I got the hint with the plastics and the structures, but the names flew over me, i mean, i was like "oh, Maxwell, thermodynamics" but that was it, would have never tied the scientific meaning to the actual story.
Man, this is gold, even for people that have not suffered depression like myself and obviously because of that, i can't completely feel the protag, it's still a very good story, hope the next chapter gets translated soon.