Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Tomie by Junji Ito

14 reviews

yzer2468's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, Child death, Rape, Child abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Mental illness, Addiction, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Death, Bullying, Blood, and Body horror

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

ak97x's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Forced institutionalization

shea_proulx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Minor: Incest, Medical content, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.0

Surprisingly boring for a series this gory. After reading Uzumaki this was a huge step down in intrigue. The art style is the same quality but I find it much less interesting given how little substance there is in the story itself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child death, Murder, Gore, and Child abuse

bruiseviolet999's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Body horror, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

bugcollector's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

0.5

Perhaps Uzumaki was a flock. 
The artwork there was enchanting and hypnotizing, so it was fine by me ignoring the lacking plot.
However, in Tomie plot is all you got, and it's not good. 

It's The same story over and over again. Tomie gets abused sure, but in the end she's boy crazy, self obsessed, materialistic, and enjoys killing boys and making girls jealous. 
Minor bitch comments here and there, casual sexism every few pages, Junji Ito can't help it can he? 
I don't know what are we supposed to take from Tomie besides hating women a little bit? 
Boring, tedious, monotonous, flat, one dimensional, even demonizing. 
Took me a while to finish. 
It did suprisengly passed the Bechdel test in one scene- two named characters talk about their obsession with Tomies' hair. 

After being disappointed and dissatisfied with reading Gyo and No longer human as well, I think I'll end my Junji Ito journey here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Torture, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

marissasa's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

This was my first Junji Ito read and it didn’t disappoint! His style is one of the most unique I have ever seen, and he has truly perfected the image of Tomie’s character as she looks both beautiful and scary in every panel she’s in. The body horror and gore are the most detailed I’ve ever seen, and the full page pictures are striking and horrifying. Tomie as a “monster” or general evil is a very interesting thing to think about, because although her motivations usually revolve around seducing and using men in a typical succubus way, she is also often a victim of violence, aggression, and possessiveness from the people she manipulates. As a result, the other half of her motivations after she revives are revenge and retribution towards the men who killed or harmed her. The way she regenerates or is reborn in various forms is also fascinating, showing that even after part of her is destroyed she will always come back somehow and there is “no use escaping” Tomie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Torture, Body horror, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Medical content

abbiewhitehead's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Child death, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, and Incest