Reviews tagging 'Death'

Adiós, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto

39 reviews

kaiajimenez's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

mads_jpg's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

A unique story that explores how much of reality can be captured by a camera, and how we can use it to shape our memories of someone. I've also never seen a manga use the panels in this way before, mimicking the aspect ratio of a film. Very creative and engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident

dyingotters's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Genuinely enjoy the way Fujimoto write characters in grief because it's so unconventional. Yuta has weird/personal ways of coping that ppl would dismiss as being insensitive (even if it is his own mom).

I also love the dedication to show the story through Yuta's phone recordings. Fujimoto wrote unreliable narration really well because we don't learn about some traits of mom/Eri until way later - we only see them as how Yuta want them remembered. the panelling is so simple it's almost crude if not for the fact that it pushes the idea that we're seeing everything through the recording from a phone screen, plus the way each panel paces itself, like the times when we just see the same panel over and over again save the dialogue that is happening "off screen". it's cinematic and that's what makes this manga panelling genius despite its simplicity.

One thing that almost threw me off was 1. grown up yuta's whole family dying in a car crash 2. Eri being a vampire, BUT 1. He was middle aged atp and thats just how life is, you go through loss and you go through some more. I get it but it was a bit soap opera dramatic in the moment. 2. When I thought more about the vampire thing tbh I understand. The image of him going back to that place all those years later, again suicidal and alone but now old and tired, and Eri's still sitting in the same place looking the same way she did. I guess it's less about her genuinely being a vampire and more about the idea of "dead people". They don't just disappear off the face of earth if you still remember them, but they'll always stay the age of when you met them to when they died, like vampire Eri dying and then coming back to life to relive everything, to die again and to "reincarnate" again. The "vampire" being just the Eri that Yuta remembers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse

atlas_likes_to_read's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

bimess_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

The art is gorgeous and the story messed me up a little bit. 

The twists don't feel real though. Like I can't trust the author anymore 😭 

This mangaka knows how to crush someone. I should've known before going in. Either way, it was good. I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

jelloello's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

ambenicole418's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

10/10! Full Marks! 100,000 Points! 💖🌟 I laughed, I cried, and I was gagged several times while reading this manga! 😆 This will definitely go on my list of books I think everyone should read at some point in their life! It’s fascinating the way Fujimoto blurs the lines between fiction and reality. Just when you think you know what’s going on and where the story’s going you find out that you actually don’t. 

There is such interesting commentary on life, death, the way we chose to remember the ones we lost, and how sometimes the memories we chose to keep and the way we view people through those memories blur the lines between reality and fiction. I’m not gonna say anymore than that though because I think everyone should go into this manga blind and experience it for themselves. ❤️🩵🩶🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

cuteasamuntin's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Bullying and Excrement