Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

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

6 reviews

ambenicole418's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

JoJo: *simply existing*
Dio (for no reason whatsoever): “Hmm 🤔 what can I do to make JoJo’s life a living hell today?”

How do you come straight out the gate kicking someone’s dog???? What ever happened to “Hello. How are you? My name is…..” 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

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

maxor76's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

I like Jonathan, sure he might be a little boring but. In seriousness i dont mind his character, he does what he needs to do and is a good starting point for the series. He is simply a gentleman dealing with his abusive brother.
I like the added story you get here too, like the reason why Dio

killed Danny

The art is also just charming to say the least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Sexual assault, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

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

neonthenerd's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, and Car accident

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Addiction, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

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