Well, let's go!

Nihei has said his works aren't connected but my guy keeps referencing his own stuff so I'm simply going to have to write an essay on how every damn thing he's ever done is at the very least within the same multiverse (which we see Toha can either traverse or create new worldlines in all the way back in BLAME!) And I love it. It's what I'm here for. He'll never tell us and probably doesn't even have a concrete explanation himself, just leaving little fun breadcrumbs for the longtime fans but the implied links are why I'll always check out his work. The delicious mystery it teases you with. What do we have this time? What's made out of megastructure in this one? Was going 3 volumes without anything a new record? (Vol.1 had Tower Guardians rocking the Safeguard symbol but I took that as pretty small, a real Easter egg. This feels more weighty considering the recurring prominence of Toha) Still, at the very least he picked a symbol that immediately means something to someone rather than just drawing a new one. Why not play your hits