There's an incredible thoughfulness to the setting, and I love how well the elements of the story play off one another. FBB is this magical world with uncharted depth, the pervasive misogyny and homophobia of Circ culture is stifling, and the simple act of worldbuilding provides a wonderful angle for Terra and Diode to keep developing chemistry together. This is a really fun story.I love that Terra and Dio didn't discover the chief's secret themselves but rather found their own through logic. So many other manga would have just had only the infrared vision thing but the author makes the world feel that much more complex by fleshing out bits of the ecosystem with the big whale.
Also the implicit trust between the two of them is always so sweet to see.
And with their Gayblades they're gonna fight the forces of Darkness (Patriarchy)?I like to think that the inspiration for this manga were the gumi ships from Kingdom Hearts lol it would be funny.
now im wondering how they are gonna haul the whalefish while having the entire ship as a net because there's still the matter of engine power and fuel
i guess i can read the novel but seeing it with visual is neat. i specially like how foreboding the shot of the monster whalefish was