Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Boa noite, Punpun: No ginásio by Inio Asano

4 reviews

dawntin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This was considerably darker than the first volume, which was already pretty dark. A large chunk of this volume focused on Punpun’s uncle, Yuuichi, and his relationship with

a teenage girl he mentored as a pottery instructor. His flashbacks show how that girl’s mother was abusive, so that pretty sad. And although he had a girlfriend at the time, he was still attracted to that teenager. It turned out that the girl manipulated both him and his co-worker, so things got pretty messed up.

Besides that, there was a lot of teenage/middle schooler drama with Punpun and Aiko. Aiko got her first

boyfriend. Yaguchi is probably the most wholesome character so far and I actually like him a lot!

Punpun can be dramatic and whiny, but I don’t really blame him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abortion

rnbhargava's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A large part of this volume is about an inappropriate relationship dynamic that the uncle undertakes while he was a pottery class instructor. Keep that in mind

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

There is content involving an adult and a teen that leads to inappropriate and dark things, there’s deaths or near deaths shown that are depicted in incredibly brutal fashion, even when we get back to PunPun in middle school there’s a kind of social psychological warfare between him and a classmate regarding someone significant from the first volume and a character causes great harm to himself. It’s a much darker volume. This volume might be too much for some people. I found it to be tough material but fascinating.

markwillnevercry's review against another edition

2.0

I don't know. It felt better than the first volume, but that is a non-achievement. I think that it is weird that this is suddently about Punpun and his uncle, but maybe the writer just started to run out of ideas. I just hope it will be better later.

Title:

Page 416 (yeah, even tho it is volume 2 of omnibus)

Notes:

We love it when men decide for women who they should be with.

The objectification of women truly never stops here, huh.

If you wonder why this is tagged for racism, the same black character is used whenever there is just a random person, who appears on the screen if they are not just a blank space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide

immaculate's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

i'm not sure if i can say i like this volume because it was extremely triggering, but if yuichi's backstory hadn't gone into detail i probably would've liked it more. the contents aren't overly detailed in a way that turns it into torture porn but still. please read content warnings beforehand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy

i wish someone had warned me before reading this volume, but there is a massive trigger warning for pedophilia in yuichi's backstory. like graphic. (more in spoilers but i'll save the detail)

yuichi talks about his feelings for a 16 year old girl who is held captive by her abusive mother as a result of a teen pregnancy by another kid her age. she loves yuichi and feels like he understands her. he loved her too but did not pursue the relationship. yuichi leaves his long term girlfriend after everything with the other girl along with a bunch of other shit. he tells this story to his current love interest who suspected something happened to him in his early life that stopped him from pursuing romantic relationships and being close to others in general. i'm purposefully avoiding mentioning the more graphic pedophilic content, it gets close to sexual but doesn't go any further.

based on the reading, the pedophilia is treated as a negative thing but is still extremely uncomfortable to read. you don't need to read yuichi's backstory; just know that he did something terrible.