Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

33 reviews

lilyane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

el mejor manga de junji ito sin duda alguna

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child death, Pregnancy, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking and Suicidal thoughts

makabra's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Child death and Suicide

moth_mcgangis's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Medical content, Car accident, Death, Mental illness, Body horror, and Self harm

kxtekss's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I really did enjoy this. I was expecting a more linear storyline at the beginning, but I did enjoy the earlier chapters' themes with the toxic human craving for attention, and the last few chapters (from the hurricane to the end) brought me more of what I was expecting overall with the story (I think the addition of Chie helped with this a lot too.) Though the ending had an incredible concept behind it,

(especially when Shuichi and Kirie intertwine with each other, lifting the curse with the knowledge it'll happen again and again)

I wish it would have delved more into the mystery behind the spiral. I felt like a few things were explained by Shuichi out of the blue rather than truly discovered by the protagonists which was disappointing to me because I liked what the actual mystery behind the spiral ended up being.

Maybe I missed a panel or two but I was confused how Shuichi figured that all out just from the map in the row house and intuition. Even from the beginning, I felt like he knew more about the spiral than he was letting on, and I was expecting there to be some big reveal about his connection to the curse.

It was overall a good read though and the art in it was both jaw-droppingly beautiful and horrifying at the same time. Junji Ito is a very talented guy. His artwork can catch anyone's eye, and so many of those panels will stick in my mind forever (both pretty and scary drawings lol.) I feel like I'd enjoy his short stories more than a multi-volume manga like this, and honestly I think this might've been better suited as a short story at points,  but I did love this work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Body horror, and Cannibalism

ashofadummy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Uzumaki is one of the best horror stories I've ever read. It develops perfectly, not too fast or slow, and it submerges you in the hell of a city the characters live in. The end is pretty intense, and with the pass of the characters, you start to be more concerned about what the hell is going on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Violence, Mental illness, and Murder

graceeland's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

everyone around kirie is literally turning into spirals, but when her bf suggests anything about the spiral being the cause of it, she's like: the spiral?...no way! you're being very unreasonable and obsessed with spirals rn >:( 
 like miss girly
 wut
anyways 

the pase in the middle was very slow, and some stories were starting all to feel the same and repetitive, but near the very end there was a change in temperature and it all went down very fast. 

where the plot lacked, I think the drawings covered for it. 

definitely thought it was fun, i liked the beat 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

aoifemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

reki_oeo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

limina's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• 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? N/A

3.75

A fun, bizarre read which leaves more questions than answers.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Gore, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Self harm