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chazaiya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
story-wise for most of the run it's alright. it goes through a new scenario every chapter with a new horrifying idea relating to spirals. it's cool how creative Ito gets with how exactly he can make something as simple as a spiral scary. but the real greatness of this work starts to show in the later chapters once Chie enters. at this point the story has more structure to it and Ito is writing not purely for the sake of being scary but to reach a logical conclusion. those last few chapters are incredible.
and needless to say Junji Ito is masterful with his art and how he uses it for worldbuilding. the way he uses his pen draw such unnerving figures and settings is unlike anything i've seen.
it's good. i get why people praise Ito so highly for this. i might check out some of his other multi-chapter stories like Tomie or Gyo. i'm particularly interested in his adaptation of No Longer Human, so maybe that next.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, and Cannibalism
Minor: Stalking
leonormsousa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
bowlingforboots's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
kia_y_k's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
mirrorbug's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The bonus chapters were definitely the weakest. Even if it's not technically a part of the main story, there are things I would've preferred to explore in the bonus chapter. It's not the horror in them was bad or anything, it was great, but it wasn't anything particularly special to me.
Shuichi was my guy. Kirie has serious "this is fine" syndrome when it is, very clearly, not fine.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Bullying
Death is essential in this story, first chapter has a scene where a character finds their deceased parent, this is not a happy storytobermueller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood
coryyalva's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
(would have been a five star read but I was actually super disappointed in the ending)
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pedophilia and Stalking
euripideez's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
natcrash's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I couldn't really connect with the characters a lot. I like how Shuichi's character changed due to the events of the first and second chapter. Kirie, the main character, I felt like she wasn't really there for the first half of the book, as the events start to really affect her later and we then see how the events affect her.
Despite all of this, I still really liked the book. I found it entertaining and captivating. The art style is beautiful and the expressions are on point. I loved how everything was connected, and even though things don't make a lot of sense, it was a fun read.
I can read manga and graphic novels in a short period of time, but i was still surprised that i was able to read this almost in one sitting/less than 24 hours (took a break to sleep and continued the next day).
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying and Stalking
Minor: Grief and Toxic friendship
There is a lot of gory/graphic imagery, including: - blood - body horror - child death - injuries - (attempted?) murder - medical content. Bullying occurs once, but since the bullying is so brutal I placed it at moderate.lames's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail