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Lovesickness by Junji Ito

15 reviews

awalsh1212001's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

convallaria_majalis's review against another edition

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

spiralinghallways's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage

zone_a3's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

wends_nblw's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

I am once again disappointed by Junji Ito's work. Reading this after Uzumaki is like having leftovers when last night you were at a nice restaurant. It's okay, but it's just not the same. In fact, I would say that I enjoyed Deserter more than this collection. 

Aside from the comedic ending of this story, I found the other pieces to be lackluster. I'm not sure why, but it felt like it was missing something. The Lovesickness story was good, though I wasn't fond of the reveal. The other pieces weren't as good.

I think this collection comes off as more comedic than dark. I snorted quite a few times while reading. 

I will continue with my Ito journey, but I'm unsure if anything will top Uzumaki. (And I might be regretting selling my copy of Deserter.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness

angryoppossum's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy

urezia's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

doomluz's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Excrement

lilaceous's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

characters - .5⭐️

illustrations - ⭐️

effective storytelling - .5⭐️

engaging to read - ⭐️

would recommend - .5⭐️

scared the crap out of me lol. after reading the first story in the collection i was sprinting around my apartment to turn on all the lights and make sure no zombie girls were hiding behind my shower curtain. the rest of the collection isn’t as scary but is mostly well-written. 

the way junji ito uses ink in his illustrations is horrifying without losing any visual clarity. my one complaint about this collection is that the endings are never satisfying, but it doesn’t make the stories any less unsettling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kashila's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Violence, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse