Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Remina by Junji Ito

27 reviews

burdybooks's review

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

nickel_books's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Not long after the world rejoices a new scientific discovery, a planet jettisoned through a wormhole, it becomes clear that the world is ending.  Can such a threat be eliminated by proxy - Remina the girl for Remina the planet? A gorgeously illustrated sci-fi horror story, Remina shows many human follies -pride, vanity, entitlement, idolatry, hive mind - and their most horrifying consequences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

glecharles's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

Great art, bonkers story; like a disaster movie on acid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Death of parent, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

jacob_dion's review

dark tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Grief

mxpringle's review

dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Body horror, Torture, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

caden_brown10's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Torture

urezia's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? No

3.25

I’d definitely add this one to Ito’s “cosmical” genre of his work. Focused on the universe, including galaxies, planets, and the end of the world/humanity. Using those characteristics he develops the story of the main character that has to go through these unstoppable situations. Using those descriptions I’d compare it to Sensor (also a work of Ito’s) for containing the same characteristics in the story. If you’ve read Sensor before, I hope that my review gives you an idea of how Remina looks like. Definitely not for me, but I’ll acknowledge that it’s because of my taste and not the quality of the work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Stalking

petitemass15's review

dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

marshiereads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

grayreadsmanga's review

mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Torture, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Body horror, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence