Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

12 reviews

laverna's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Incest, and Death of parent

wends_nblw's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.25

Another one to add to the pile. All of these stories, sans Tombs itself, felt incomplete. It felt like they were all short of a fulfilling ending. 

I'm less interested in the story aspect of Ito's books, but I'll continue reading simply for the beautiful art and interesting concepts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Self harm, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

mermaidsherbet's review

dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

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

hue's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

winchella's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Tombs: 5/5

Clubhouse: 2/5

Slug girl: 1/5

The Window Next Door: 3/5

Washed Ashore: 4/5

The Strange Tale of the Tunnel: 5/5

Bronze Statue: 3.5/5

Floaters: 3/5

The Bloody Story of Shirosunas 4/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

joziescozylibrary's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

zahliajayne's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

refrejarator's review

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Gosh I love Junji Ito. Even the characters I don't like are enjoyable to read! Such a great mix of horror stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail