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Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

24 reviews

tazemu's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Self harm, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, and Suicide

quayswae's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

Junji Ito has done it again, with this collection of short stories I loved it! I was so into it, I finished all of them in 2 days —but I’m looking forward to rereading it in the future. Like I’ve said before about his other works, they’re the perfect balance of dark/twisted and funny/interesting. I also have the manga version of No Longer Human and I’m really looking forward to reading it sometime in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

grayreadsmanga's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Self harm, and Violence

go2hellstephanie's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

As an avid horror movie fan, I've always wanted to explore horror books and I'm so glad I started here! This collection of short stories was absolutely excellent, and I know I'm going to buy more of Ito's works in the future.

The tales were wonderfully horrific without making me feel sick, and the images were perfection. There was not a line out of place, and some of them will haunt my nightmares (high praise!). 

I think my favorites out of this collection were "Roar", "In Mirror Valley", "I Don't Want to Be a Ghost", and "Library Vision", but both the haunted house stories had the most unsettling images.

An absolute must-read for anyone who likes horror and graphic novels!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder

afriske's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Slavery, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, and Animal cruelty

hreads03's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder and Animal cruelty

Minor: Stalking

raw_huerta's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture

kristinawidda_k's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Cannibalism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, and Medical trauma

rachelcardin's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Body horror

blurrysleeps's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was my first Junji Ito read, though i’ve been wanting to read his works for years now. I’m so glad I was finally able to pick this collection of short stories up. I was able to enjoy the great work of Junji ito and get a glimpse into the macabre mind of Ito. Some of these stories weren’t particularly scary but others left me shocked and kind of sad. I was glad to finally see Soichi which is a character I’ve heard a lot about. I enjoyed this collection a good bit and I loved how varied it was. The artwork was breathtakingly good and I took my time to admire each page. Glad to finally have read this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Death, and Gore

Minor: Rape, Stalking, and Kidnapping