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Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

21 reviews

jaimc's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

crocoduck's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved it! Some of the stories were better than others, and not all of them were very scary, but they were all interesting with amazing art!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

Pretty much anything commonly found in horror can be found here, to varying degrees of "graphicness" depending on the story.

jasperreads's review

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Torture

moxiereads's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

m4rtt4's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

My first time reading Junji Ito, and I am in awe, I am in love (as much as one can love things like this)... The stories are original, creative and excellently drawn with an eye for creepy details, there's literally nothing to complain (other than I wish the book had been longer lol). My favourite stories were Earthbound, Bloodsucking Darkness and The Mystery of the Haunted House / Tsujii family stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

xwritingstoriesx's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

4.5 stars. I personally enjoyed I Don't Want To Be A Ghost, Earthbound and Sochi's Beloved Pet, the latter due to my love of cats. Innovative concepts with beautiful art, what's not to love?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

paperbackparker's review

dark mysterious sad 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? N/A

3.0

First Junji Ito read!! 
I loved some of these stories, but others were just meh. Definitely intrigued to pick up more of his work though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

lynxpardinus's review

dark mysterious tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny and Rape

stardustdreamer's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

tazemu's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail