Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Guardianes de la noche, Vol. 13 by Koyoharu Gotouge

5 reviews

wylanslcve's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

genya... I love you but I have SO MANY questions. I've lost sleep trying to figure out how his abilities work, which is concerning to say the least, but it doesn't matter because he'll always be one of my favourite kny characters. I'd still like an explanation though because WHAT.

while I did say in my review of the previous volume that the swordsmith village arc was my least favourite kny arc, I've got to give this volume credit where it's due. I found the art in this volume to be a lot better than that of previous instalments, with the action sequences being a lot easier to follow (which is saying a lot since I struggle with following action sequences in manga and graphic novels in general) and it being overall pretty well-paced.

however, what's stopping this volume from having a full 4-star rating from me is how genya's backstory was revealed. while I don't have any issues with his backstory in and of itself (actually, I do, because it's emotionally devastating), the timing at which it was revealed killed the pacing of the scene for me. genya is literally seconds away from being injured and they take that as an opportunity to reveal his entire backstory and motivation, and it takes you out of the scene. this was a much bigger issue in the anime, since it went on for longer and made me even forget what was happening in the present, but it still works just as poorly in the manga. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Cannibalism

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Violence, and Blood

sarahvanrants's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Some of the fight scenes were a bit difficult to follow; I can’t wait for the anime to cover it! I also am excited to see more of what the hashira and upper 4 & 5 can do. A cliffhanger ending to this volume!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

this volume has some nice character development, esp for tanjiro in terms of battle acumen. however, the fight scenes can seem wooden at times, and the paneling + movement incontinuity remain a major issue that dampen the story's impact. also a lil weird that hantengu, despite being an upper rank 4, doesnt seem too intimidating for some reason. cant wait to see how this will get animated tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child death and Domestic abuse