Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Blood on the Tracks, Vol. 1 by Shuzo Oshimi

9 reviews

swimfast724's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

LOVE LOVE LOVE the art. And story. This is the kind you can't put down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

perth_is's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

chouette_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

jjb1313's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

gwylix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Seiichi is a timid tweenage boy w/ a normal life and a loving mother, but one summer day he witnesses something that turns their relationship into one of insidiously mundane, domestic horror

i love this manga but with the series reaching its (at time of writing) 13th English language tankoban release and no end in sight, the already slow pace is beginning to wear me out. the sheer amount of psychological abuse and emotional humiliation Sei goes thru is excruciating, and makes it hard to recommend to anyone but the most resilient enjoyers of the psychological horror genre

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death and Cursing

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

rorikae's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

'Blood on the Tracks, Volume 1' by Shuzo Oshimi is a haunting story about the relationship between a mother and son. Told mostly in illustrations, this manga is slowly creeping horror. From the beginning, it's clear that something is amiss between this mother and son but that only increases as the story progresses. This ends with a horrific cliffhanger that captured my attention and made me pick up the second volume immediately. Oshimi does an excellent job of infusing increasing dread throughout the story. Terrifying and almost hard to read but also extremely engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

bookishcryptid's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

emmaopaline's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting