Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

28 reviews

mirrorbug's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I always like finding books with weird premises and this is definitely one of them. It's a horror classic for a reason. The body horror in this manga is absolutely fantastic, that is one of its strong points.

The snail people is probably my favorite part of this story due to how absolutely odd and disturbing it is. The mating scene cemented it in my head as one of my favorite sections.

The ending left me with questions that I wonder if there's a real answer for.
The bonus chapters were definitely the weakest. Even if it's not technically a part of the main story, there are things I would've preferred to explore in the bonus chapter. It's not the horror in them was bad or anything, it was great, but it wasn't anything particularly special to me.
Shuichi was my guy. Kirie has serious "this is fine" syndrome when it is, very clearly, not fine.

how kirie can stay in that town after her boyfriend talked about how evil the town feels in the first chapter is incredible to me. Maybe that's a symptom of the spiral, but shuichi should've just gotten the fuck out of there.

I do wish we saw more of kirie and shuichi being a couple. It didn't always feel like they were to me, mostly good friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, Cursing, Confinement, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Bullying

Death is essential in this story, first chapter has a scene where a character finds their deceased parent, this is not a happy story

snackattackisback69's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

This is definitely my favourite manga by Junji Ito. The art is both beautiful and disturbing due to the immense amount of detail in each panel. Using a simple shape such as a spiral was a very creative way to create horrifying scenarios and body horror. I was a big fan of the existential horror of this novel and how claustrophobic the setting of the town felt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement and Cannibalism

coryyalva's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

snails and talking babies were never something I thought I'd be afraid of but here we are

(would have been a five star read but I was actually super disappointed in the ending)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Cannibalism, Child death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia and Stalking

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement and Bullying

Minor: Sexual assault

bibyabs's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Gore, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Car accident, Cannibalism, and Confinement

lames's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Vomit, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Death of parent

finleyfrogreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Pregnancy, Child death, Confinement, Medical trauma, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Car accident, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Grief

zone_a3's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Confinement, Murder, Gore, Self harm, Death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

bellwetherbird's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

thereadingsparrow's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Pregnancy, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Violence, Cannibalism, and Confinement

Minor: Body shaming, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident