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Hellstar Remina

Junji Ito

3.55 AVERAGE


This was delightfully unique, weird and disturbing.

Mitä helvettiä, oon kuullut Itosta pelkästään ylistäviä kommentteja, mutta tämähän oli surkea teos. Annan pisteitä hienosta taiteesta, juonen ja hahmojen puolesta floppi. En muutenkaan pidä Lovecraft-jutuista (oli sillä kai joku hyvä novelli, mut yleisesti en fanita), enkä oo koskaan oikein tajunnut, mikä niissä lonkeroissa on niin ihmeellistä.

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dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark 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: No
challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark 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: Complicated

Ahh Junji Ito my quarantine favorite.

Hellstar Remina is more of a short story than a book - it's a quick read that revolves around the titular Remina - both girl and planet. Remina spends a fair amount of the book screaming and weeping but what else ya gonna do at the end of the world honestly?

Despite being a cosmic horror story, the ending is hopeful/postive, which is a nice change for the genre. The art is gorgeous. The science is SO bad it's hilarious. Like WE SEE HOW BIG REMINA IS COMPARED TO THE EARTH, ITO. IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH TO EAT JUPITER!!!! IT'S SMALLER THAN JUPITER!!! But anyway. Fun little read.