Know what holy shit this manga made me learn something. The comments here of all things. Thank you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_%28Ireland%29
I learned today that the choice to not close off exports of food out of the country led to economic forces that exacerbated or straight up...
This is a fucking masterpiece.
I cannot even begin to express how much I love this manga.
The settting, the restrained but persistant comedy underlyng the fucking awful conditions of it all... but it's somehow hopeful?! What?!
Come on how the hell are folks not reading this right now what a...