I agree completely! That’s what really lands for me too - all this really wild stuff is going on, but at the end of the day it’s just friends hanging out being goofy and getting stoked on dumplings lol. I’ve spent a lot of time in punk houses, at basement metal shows and in those communities, and something about Dorohedoro really captures what that’s like. Metalheads and punkers irl might look intimidating, but actually most of the time they’re just, like, going to work and being goofy idiots with their friends. I’ve read a lot of zines and comics from those communities too but they tend to go political/manifestoey in a way that people aren’t usually talking 24/7. I know it’s got necromancy and lizard headed people and stuff but Dorohedoro still captures what it’s like to talk shit with a friend on a trip to the frozen pizza dumpster, in a way that’s rare and exciting. Thanks again for the rec!
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