No longer will I wonder, "How can they top Fire Punch?"

No mention of the candiru? Boo

Mama?

20 years later, an early arc finally makes sense and the world grows larger. OP has a special way with these lore dumps not always being overly dramatic. I no longer feel like the series is being rushed through the "final" stages.

Rudy Giuliani kopi luwak, FML

This description has unlocked the mental image of the cells from the teen blood tirelessly attempting to escape Thiel's body, a la the souls trapped in the Philosophers Stones/Homunculi in FMA.

I still have a few back-issues of this series, the technology detail stood out even though it didn't follow canon at the time. Looked into the mangaka during pandemic to seek out their other works and found it was mostly doujin.

Generic nicotine losenges and flavored toothpicks. Candy also helps. You are not alone.

She went to Yale, why do I know this

Ah, this explains that odd fourth wall break in "JCVD" where he does some confessional sobbing

Our snouts descend