Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

9 reviews

convallaria_majalis's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

Not The best Junji Ito. Uzumaki and Shiver still reign. The Main Story was good. The short Stories weren't my Cup of Tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

adventurouspotato's review

dark mysterious

• 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? Yes

4.0

lovesickness: ★★★★☆
the strange hikizuri siblings: ★★★★☆
the mansion of phantom pain: ★★★★★
the rib woman: ★★★☆☆

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gore, Body horror, Self harm, Suicide, Abortion, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Minor: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Excrement, Vomit, and Confinement

charlotteiisobel's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

mercurial's review

dark funny 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Body horror, Gore, Death of parent, Suicide, and Violence

lucasgillon's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Grief, Gore, Torture, and Violence

minbyrnes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

It’s the inks. The way Junji Ito inks really gets to me. Love the artwork and when he chooses to draw beautiful people they’re stunning. But his art also creeps me out. 

In terms of story, I think my favorite was The Mansion of Phantom Pain. 

Lovesickness: I really liked it but the ending felt a bit lacking to me. I kind of wish that last chapter wasn’t a thing. 3.5⭐️

The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: I liked the first story more than the second one. These kids are twisteddddd. 4⭐️ and 3⭐️

The Mansion of Phantom Pain: loved it. It’s the kind of scary that gets to your head. Not that visual. Just the way I like it. 5⭐️

The Rib Woman: eh. It was ok. I wish it was more… supernatural? 2⭐️

Memories of Real Poop: what even was that? 1⭐️

Mathematically, it’s less than 3.25 overall but in my heart I want to give the collection 3.5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, and Child death

Moderate: Self harm and Vomit

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

petitemass15's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

mir_frog73's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

lilybear3's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Infidelity

Minor: Excrement