Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

242 reviews

kadoatie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

wonderfully unnerving and endlessly interesting, junji ito is considered a modern horror comic master for a reason 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

chellyfishing'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Child death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

paloverdepages's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

I went into this with high hopes, and I still enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to! I love Kirie, I don't think she's given enough credit for how much of a badass she is.

She goes through all these horrors, loses her family, hometown, and all the friends she makes along the way, and the whole time she stays kind and determined and levelheaded.

I have mad respect for her and I was rooting for her the whole time. Her boyfriend, Shuichi, also shines and I loved seeing them interact, especially in "Jack-In-The-Box."

I think "The Scar" is my favorite chapter. "Medusa" is high up there as well. Each successive chapter builds on things mentioned before. Details from earlier in the story come back into play in later chapters; it's fun to notice because you're rewarded for paying attention, and I appreciate how it really feels like you learn the information organically. 

Sometimes you just have to laugh as more and more absurd things keep happening, there are definitely some funny panels, but please mind the warnings! This is definitely horror and you see it all, really really not for the faint of heart!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Medical content, Violence, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia

hue's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Damn, Kirie went through some whirlwind.

No, but honestly, Junji Ito is one incredible mastermind. Can't describe it in any other way than Uzumaki is a masterpiece. I will be thinking about this ages upon ages. 

I am sometimes worried of the Author's well being though. His imagination is something completely perplexing I wonder if he's doing okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death, Gore, Murder, and Stalking

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Excrement, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

le_lobey's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Incredible art, stories inconsistent. I liked the beginning a lot more than the final arc, though the reveal in the final chapters was effective.

Very Lovecraft

I really enjoy the format of episodic short horror fiction set in a consistent world. A rotating cast of characters let's you show how terror/hauntings manifests in different ways without having to keep a protagonist around to see the end. It can be more horrifying, the characters more helpless. And you can slowly introduce elements that connect events which build a sense of overwhelming odds in the reader. The best of the stories in Uzumaki did that.

Other elements successfully evoked profound discomfort.

Body horror/transmogrification/cannibalism

These aren't my preferred style of horror media, but I guess there need to be stakes? And it made for highly imaginative and expressive illustrations.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent and Medical content

momo4130's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, Bullying, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Self harm, and Car accident

sofiadanielle's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

First Junji Ito manga. Love his art style, and how he comes up with this stuff is beyond me. 

Side note: me personally, I would’ve left that town two chapters in. 

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Content Warnings

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

theskyefull'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide attempt

liksie's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Body horror, Cannibalism, Bullying, Genocide, Misogyny, Self harm, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder