Incredible synchronicity, I'm currently reading a book about the adoption of wheat and the consequences for humanity called "Against the Grain".
I haven't checked on new scanlations for a while, good on you for soldiering on🫡
I think it's actually more internally coherent and better thought out than any of the Urasawa mystery manga.
This seriously remains Kaneko's masterpiece! Big shoutout to the true OGs who translated this.
I love the politics of this. Even if its kinda understated, I loved the part about "developed nations" (western colonialists) selectively giving out weapons and stirring up secterian violence to extract natural resources that aren't theirs. Reminds me of the Iran-Oraq war where both belligerents...