Tiny serpentine creatures that possesses humans because they can't exist in the physical world, and now giant sea urchins flying into space from a planet with turbulent waters... Reminds me of Fallen London.

It's the American version of Aliens, except it's water instead of oil, noice.

@MisterSteak, oh, nice. To find reference to 50+ y.o. childhood book in ongoing manga is definitely entertaining. Urasekai Picnic was also one sudden find.

Thank you very much for work under translation, by the way.

I'm so glad translations are picking up again so I can finally understand wtf is going on

So, do they teach him how to invade other planets on accident?

Neat. I was just thinking the same thing, albeit about the Tarkovsky film.

@waswaas great catch! fujita actually tweeted before souboutei started that his new series was partially inspired by that novel. i wasnt forthcoming w this info because obviously it wouldve tipped you off that sci-fi was coming

So... isn't this Solaris of Stanisław Lem?

But.... Curiosity is also an emotion....