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A review by albertand12
ONIMONOGATARI: Demon Tale by NISIOISIN
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!
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!