Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Berserk, Volume 18 by Kentaro Miura

6 reviews

yharnam's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love Puck and I love Guts

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail

whynterdesaina's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

action_bastard's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Berserk is challenging, horrifying, inspirational and at times hopeful. I have never read anything that matches the brutal fantasy world created by Kentaro Muira. This will be remembered for generations as the genre defining epic of Dark Fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Classism

lordofcinder21's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail

duke_of_failure's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Very dark and not for everyone. Absolutely beautiful art, very gory and detailed yet beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cannibalism

Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

zone_a3's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement