A looooong time ago like 6 months maybe? I found a manga by the title of Scientia. It was really fucking interesting... sadly there is just such a mix of things I want to say but am not able to describe properly about what the manga is about. Briefly its about a city that has forgotten ethical taboo's and enjoys a life with clones, body swapping, and drugs. I like to imagine its basically a world where perhaps if said drug wasn't abused this could happen. Or if cloning wasn't an invasion of the so called "gods territory" maybe something like this is possible. If love potions could be used this way. Lots of "what if"s its really interesting. Perhaps the concept of the work in general is very dark and twisted somehow, but most certainly not in a negative light. For as dark as it gets it brings you to a new place, and after feeling really insecure and scared for most of each chapter you are suddenly awakened to something much more significant. At least that's how I felt while reading the manga.
There are only 7 chapters and each chapter is worthy of being a short one-shot, but they all take place in the same city and time. There are no repeating characters so each character is basically unique to that chapter specifically. Each character faces problems with the heart, you could say they're falling apart emotionally. In the first chapter you have a girl who wants to die because she has nothing to look forward to, however by renting her body to someone who wishes to experience one last thing they cannot do in their own body she comes to a realization that maybe there is something in life she can look forward to after all. The second chapter grabs my attention more than the first chapter. Its about a man who just like the first chapter feels like hes missing something in life. He wants to experience what falling in love is like, but has also become tired of the subject in general... he's just not feeling it. So he turns to a drug that can "make you feel like your in love" its literally a love pill, but instead of using it on someone he uses it on himself. Could you imagine what crazy shit might happen if love pills like that actually existed? people might technically get away with rape for a lot longer than they should...
One of the things I like about this manga is that it makes me think more about the topic of each chapter. Its also controversial, very controversial in fact, each topic seems to pose enough potential for debate. In the end was it human effort that saved each character? Or were they simply taking the easy way out? A lot of people in life seem to be trying to find meaning in their existence, or having a meaningful life (whatever that means), or straight up look for ways to have a happy life. Some of us become the "winners" and become very wealthy with much to spare for their future. Some live a mediocre life never having too little or too much. Some of us less fortunate, and were all seeking ways to become happy. How much effort do we put to be able to enjoy certain things later? I've kind of derailed from this point, but I think this manga really does pose questions like that and that they are all things people really should think about more. Especially our younger generation, seeing as they are pretty much the future of our world, it would be nice if they had some more praiseworthy answers to life than our current adults do.
Anyways it probably sounds like I'm typing a bunch of random nonsense at this point, but please go read Scientia, its a work of genius if I may say so myself.
Sorry no pics this time, there was no fan art or good covers on google with decent resolution so this post comes without any graphics :V
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