Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

3 reviews

urezia's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

In this Manga you will find one of Ito's most classic stories and characters, Slug Girl! 
The stories aren't connected. This manga just holds a collection of stories but each of them contains such a unique plot, how is he coming up with these things? It's the type of stories you don't see anywhere else. He continues to provide his very clever plot-twists! I found them very entertaining.
This has been the most Gore I've seen from his work yet! So keep that in mind, mostly on

The Bloody Story of Shirosuna

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

sandramarinis's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I loved the first story, but the rest weren't as good as Uzumaki and the other short stories I've read from Ito. I wish the first one was a whole book as I got super invested. A lot of the stories ended abruptly unfortunately. The one with the statue, the one with the tunnel and the one with the exposure of inner thoughts were good. As always the drawings are amazing! Several of these stories made me feel very disgusted (like the snail one) which unfortunately is not the kind of horror I'm into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

the_jamae_way's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I have one more book to read by this author and I’m probably never gonna read their books again. Too creepy & dark. It made my skin crawl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail