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kapitanalucard's review against another edition
5.0
oczywiście druzgoczące backstory na końcu musi być, but maan this is so good
lalibreriasottoilmare's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
4.0
morningstar1993's review against another edition
4.0
It was nice to get to know more about Ginko's background.
morningstar916's review against another edition
4.0
It was nice to get to know more about Ginko's background.
meepelous's review against another edition
3.0
Looking back, again, from a few volumes on I do have to agree with a lot of other reviews on here that this volume did drag a little bit. That said, this is a very transitional volume, and finally learning more about Ginko's origins is certainly more than enough of a payoff in the end.
This volume also seems to slowly be ratcheting up its body horror quotient. It's certainly no blood and guts slasher film, or anything close, but it's getting creepier. It may be only slightly, but it does feel like there are some stakes now, and characters pushing the edges at the boundaries of prosperity, happiness or at least calm living.
Flipping back through the volume to review the art, it strikes me that the framing is (or rather, I suspect, continues to be) is part of what makes this series feel so deliciously melancholic. Hanging onto the small details, lingering.
This volume also seems to slowly be ratcheting up its body horror quotient. It's certainly no blood and guts slasher film, or anything close, but it's getting creepier. It may be only slightly, but it does feel like there are some stakes now, and characters pushing the edges at the boundaries of prosperity, happiness or at least calm living.
Flipping back through the volume to review the art, it strikes me that the framing is (or rather, I suspect, continues to be) is part of what makes this series feel so deliciously melancholic. Hanging onto the small details, lingering.
adubrow's review against another edition
4.0
Hauntingly fantastic just like volumes 1 and 2. (See my other review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9488184)
In addition to Ginko's current attempts to deal with mushi in various corners of rural Japan, this volume also provides his back story, which, like everything else thus far, is both sad, chilling, and brilliantly devised.
In addition to Ginko's current attempts to deal with mushi in various corners of rural Japan, this volume also provides his back story, which, like everything else thus far, is both sad, chilling, and brilliantly devised.
hollowspine's review against another edition
4.0
This has to be my favorite thus far. Though I'm sure that could change as soon as I read the next one, since they do seem to grow in my appreciation more and more as I read on. I was so bored with manga in general when I started to read this series, I just picked it up on a whim, drawn by the cover art and thinking that it could be no worse than some of the other things I had picked up recently. I couldn't have imagined at that point the world that would suck me in so completely. I now have to pace myself as if rationing the last candy bar after the apocalypse. I love the glimpse into Ginko's past, it's just so sad that he had this woman whom he admired and loved and now cannot even recall his own name let alone remember her. I love how the mist was displayed and how this story relates back to the story about the blind girl. Although you could just grab any volume of the series to start since they all are pretty self-contained, I think that it is best to start at the beginning, so that you build up a curiosity about Ginko which, I'm hoping, will be answered bit by bit throughout the rest of the series.
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