Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Uzumaki Deluxe: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

103 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Animal death, and Medical content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Stalking, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual content

zakcebulski's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

What the fucking hell did I just read? This book was fucking nuts my word. 
This manga collection follows a teenaged girl named Kirie and her boyfriend- Shuichi who live in a small town called Kurouzu-cho. This town is infected- cursed by the spiral. Now, when I first heard about this, I was thinking to myself, "how scary can a spiral be?". And then Junji Ito answered me with some of the most overtly revolting and sickening images of body horror which I have ever seen. 

The story is broken up in to about 20 vignettes which each have a different incarnation of the spiral taking form within the city, with each of them being related in the overarching story. I thought that this was fucking amazing, to be quite frank. The horror within the book stems, for me, from body horror and from normal people being forced by this curse to act in absolutely vile and horrific ways. 
I loved the feeling of Lovecraftian horror that comes from not understanding what is going on. And, what is worse, is knowing that there is no escape. I thought that this was absolutely terrifying. 

The illustrations in this set are absolutely stomach churningly well done. There is nothing left to imagination and there are some particularly disgusting events, specifically in the vignette of "The Umbilical Cord"- good god. 
I am glad that I picked up this set, and I am even more glad that I was able to go into it with little/ no knowledge before hand. It was an absolute treat, and I implore anyone who is interested in reading this set to go into it with as little knowledge as possible. 
This was truly a scary read and one that I think would make itself right at home within any scary reading TBR. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Gore, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy

dearheart's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, and Medical content

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Pregnancy

lilyane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

el mejor manga de junji ito sin duda alguna

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child death, Pregnancy, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking and Suicidal thoughts

kyahfae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

ollie_again's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

The art is immaculate, but the story is kind of eh... Junji Ito is amazing at creating gross terrifying scenarios, but there is not much coherence or satisfying conclusion. After reading Gyo and Uzumaki I feel like even though I'm easily grossed out and body horror is not a type of thing I actively look for, after few shocking moments you can get used to Ito's style and the horror is not as impactful.

So there is the shock by gore, but not shock by the narrative itself because there is not much to grab in terms of storytelling. I think that Junji Ito could reach the full potential with someone else's writing because he's definitely a master in his drawing, and he can match his f-up imagination with an artistic skill, there's just something missing to push the story to the finish line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

bookthief404's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

This book made me feel sick.
I couldn't read it whilst eating. 
10/10, horrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, and Pregnancy

makabra's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Child death and Suicide

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

The spirals...they do be spiralin'

This was my first ever manga and I absolutely loved it. It made me very sick to my stomach at many points, but I was totally expecting that, so it was fine. The art is as gorgeous and detailed as it is grotesque. Every page had my eyes wide with terror, wonder, disgust, and sometimes all of those things at once. Though it's a thick book, it's a very fast read and I definitely recommend it to other people who don't have a lot of experience with manga. I think this is the beginning of my terrifying but beautiful journey with Junji Ito's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Classism, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Cannibalism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Child death, Car accident, Bullying, Violence, Sexual content, Animal death, and Stalking