Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1-Phantom Blood, Vol. 1 by Hirohiko Araki

4 reviews

scoobygirl93's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

bohboh's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I bought into the hype surrounding this series and tried really hard to enjoy it. I did find myself liking some parts of it. Unfortunately the characters fell so flat and uninteresting. Every emotion they displayed felt so forced and disingenuous.

The art is hit-or-miss; Araki cites the musclehead culture of the time ('80s) inspiring the evolution of JoJo and Dio's design. This was not well executed, however, with some of the body frames just ridiculously out of proportion and off-putting.

I did try to like this, and may try the second book to see if the series gets better, but I was unenthused with the content of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bardic_llama's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Alcoholism

thenerdybookwitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Full Review of Phantom Blood in Volume 3.

I’m just reading the Manga now that I finished Phantom Blood in the Anime and wow it is way more violent here than in the show. Probably due to censorship which is very understandable 😂

Still, love it so far as much as I loved watching it. I cannot wait to see more of the artwork in the next two volumes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, and Racism