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A review by dollhousebooks
Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis by Yoshikazu Takeuchi
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Sometimes authors write characters in such a way that makes you want them to die. The two female characters involved in this final, "climactic" chase scene (Rumi & Mima), made such stupid decisions that I was rooting for their death. It was just so aggravating to read 2-3 chapters worth of these dumb women trying to escape from this evil man without actually successfully getting anything done until the very last 2 pages. And that only happened because of some other characters being there.
Here are some examples of their absolute stupidity:
1. Leaving the light on in the room where they were hiding in an otherwise completely dark and empty building.
2. Getting caught 2 seconds after they decide to try to make their 1st escape by running into a wall because they lose their footing. (Not entirely their fault but it was incredibly aggravating and a complete waste of time)
3. When one of them finally does escape from the bad guy (for like the 2nd time) they end up just sitting in another dark room where they originally were taken for quite some time while pondering whether or not to take the emergency exit or not and then getting caught again.
4. When other characters who try to save the two ladies by "killing" the villain but not actually checking to make sure he's dead so he ends up attacking the main character again...for like the 3rd-4th time after her pathetic attempts of "escaping."
They just were so stupidly useless that I lost all respect for them. Pitiful characters who continued to not think and do stupid things and totally deserved to die.
Here are some examples of their absolute stupidity:
1. Leaving the light on in the room where they were hiding in an otherwise completely dark and empty building.
2. Getting caught 2 seconds after they decide to try to make their 1st escape by running into a wall because they lose their footing. (Not entirely their fault but it was incredibly aggravating and a complete waste of time)
3. When one of them finally does escape from the bad guy (for like the 2nd time) they end up just sitting in another dark room where they originally were taken for quite some time while pondering whether or not to take the emergency exit or not and then getting caught again.
4. When other characters who try to save the two ladies by "killing" the villain but not actually checking to make sure he's dead so he ends up attacking the main character again...for like the 3rd-4th time after her pathetic attempts of "escaping."
They just were so stupidly useless that I lost all respect for them. Pitiful characters who continued to not think and do stupid things and totally deserved to die.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder