Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Alice in Borderland, Vol. 4 by Haro Aso

7 reviews

dreamer626's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

mir_frog73's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

It was kinda boring in the middle, because there was a lot of transition stuff because we are moving from the numbered cards to the face ones. I’m excited for the next one because we are going to see the kind of clubs battle and it really interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Gore, Murder, and Body horror

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

I don't understand the inclusion of side stories, especially lengthy ones, but at least this one introduces us to a key character. I need a character list or map at this point, haha. There's so much going on, it's hard to keep up with the names and games.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

tah_014's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

colie1018's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

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

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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. 

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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