Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Uzumaki Deluxe: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

69 reviews

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

everyone around kirie is literally turning into spirals, but when her bf suggests anything about the spiral being the cause of it, she's like: the spiral?...no way! you're being very unreasonable and obsessed with spirals rn >:( 
 like miss girly
 wut
anyways 

the pase in the middle was very slow, and some stories were starting all to feel the same and repetitive, but near the very end there was a change in temperature and it all went down very fast. 

where the plot lacked, I think the drawings covered for it. 

definitely thought it was fun, i liked the beat 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

a_rock_to_live_under's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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

5.0

Does my man Junji sleep? Dayum.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

naomidanae's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

tetrapakk's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

ashleyann's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

I read this for a spooky readathon and because I figured as an avid manga reader at some point in my life I should read at least one junji ito. I didn’t read it to like it and I knew I was incapable of doing so. It’s just not my thing. Because of this I don’t feel  comfortable giving it a rating, because it’s not the manga’s fault. Very disturbing. I’ll never be able to look at snails the same. Very impressive art just too gross/creepy for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism and Death

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

emory's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gore, and Violence

itgator's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

juph's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Violence

skeletonrabbit's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I really felt invested in finding out the mystery of the town! I always enjoy Ito’s fantastic body horror art and Uzumaki has some of his most interesting panels. 

Some of the chapters were one offs that, while interesting, didn’t seem to be connected to the main plot. Some that seem initially unrelated become part of the plot. I liked the ending but didn’t quite understand what was happening or why, which I think may be intentional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Child death and Self harm