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A rather "dead" book for fans of Junji Ito.
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arirose's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 72%

Not a fan of the fan service, sexualizing the girls. Got past it but realized late that I'm just not interested enough to keep putting up with it. So done.
Loveable characters: No
dark medium-paced
dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

so much fanservice.....

A girl can see the most gruesome things in the world.... no one else can though. We see our girl try to manoeuvre through life and ignoring all the creepy things, because she knows (and we know) that acknowledging them is going to be even worse for her. Still, I felt so sorry for her as she does attract all sorts of creepy spooky gruesome stuff. *shivers* I wonder how long she can hold it up though, we do see her on the verge of a few breakdowns and I was just cheering for her to keep it up, not much longer, you can do it.
The contrast between her and her best friend is huge, but they are still the best friends, and I love how our girl is, despite being swamped by creepies, still making sure her friend is also safe and happy. And she can help out in a way.
Oh, and one chapter broke my heart. :(
The art is fabulous though, especially the creepy monsters are drawn very very very well, nightmare fuel.

Maybe I will write a longer review tomorrow/soon, for now this will do!
dark slow-paced

This is kinda like a dark slice of life. I don't personally enjoy how there isn't an overarching story, just little moments in her life. 

What could have been a silly dumb premises turned out to be a rather funny, and by the end, heartfelt supernatural tale.

Mieruko-Chain can see the dead. She just chooses to ignore them. She doesn't want them knowing that she can see them. Mostly because she doesn't want them following her around everywhere. But when she goes to school and notices a lot of spirits following her best friend around she tries to find a solution to stop them from showing up so much. Hence we get plenty of funny situations and a rather sad and tender moment by the very end that made me want to read more.

It helps the art is great. The spirits are disgusting and scary looking, making for both a spooky and funny story to tell. The story has some fanservice moments but nothing over the top. Panty/bra shots but it goes in context with what the girls are doing and it leads to, again, funny situations I don't want to spoil. I also really enjoyed the ending and gave me the feels all in 3 pages.

Overall, def want to see more from this series. A 4 out of 5.

Liked the ending.