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taubenfrau's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Body horror
thegayestghost's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Stalking, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Blood, and Death
bohboh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Child death, Blood, Pregnancy, Animal death, Gore, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Cursing, Stalking, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
maiabradley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Body horror
leonormsousa's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, and Toxic friendship
kia_y_k's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Cannibalism, and Medical content
wends_nblw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Uzumaki was beautifully done. The artwork is truly phenomenal; the character's facial expressions were so well done, very lifelike. Also, the story itself was very interesting. I wasn't Quite sure what was happening until the very end. I loved Shuichi, and the love between him and the FMC was so pure. Even the side character's stories were amazing.
The only gripe I have is with the FMC. Why on Earth would she stay in the town? Why wouldn't she insist on her family leaving with Shuichi when she had the chance? Maybe it wasn't very practical, but you know. Other than that, I'm excited to read more of Ito's work. <3
Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Self harm, Child death, Car accident, Murder, Body horror, and Cannibalism
Minor: Bullying
yourstrulyemi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The story at first seemed kind of dull, with the town slowly falling to its demise under the curse of the spiral. But my mistake when I first read it was focusing too much on the origins of the curse and its mechanism when it was never the author's intention to delve more into it, rather leaving the curse of the spiral as something mysterious and inescapable.
It's only when I reached the essay by Sato Masaru, included at the end of the book that I understood that I've read it wrong. The curse of the spiral was meant as a metaphor for the dangers of a capitalistic society, with some chapter eluding to human greed and selfishness. The overall story meant to describe a societal collapse. This information elevated its value in my eyes. So, of course, I wasn't going to put it down just like that, I had to reread it to truly grasp the meaning behind every chapter and discover which vice of the society the author tried to present under the influence of the curse. While some appeared obvious, others required deeper thinking. And some remained totally abstruse, a well known characteristic of Junji Ito's style.
But overall, the societal issues were marvellously well portrayed, even going as far as to show us that some of our reactions to real life events come off as absurd if we think about it seriously. How remaining firmly as you are can save you from being swayed by the pressure put on us by society. How in the end, human love can still be the solution out of the madness created both by curse and the society.
Graphic: Violence and Gore
tobermueller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Violence, Self harm, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Child death
Moderate: Blood
coryyalva's review against another edition
- 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
(would have been a five star read but I was actually super disappointed in the ending)
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