Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

122 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Animal death, and Medical content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Stalking, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual content

dearheart's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Gore, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, and Medical content

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Pregnancy

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

leguinstan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Cannibalism

maxgdy's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

franziskavongay's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Cannibalism

ollie_again's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

The art is immaculate, but the story is kind of eh... Junji Ito is amazing at creating gross terrifying scenarios, but there is not much coherence or satisfying conclusion. After reading Gyo and Uzumaki I feel like even though I'm easily grossed out and body horror is not a type of thing I actively look for, after few shocking moments you can get used to Ito's style and the horror is not as impactful.

So there is the shock by gore, but not shock by the narrative itself because there is not much to grab in terms of storytelling. I think that Junji Ito could reach the full potential with someone else's writing because he's definitely a master in his drawing, and he can match his f-up imagination with an artistic skill, there's just something missing to push the story to the finish line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

bookthief404's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.75

This book made me feel sick.
I couldn't read it whilst eating. 
10/10, horrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, and Pregnancy

reina_shouko's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Gore, Body horror, Death, Grief, Cannibalism, and Blood