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chsahit's review against another edition
1.0
Spoooooooooooooooooky spirals
Closer to 1.5/5
The one good thing I have to say is that the art was technically impressive at times.
I don't engage a lot with the horror genre but I heard a lot about Junji Ito so I wanted to give it a try. The thing about horror for me is that it's usually either so scary/disturbing that I can't enjoy it or it fails to produce any emotional response from me at all. Uzumaki definitely falls into the latter camp. I get that its a horror manga about haunted spirals so I wasn't expecting "realism" per se, but also the stories felt so absurd that they were almost comedic (but not quite that either).
Closer to 1.5/5
The one good thing I have to say is that the art was technically impressive at times.
I don't engage a lot with the horror genre but I heard a lot about Junji Ito so I wanted to give it a try. The thing about horror for me is that it's usually either so scary/disturbing that I can't enjoy it or it fails to produce any emotional response from me at all. Uzumaki definitely falls into the latter camp. I get that its a horror manga about haunted spirals so I wasn't expecting "realism" per se, but also the stories felt so absurd that they were almost comedic (but not quite that either).
sbrandon46s's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
nikkilpzs's review against another edition
3.0
This was absolutely terrifying & gives the hevee jeeves
misfate's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
cobra_k's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
joaofernandes's review against another edition
5.0
An awesome and terrifying story that gets weirder as the chapters go by. Stunning illustrations that convey all the terror we're reading.
gatogato's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
what the fuck did i just read. 10/10
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Gore, Murder, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Body horror, Violence, Cursing, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, and Torture
lougenia's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
someone needs to help my guy shuichi please that kid is so fucking depressed :(
loved this a lot, it really stays with you but in a really unsettling way (of course). impressed by all the iterations of spirals that were introduced, got attached to the characters, and i loved how everything all came together at the end
I thought it was a little funny when another god awful thing started happening in korouzu-cho and kirie was talking to shuichi about it and he was just like "yeah it's the fucking spiral again 馃様" and kirie was like "oh shit, for real? goddammit :/"
also at some point you think you have been desensitized to all the body horror and think you couldn't possibly be surprised by what happens next but then u find out you are mistaken. because people are fuckingeating the snail people ALIVE
tldr: 馃悓馃槓
loved this a lot, it really stays with you but in a really unsettling way (of course). impressed by all the iterations of spirals that were introduced, got attached to the characters, and i loved how everything all came together at the end
also at some point you think you have been desensitized to all the body horror and think you couldn't possibly be surprised by what happens next but then u find out you are mistaken. because people are fucking
tldr: 馃悓馃槓
sofiagarzac's review against another edition
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
4.0
Me gust贸.
Me gustaron mucho Shuichi y Kirie. Tambi茅n me gustaba Chie... F.
No me gust贸 del todo el final. Creo que me gust贸 m谩s el principio, como cuando muestra c贸mo es la fobia y el trauma; pero me gust贸 que, a pesar de que parec铆a epis贸dico, en realidad ten铆a una trama continua a lo largo de todo el volumen, que lleg贸 a su climax (?) en los cap铆tulos finales. Esperaba que termine mejor o peor(?), no de la forma en que concluy贸 todo, de forma tan... mid/ni bien ni mal/final abierto. Igual, creo que a煤n as铆 no me quejo con ese desenlace.
En fin, fue una buena lectura r谩pida. Oh, y el arte, la ilustraci贸n de cada escena, de los personajes, de todo... En general, muy bien hecha, excelente.
P.D.: Yo que Shuichi, me hubiese marchado del pueblo ya al principio, no hubiese soportado todo lo que 茅l aguant贸. Es admirable 鉂わ笍
Me gustaron mucho Shuichi y Kirie. Tambi茅n me gustaba Chie... F.
No me gust贸 del todo el final. Creo que me gust贸 m谩s el principio, como cuando muestra c贸mo es la fobia y el trauma; pero me gust贸 que, a pesar de que parec铆a epis贸dico, en realidad ten铆a una trama continua a lo largo de todo el volumen, que lleg贸 a su climax (?) en los cap铆tulos finales. Esperaba que termine mejor o peor(?), no de la forma en que concluy贸 todo, de forma tan... mid/ni bien ni mal/final abierto. Igual, creo que a煤n as铆 no me quejo con ese desenlace.
En fin, fue una buena lectura r谩pida. Oh, y el arte, la ilustraci贸n de cada escena, de los personajes, de todo... En general, muy bien hecha, excelente.
P.D.: Yo que Shuichi, me hubiese marchado del pueblo ya al principio, no hubiese soportado todo lo que 茅l aguant贸. Es admirable 鉂わ笍