Note: Includes spoilers. https://ur.com/S6Sx7Aj.png Hito Hitori Futari If you translate it to English it would most likely mean One Person as Two which in a way is the main plot of the story itself. Hito Hitori Futari or HHF for short begins with a view of the Realm of the Dead the lowest realm of the Spiritual World. Here spirits are educated for their roles and given knowledge for them to move onto either realm above or be a guardian spirit below on Earth. In the midst of this we get our main character Riyon who has been skipping classes to play Othello with a Sage. As the story progresses Riyon is asked to become a Guardian Spirit of a human being and is given the freedom to choose any human as she likes. As such Riyon chooses a human being in hopes that she wouldnt have to spend much time on Earth as a guardian spirit. And from here on begins her journey of being the Guardian Spirit of none other than the Prime Minister of Japan Kasuga Souichiro. That is pretty much the premise of the story and now I am going to discuss some points which unfortunately made me rate the story as 7/10 and not higher. So lets begin. https://ur.com/4uLQdKV.png This is my first time reading a manga that focuses on Politics but also adds a supernatural element to it. The story mainly focuses on Riyon and the Prime Minister as they continue to play a role in the world of Politics surrounding Japan. The storys demographic is Seinen and I believe that it has lived up to it. The author has done an excellent job of the flow of the story as Psychological as possible as while reading it it feels really fresh. But even after doing so much there are some key elements that are highly missing. After Kasuga gets psychic powers via which he is able to see Riyon and even read the minds of people by touching them he treats this new power of his as a gift and wishes to do everything to save Japan and make the place better. In theory this might sound fascinating but in practical terms its very difficult to achieve. In the world of politics its often known that there are various people that are constantly targeted either for good or bad purposes. As such Kasuga is no exception. After receiving psychic powers he is then targeted by a political member of the opposition who partners up with someone that can use Spiritual Abilities in the most deadly way possible Kubo Kouji the main antagonist of the story. In politics we can assume there are often enemies and thats also what I thought but the story limits the antagonist to Kubo mainly. The opposition is very weak the members of the PMs party play a very little role and most of all foreign involvement is very less aside from a few mentions. The story is mostly centered around the PM and it seems that nobody can force him even for medical treatment after he drank highly contaminated radioactive water. It seems to me that the writer decided not to focus on the background much and just kept things as small as possible like a dream world. Actually theres not much harm in keeping the cast less but if you look at reallife politics there are various members that are constantly active and comment upon every little action. https://ur.com/W0ZWi6s.png For example even after the Core Government was formed which comprises of only 5 members and acts as a secret government working with the Prime Minister in the center youd expect somebody else to know about it and talk about it. While news reporters did mention they know about it nobody did anything. It felt as if nobody could be bothered with a secret government at all. The opposition and not even the own members of the party said anything about it. It felt as if it just existed and everyone just went along with it. Now let me talk about the opposition or the sort of character that would go against the Prime Minister in politics Izumi Daiki. I believe the author just didnt know what to do with him. Seriously Im not sure if hes even relevant to the story at hand. In the beginning it was pretty clear that he was going against PM Kasuga so he himself could be the PM but after collaborating with Kubo his character development failed and he did absolutely nothing. The story kept showing him in the sense that hes just there. This is something which didnt interest me much. https://ur.com/Ni9C8Mu.png Since the story is centered around Guardians Spirits let me talk about it a bit. Basically Earth is between 2 realms the Spiritual World and the Dark World. There are times when malice comes from the Dark World and harms humans. As a result Souls are sent to each human being who acts as a Guardian Spirit to protect them from being a victim of the Black Balls or evil. To form the Core Government the Prime Minister consults with Riyon to check if the members have strong Guardian Spirits or not which they have. These guardians can see the lifespan of the human they chose to protect as well as how much evil has currently possessed them or is trying to enter them and do their best to repel it. https://ur.com/7lvvSks.png That much is for the story now lets talk about the artwork. I believe Tsutomu Takahashi is a good artist as we can see very good doublespread works of his and enjoy them. His drawings of the Spirit and Dark world are just amazing. He can also draw thrilling images repeatedly in a sense that will keep the reader interested. https://ur.com/GI7yRwU.png Unfortunately there is not an official English release of this manga so I had to read scanlations of it but surprisingly the scanlation has good doublespreads which the Raw doesnt. A bit weird but its still readable and I recommend it to people. Oh right I forgot to mention that the story mainly focuses on the actual 2011 Daiichi Fukushima Power Plant Disasterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FukushimaDaiichinucleardisaster. https://ur.com/YIHXM6O.png Basically as Kasuga was the PM when the incident happened he has this obligation to stop another event like that from happening less it makes living in Japan much more difficult. So he plans to take action against it and announces the path to Denuclearizationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleardisarmament. This part of the story is very important as it can be seen as the main story itself. But again it lacks various responses. If a country decides to suddenly shut down all of the nuclear power plants its going to be massive global news but we are not shown any response from outside or even neighbors. Its as if the author didnt want to include any sort of opinion from the outside world to keep readers focused on Japan only. I personally believe this was a good arc as I was able to educate myself on the harms of radiation and how deadly it can be but was a bit disappointed with the lack of responses. As for the characters I believe the main focus is mainly on PM and his cabinet along with Riyon and the antagonist Kubo. Each character is good but there are some whose potential could not be displayed as they were simply left out. Nonetheless it is okay. Lastly I would like to comment that HHF is good for a read. I dont think its going to be a massive hit if it becomes popular but its definitely something you can pick up and read. Its a good psychological manga and the work is good. https://ur.com/ugO1l5a.png