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Boogiepop wa Warawanai
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Gilgamesh
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If you're into the existential drama of seriously tormented youth that made up the brunt of Boogiepop Phantom, then you'll appreciate Gilgamesh. Both stories begin with a single catastrophic event that severely alters the immediate reality. For Boogiepop, it's a pillar of light that heralds the advent of serial murders which are attributed to the Boogiepop Phantom, the epitome of death. In Gilgamesh, a colossal scientific mistake ends up causing a massive explosion that results in a mirror-like layer across the sky. In both, human nature degrades bit by hopeless bit, taking you along for the slow, philosophical ride. Gruesome things happen to perhaps the
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