their meeting and collision. It's just. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Atsushi and Akutagawa being so deeply intertwined they keep replacing each other and mixing like they were one person. This chapter is a storytelling masterpiece