Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Blood on the Tracks 1 by Shuzo Oshimi

22 reviews

amyalwaysbooked's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, and Murder

rkkpl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Abandonment

paigeandpages_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Murder

cs172's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Murder

iane_reads's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

Wow. The art in this manga is absolutely stunning, the characters are complicated and I’m sure the nuances will show more in the sequel, and that plot twist has me SHOOK.

I saw another review describe this as a “slow-burn horror” and honestly that’s exactly what it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

cosmikhorror's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

jjb1313's review against another edition

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

boomwormbrittany's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Blood on the Tracks is about Seiichi whose mother is very protective of him. He's in middle school and when a family trip during the summer goes wrong, his whole life changes.
I thought this was a really interesting start to a manga series. I have heard a lot of people rave about this series and how good it is. I think this was a very solid start to a new manga series.
I found the artwork beautiful. I love appreciating the artwork in manga's and this one was no different. It isn't dialogue heavy which means you have to focus on the artwork to really get the whole story. I found it really interesting how the characters were written and portrayed in this. A lot of this manga was establishing the characters and the story.
Now this might be a me thing but I've heard so many people saying the ending of this manga was shocking but I kinda saw it coming from a mile away? Again, this could be a me thing as I had other people talk about this before and was prepared for something to happen.
Overall, I thought this was a pretty solid start to a manga series and I am excited to continue on and see what's in store later on down the line.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: 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