Reviews tagging 'Death'

Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito

34 reviews

monastery_berry's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

Loved the Blackbird story in this, Magami Nanakuse is ridiculous and the lowest point. Couldn’t quite get what he was going for with that one. Overall these are just fun concise horror stories. In the afterword Ito mentions this not necessarily being his greatest work and I would agree with that but enjoyed it nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Transphobia

swimfast724's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a collection of short manga  stories so the characters questions don't really apply. What makes Junji Ito so different is his drawing style is so creepy it's so incredibly done

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

caffeinated_or_chaos's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

doomluz's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Some pretty creepy stories in this one. My favorites are Tomio: Red Turtleneck, Gentle Goodbye, and Whispering Woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Transphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism and Murder

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Physical abuse

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Sexual content

kyy35's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Transphobia

gabrielaetcc's review against another edition

challenging dark funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Violence

franziskavongay's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

 knocked a star off for the transphobia :/ otherwise just as horrific and grotesque as you'd expect from ito.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Transphobia

Transphobia: specifically in the story second from last, "Nanami Nanakuse"

kiara_seoul's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.0

Being an anthology, the stories are going to be hit and miss.

And most of these are misses. I couldn’t even remember most of these until I reread the manga. Which I am disappointed by. The art in this manga is fantastic as always, but just because the art is good, doesn’t mean anything if the story isn’t.

Most of Junji Ito’s anthology stories are great, especially when they delve into psychological horror or the unknown, but these stories are just…meh. They feel like ‘Deleted Scenes’ from a movie, stories that weren’t good and were just cut from the official movie. Except these deleted scenes actually got a full manga. The highlights for me were “Gentle Goodbye” and “Whispering Woman”.

I believe Uzumaki or No Longer Human either as introductions or a new Junji Ito manga you want to buy. Or if you’re looking for an anthology, I suggest Shiver or Smashed.

Fragments of Horror though? This manga you’ll probably buy just to have a complete collection of work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood