![]() Interestingly for a Kawahara work, a significant amount of time is dedicated to exploring the perspective of the villains, and there are hints here and there that perhaps our heroes and villains are not so different despite being on opposing sides. ![]() The big theme of the story is isolation and how people respond to their negative emotions. The added layer of psychological drama makes the battle scenes intensely gripping and relatable. But most interestingly, the powers are manifestations of the characters’ mental state. Not only does the narration always tells you which real-world location a particular scene is set in, the supernatural powers are given very detailed explanations about how they work in relation to modern physics and chemistry. ![]() ![]() What really makes the story distinct is how grounded it is in a sense of physical and psychological reality. It’s based off a web novel Kawahara began writing in 2004, but he has rewritten the story heavily for its light novel release, and it is easily his most mature work.Īt first glance, The Isolator seems like a pretty typical story about teens with superpowers, and truth be told, the plot beats don’t stray far from the genre template. Reki Kawahara is well known for Sword Art Online and Accel World, but if you ask me, his best work is The Isolator, a sci-fi thriller and psychological drama series that only gets a new volume once a year. ![]()
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It reminded me of Humbert Humbert, the unctuous, self-justifying narrator of Lolita. But as a writer he was remarkably good, in a glib, raconteurish type of way. So, I obviously didn't come away liking him as a person. ![]() He was a slave trader in New Guinea, for God sakes! The womanizing was apparently the least wicked thing he did. I've never read anyone wallow so gloriously in their own evil-and evil is the only word for it. ![]() |