Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito

31 reviews

swimfast724's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a collection of short manga  stories so the characters questions don't really apply. What makes Junji Ito so different is his drawing style is so creepy it's so incredibly done

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Gore, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Murder

caffeinated_or_chaos's review

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, and Vomit

chaoticnostalgia's review

dark tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Physical abuse

louisegraveyard's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Sexual content

kyy35's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

franziskavongay's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

 knocked a star off for the transphobia :/ otherwise just as horrific and grotesque as you'd expect from ito.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Transphobia

Transphobia: specifically in the story second from last, "Nanami Nanakuse"

kiara_seoul's review

dark medium-paced

3.0

Being an anthology, the stories are going to be hit and miss.

And most of these are misses. I couldn’t even remember most of these until I reread the manga. Which I am disappointed by. The art in this manga is fantastic as always, but just because the art is good, doesn’t mean anything if the story isn’t.

Most of Junji Ito’s anthology stories are great, especially when they delve into psychological horror or the unknown, but these stories are just…meh. They feel like ‘Deleted Scenes’ from a movie, stories that weren’t good and were just cut from the official movie. Except these deleted scenes actually got a full manga. The highlights for me were “Gentle Goodbye” and “Whispering Woman”.

I believe Uzumaki or No Longer Human either as introductions or a new Junji Ito manga you want to buy. Or if you’re looking for an anthology, I suggest Shiver or Smashed.

Fragments of Horror though? This manga you’ll probably buy just to have a complete collection of work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Death

frannysal's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

putpot's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Transphobia, and Blood

joaomiguelpratas's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, and Gore