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nobiz's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Gore and Grief
Minor: Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
belladonnashrike's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
this is the best one in the series so far! I don’t know how I haven’t mentioned this in my reviews but I really do love the art in this manga. I think aso really shines in the horror, such as when arisu is hallucinating his dead friends as well as the more stylized fantasy aspects, such as when the characters are traveling to borderland. I love how they look like drawing mannequins - I feel like it’s working as a hint that it’s not really their bodies in borderlands, just their minds/souls. it’s just a representation of themselves as they fight for their lives; just a mannequin, a stand-in.
I also enjoyed usagi’s religious theory for why they’re in borderland and why these horrible things keep happening to them. I don’t recall this in the show at all so I enjoyed the new perspective - and I really don’t think she’s saying anything crazy like kuina was suggesting.
I see some more of the changes they made in the netflix show and I can understand why they were made. i still think it’s a great adaptation of this series. one thing I do really like a lot better in the show is how they deal with kuina being trans. I wouldn’t say the writer is transphobic at all, but in the series she deals with transphobia two separate times and it’s nice that in the show it’s a non-issue (excluding her past. but I think her past is integral to her character), which is the way it should be.
this is the last english translation published :( so im going to have to wait to read the rest which suuuuuucks, im so invested right now.
I also enjoyed usagi’s religious theory for why they’re in borderland and why these horrible things keep happening to them. I don’t recall this in the show at all so I enjoyed the new perspective - and I really don’t think she’s saying anything crazy like kuina was suggesting.
I see some more of the changes they made in the netflix show and I can understand why they were made. i still think it’s a great adaptation of this series.
this is the last english translation published :( so im going to have to wait to read the rest which suuuuuucks, im so invested right now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Murder, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Gore, and Transphobia
Minor: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse
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