Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

26 reviews

m4rtt4's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

My first time reading Junji Ito, and I am in awe, I am in love (as much as one can love things like this)... The stories are original, creative and excellently drawn with an eye for creepy details, there's literally nothing to complain (other than I wish the book had been longer lol). My favourite stories were Earthbound, Bloodsucking Darkness and The Mystery of the Haunted House / Tsujii family stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Grief, Death, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Torture

paperbackparker's review

dark mysterious sad tense 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? N/A

3.0

First Junji Ito read!! 
I loved some of these stories, but others were just meh. Definitely intrigued to pick up more of his work though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Child death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Mental illness, Vomit, Murder, and Torture

stardustdreamer's review

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Toxic relationship

tazemu's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Self harm, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, and Suicide

grayreadsmanga's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Self harm, and Violence

afriske's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Slavery, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, and Animal cruelty

hreads03's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder and Animal cruelty

Minor: Stalking

fionag's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

My first manga and it was a good first experience! I would love to read some of Ito’s more long-form work to see how he really builds the characters and world. The illustrations are unbelievable and the stories all feel really unique from anything I’ve ever read. They were all my cup of tea, but the ones what were left a creepy shiver up my spine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

raw_huerta's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture

kristinawidda_k's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Cannibalism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, and Medical trauma