Blattodea Manga |link|

In the end, Blattodea succeeds as a work of speculative fiction because it does what the best manga do: it takes the unreal—a talking cockroach in a dystopian city—and uses it to expose the real. It reveals that the line between “vermin” and “survivor” is merely a matter of perspective. And it leaves us with a chilling, hopeful question: If a cockroach can find meaning in the dark, what excuse do the rest of us have?