One belief, one faith, the structure of the infinite Scapes, embody the ideals Concept: the Creator established nearly fifty billion years ago. Where all of his creatures coexist as equals amongst others complex and simple--all harboring the faith their maker bestowed them with. Living in harmony - by the philosophy of connection - eminently connected to the ones He has made for them; never born too far from one another. Those ones they are meant to be with: their Connected.
Enero de Las Tierras Olvidadas, a nineteen year old Lost Child of La Paìs Scape, makes his first venture outside his Scape to find and connect with his own. Ready to discover the legacy placed upon them: the rarest of all creatures mentioned sparsely in THE BOOK. However, through all of this quotidian connection, equality, harmony and honesty, trek those few bearing scathing turmoils - who make it their role to go against those very elements Concept imbued them with. Regardless of the countless ways existence crafts in homage to their Creator, whether it'd be language, arts or simply being, some choose breaking their links of him. Becoming Disconnected: a being whose connections unfortunately severed in their path not of Concept's design. And are climbing by reasons malignant.
The correlation of a narrative unbound about family, faith, roles, "aspects" of existence and (dis)connection starts here.
Originating from Brooklyn, New York, P. C. Clotter was born to create literature, since his toddler days envisioning complex action sequences through spoon and fork in hand.
Both writer and illustrator commonly known by college professors for challenging the "norm", P.C.'s style of narrative has been often referred as "dreamy" or "nightmarish", yet chemical and different. Heading torwards a direction of "escapism", while tackling the deeper anthologies of the individual, space and beyond.
P.C. aims unafraid at the questionable; the risqué, as long as it produces a powerful and memorable story, that churns into a material itself can stand proud of.
Though, as an entire piece - Clotter's critical focus are narrative and character chemistry. For without these themes he finds it would, "tell similar to reading zig-zag carvings on a stone tablet."
As someone who is really intrigued with religion and spiritual beliefs, Concept's Forever was definitely an interesting read. The world's religion gives an inspiring feeling of 'togetherness' and unity as it explains 'Concept' as more-or-less the God who created the book's universe and unifies the people therein spiritually. What I found most fascinating, however, was the 'terrorist' group of non-believers. Well, perhaps not exactly non-believers, but skeptics fighting to disprove Concept's power and 'disconnect' from Him (It?) and others. The story isn't all religious though. The world of Concept's Forever is home to exceptionally gifted 'elementals' who control and manipulate different aspects of the world for use in battle (and other things). The fight sequences, which are mostly good-natured brawls between friends and students, are awesome. Definitely something I could picture on the big screen. My favorite part of the story is the relationship between two of the main characters: Enero and Yasaeng. Their 'connection' is both familial and flirty and their quips are both humorous and touching. Kudos to the author for creating such an empowering and entertaining story.
Concept's Forever: Volume 1 is a competently written strange and unconventional book. The scene setting is top notch in a bizarre world of plane-scapes, each with its own deep philosophy and ethos. The world is woven into the narrative and avoids lengthy world building. The reader is simply immersed into a live and vibrant world. Seriously, the trees and plants have personalities. This particular story focuses on fight-scape. It is a mix of luchadores and Dragon Ball Z with fights so epic that the school needed to be nuke proof - multiple warhead nuke proof. With adversaries like the Sandwich brothers, Lettuce and Tomato, you know the confrontations will be wild fun.
Fans of fight style Anime should not pass this gem up.