16 reviews for:

鬼物語

NISIOISIN

3.99 AVERAGE

albertand12's review against another edition

4.0

I absolutely love how this story parallels Kabuki, in the way that the actual story doesn't focus on the character the reader thinks it will (Kabuki being actually about Shinobu and Oni actually being about Hachikuji), and I think the two stories do a great job of connecting to each other and resolving each others' shortcomings.
While I felt Kabuki was overall a stronger piece of work, Oni did a good job of fleshing out Shinobu's character (mainly the true nature of her loneliness/solitude hinted at before in Kabuki) while also giving a beautiful and moving send-off to Hachikuji as a character.
I just kind of expected Shinobu's story of her first thrall would have been... more?
For someone who seemed so important to her, the story didn't seem to really tell us all that much about her relationship to him.
But then again, how her lies impacted his life might have been the true point of the story, the lie she was telling, and how it affected everyone.
The theme of pretending to be someone you're not and it effecting everyone around you is an interesting one, but I wish it had gotten explored a little bit more.
But overall, a great book!

squidbillyinvictus's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

acertaineh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

jandals042's review against another edition

5.0

fucking crying my ass off rn

extramedium's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

saidahgilbert's review against another edition

3.0

I finally finished it today. The story picked up in the last third of the book which I was anticipating because my favourite character got more 'screen time' then.

secrereads's review against another edition

4.0

While I was glad to have Araragi narrating the story again this volume seemed to drag. Just as previous books have included past and future events this is no exception. Some questions from other volumes are answered while others remain a mystery. Truthfully this was almost a DNF due to the slow pacing of the story. After I got to the halfway point the story started to pick up and I enjoyed the book a lot more. I could tell what the ending was around the last two chapters but it was still sad. I'm going to round this one up to four stars but it should be noted that this is a 3.5 star for me.

epiccgaymer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Complicated
• Loveable characters? Complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia

rosehide's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad medium-paced

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

4.5

bunniisenpai's review against another edition

3.75

Not shinobu time.