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ten layered versions bleeding through
For the experimental film of similar concept, see Ten Layered Versions (Polish film, 1997).
A serialized manga exploring the moment in Chapter 4 when Leif perceives "ten layered versions" of the mechanic at the service station—the same figure who, earlier, was the police officer he tackled. Each monthly instalment isolates one layer: the honest mechanic, the corrupt officer, the collaborator, the saboteur, the ghost, the memory, the prophecy, the reflection, the refusal, the surrender.
The series employs asynchronous panel sequencing, where each page reads as simultaneously past, present, and future, mimicking Leif's perceptual state. Redactions (█) conceal names and dates in framing sequences. Colouring—reds, greys, sickly chartreuse—mirrors the desert palette.
Reception divides on whether the series resolves or deepens the glitch: some argue the ten layers collapse into a single identity by the final arc; others detect intentional refusal to reconcile them. The Polish edition appends an afterword proposing the mechanic himself is looped, trapped in the frequency, unable to exit recursion. The visual style—combining hyper-detailed technical illustration with abstract frequency diagrams—influenced subsequent comics adaptations of the temptation motif.