The big theme of the story is isolation and how people respond to their negative emotions. The added layer of psychological drama makes the battle scenes intensely gripping and relatable. But most interestingly, the powers are manifestations of the characters’ mental state.
Not only does the narration always tells you which real-world location a particular scene is set in, the supernatural powers are given very detailed explanations about how they work in relation to modern physics and chemistry. What really makes the story distinct is how grounded it is in a sense of physical and psychological reality. It’s based off a web novel Kawahara began writing in 2004, but he has rewritten the story heavily for its light novel release, and it is easily his most mature work.Īt first glance, The Isolator seems like a pretty typical story about teens with superpowers, and truth be told, the plot beats don’t stray far from the genre template.
#The isolator series
Reki Kawahara is well known for Sword Art Online and Accel World, but if you ask me, his best work is The Isolator, a sci-fi thriller and psychological drama series that only gets a new volume once a year.
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