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alaskan_bull_worm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Cursing
rainbowcrow369's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, and Car accident
thereadingsparrow's review against another edition
- 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
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
thereaderfriend'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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Death, Body horror, and Gore
Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty
zakcebulski's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
What the fucking hell did I just read? This book was fucking nuts my word.
This manga collection follows a teenaged girl named Kirie and her boyfriend- Shuichi who live in a small town called Kurouzu-cho. This town is infected- cursed by the spiral. Now, when I first heard about this, I was thinking to myself, "how scary can a spiral be?". And then Junji Ito answered me with some of the most overtly revolting and sickening images of body horror which I have ever seen.
The story is broken up in to about 20 vignettes which each have a different incarnation of the spiral taking form within the city, with each of them being related in the overarching story. I thought that this was fucking amazing, to be quite frank. The horror within the book stems, for me, from body horror and from normal people being forced by this curse to act in absolutely vile and horrific ways.
I loved the feeling of Lovecraftian horror that comes from not understanding what is going on. And, what is worse, is knowing that there is no escape. I thought that this was absolutely terrifying.
The illustrations in this set are absolutely stomach churningly well done. There is nothing left to imagination and there are some particularly disgusting events, specifically in the vignette of "The Umbilical Cord"- good god.
I am glad that I picked up this set, and I am even more glad that I was able to go into it with little/ no knowledge before hand. It was an absolute treat, and I implore anyone who is interested in reading this set to go into it with as little knowledge as possible.
This was truly a scary read and one that I think would make itself right at home within any scary reading TBR.
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Gore, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy
lilyane's review against another edition
- 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
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
ollie_again's review against another edition
- 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
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.
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
caitonline'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Murder, Gore, Abortion, Medical trauma, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Car accident, and Blood
toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
This was my first ever manga and I absolutely loved it. It made me very sick to my stomach at many points, but I was totally expecting that, so it was fine. The art is as gorgeous and detailed as it is grotesque. Every page had my eyes wide with terror, wonder, disgust, and sometimes all of those things at once. Though it's a thick book, it's a very fast read and I definitely recommend it to other people who don't have a lot of experience with manga. I think this is the beginning of my terrifying but beautiful journey with Junji Ito's work.
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Classism, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Cannibalism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Child death, Car accident, Bullying, Violence, Sexual content, Animal death, and Stalking
yogomagpie'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
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Cannibalism, Death, Child death, Car accident, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Cursing