Look Back2024

There’s a haiku-like purity to it: Look Back is as neat and yet also as overflowing as the four-panel strips in which its leads once diligently honed their craft. And if something so beautiful also feels too brief – well, that may be the idea.

“人死后就会去电影院，手里拿着爆米花和可乐，寻找自己的座位。坐下之后房间就会变暗，屏幕上会一直播放有意思的电影，直到永远。” 9/10

If there’s a complaint to be made about Look Back, it’s that there’s not enough of it: Adapted from Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one-shot manga of the same name, the story it tells is purposefully contained.