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leonormsousa's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
wends_nblw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Uzumaki was beautifully done. The artwork is truly phenomenal; the character's facial expressions were so well done, very lifelike. Also, the story itself was very interesting. I wasn't Quite sure what was happening until the very end. I loved Shuichi, and the love between him and the FMC was so pure. Even the side character's stories were amazing.
The only gripe I have is with the FMC. Why on Earth would she stay in the town? Why wouldn't she insist on her family leaving with Shuichi when she had the chance? Maybe it wasn't very practical, but you know. Other than that, I'm excited to read more of Ito's work. <3
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Bullying
mirrorbug's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The bonus chapters were definitely the weakest. Even if it's not technically a part of the main story, there are things I would've preferred to explore in the bonus chapter. It's not the horror in them was bad or anything, it was great, but it wasn't anything particularly special to me.
Shuichi was my guy. Kirie has serious "this is fine" syndrome when it is, very clearly, not fine.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Bullying
Death is essential in this story, first chapter has a scene where a character finds their deceased parent, this is not a happy storynatcrash's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
I couldn't really connect with the characters a lot. I like how Shuichi's character changed due to the events of the first and second chapter. Kirie, the main character, I felt like she wasn't really there for the first half of the book, as the events start to really affect her later and we then see how the events affect her.
Despite all of this, I still really liked the book. I found it entertaining and captivating. The art style is beautiful and the expressions are on point. I loved how everything was connected, and even though things don't make a lot of sense, it was a fun read.
I can read manga and graphic novels in a short period of time, but i was still surprised that i was able to read this almost in one sitting/less than 24 hours (took a break to sleep and continued the next day).
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying and Stalking
Minor: Grief and Toxic friendship
There is a lot of gory/graphic imagery, including: - blood - body horror - child death - injuries - (attempted?) murder - medical content. Bullying occurs once, but since the bullying is so brutal I placed it at moderate.belladonnashrike's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.75
I wasn’t scared of uzumaki but that’s more telling about me than it is about ito. the story was certainly creepy as hell but I just never get scared of supernatural or unrealistic horror. anything realistic (or more realistic sci-fi or fantasy even… like the invisible man film really scared me even though the science doesn’t exist) will get me. so I definitely wasn’t disappointed by my lack of fear, it’s very normal to me. the story was definitely creepy though. I would love to pick ito’s brain — what on earth is going on in there?
artistically, ito really excels in body horror & conveying emotion/story through the eyes. the panels containing one or both of those elements are my favorite and have definitely stuck with me. I also think people ignore his comedy when praising him, like of course he is clearly a master of horror but he’s also quite funny if you pay attention!
a little thing that I really enjoyed throughout reading was the little tiny spirals in the background of panels. they’re unnoticeable if you’re not looking, but from the beginning there are spirals in the blades of grass and wood grain - it’s really some fantastic subtle storytelling on ito’s part. as an artist I really loved that attention to detail.
finally, I loved how the story itself was also a spiral… you don’t realize it at first, but when it hits you… damn.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
finleyfrogreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Grief
satanita's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
ririissoamazing's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
reina_shouko's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Stalking
kakeyame's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Car accident