Thinking about how the manga Parasyte (my absolute beloved!) was made between 1989 and 1995 and Hitoshi Iwaaki’s driving force behind making it was his passion for environmental protection. The deep psychological themes, the questions it poses and the focus on peaceful, ecological philosophy was chefs kiss.
Modern ecological activism dates back to late 1800s. Now it’s 2026 and our environment is worse than ever. Biggest heatwaves in a century, floods where there never have been floods, a new virus outbreak every year or so. AI data centers consuming insane amounts of water and making animals unable to procreate. It has all been long time coming and most of us watched helplessly as the 1% speedruns the process. Even the vegan movement loses traction, while it has the biggest impact of all the things a common human can do to help.