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kellydienes 's review for:
Remina
by Junji Ito
Out of all the Junji Ito I've read so far, I think this one has been the darkest in tone.
A scientist has discovered a new planet that emerged from a wormhole, and he names it after his reluctant daughter, Remina. While getting used to her new fame, it is revealed that the planet Remina is actually rocketing towards Earth, literally devouring every other planet in its path. All of the scientist's former fans have now decided that he and his daughter Remina must be killed in order to make the planet Remina disappear (interesting logic). Remina meets some disgusting dudes who try to "rescue" her, but she is eventually found and she witnesses her father's death by sort-of-crucifixion. It's pretty horrific. There's something so so so disturbing about the depictions of Remina dangling from rope while being tortured and of her hanging from a cross as flames grow beneath her. Like, just typing that sentence out, this book sounds completely vile and sadistic. But there's always a bit of humanity hiding under Ito's most disturbing stuff.
I gave it four stars because, UNlike his other work, I got confused with some of the panels near the end, and to me it was drawn out and it wasn't clear what was happening.
But it's Junji Ito so it's good ^-^
A scientist has discovered a new planet that emerged from a wormhole, and he names it after his reluctant daughter, Remina. While getting used to her new fame, it is revealed that the planet Remina is actually rocketing towards Earth, literally devouring every other planet in its path. All of the scientist's former fans have now decided that he and his daughter Remina must be killed in order to make the planet Remina disappear (interesting logic). Remina meets some disgusting dudes who try to "rescue" her, but she is eventually found and she witnesses her father's death by sort-of-crucifixion. It's pretty horrific. There's something so so so disturbing about the depictions of Remina dangling from rope while being tortured and of her hanging from a cross as flames grow beneath her. Like, just typing that sentence out, this book sounds completely vile and sadistic. But there's always a bit of humanity hiding under Ito's most disturbing stuff.
I gave it four stars because, UNlike his other work, I got confused with some of the panels near the end, and to me it was drawn out and it wasn't clear what was happening.
But it's Junji Ito so it's good ^-^