Soloist in a Cage follows the adventure of a girl named Chloe in a heavily guarded and dangerous dystopian world. I would like to start by saying that the way this manga has been drawn it feels more like reading a comic book than your average manga. Each and every single page is well drawn. I believe the work has been done digitally because I have a hard time believing such magnificent work can be drawn on paper while the author of the series has health issues. Soloist caught my eye when I was going through my Twitter feed and came across my mutuals tweet where he was praising the artwork and the story. Looking at the artwork was enough for me to start reading the series right away. I spent around 2 hours reading the entire story and I was in awe when I learned it was serialized in 2018 and here I was reading it in 2021. Almost 3 years late. Well enough of how I came across the manga lets talk about the story. The initial chapters of the manga are amazing. The way it focuses on Chloe even amongst all the elements present is fascinating. It makes you wonder how upside down is the story going to be as you keep on reading it. I felt an intense interest when things got very interested from Chapter 3 onwards. Needless to say I cannot comment on every detail but I must assure you that this is when you realize things are going to be awesome. Now I do have slight issues with the antagonists of the story. The manga is only 20 chapters long but I believe that would have been enough to depict a strong enemy. There is a certain someone that you can consider to be a mastermind but in the end even he didnt matter much. This story is set in a dystopian world or more likely I should say a huge prison. Imagine Attack on Titans Shiganshina district and now turn the setting into the night with modern weaponry cold snow and is heavily guarded by Robotic cops. Now these cops are A.I. but for some reason they do not have much of a presence after the initial chapters. I personally think they should have been shown a little bit more but if I go according to the story which ended in only 20 chapters then its better this way. Even though I say 20 chapters some pages are 3040 pages long. This is all about the story. Now let me talk about the amazing thing which is the artwork. Man it felt like reading a western comic. The artwork is so beautiful that every single double page can be turned into wallpaper. The way Chloe fights with her enemies and moves around has been beautifully drawn by the author. You can see the epicness in every single movement of Chloe when she wields a knife. Simply outstanding. The character designs are pretty good as well. The design of the kids seem similar to how modern children are drawn. They are wearing a cap boots and are adventurous. I particularly believe the best characters are those that die in this story. Because what happens next will impress you a lot. As for the end of the series I want to say it was a rather short experience. What happens at the end is a major part of the story so I will not be commenting about it but the thing that happens has left me with a bittersweet feeling. It feels as if there were so many things I could have asked for but I cherish the ending given to me. Honestly if the author had no health issues I would probably have asked for more content.