Sometimes you can only under events in hindsight. You might only be able to appreciate how far you’ve come by looking backwards. You might have lived through something that shaped you in ways you couldn’t comprehend in the moment, but became a valued life experience. Only once you’ve walked down your chosen path can you look back and see where you have come from.  Or understand that you were on a journey at all.  You might have been close to somebody who wasn’t who you wanted them to be. And maybe you can look back and see that you were too hard on yourself.

Choujin X is a series about being able to make these reflections. As Tokio Kurohara’s listless journey begins it can feel confusing and chaotic. People appear very briefly before disappearing for hundreds of pages.  These supposedly profound friendships are often unexplored.  His suffering his often comical yet other times agonising. His grasp on events is tenuous to say the least.  But as things progress, you can’t understand the shape of things. Once you hit that boundary, everything falls into place. And with clarity, turn around and see exactly how the road led up to this point.  Though for Tokio more about finding the perfect position for a Birdseye view.

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