Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Brivido e altre storie by Junji Ito

39 reviews

jadeyfish's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, and Death

jacob_dion's review against another edition

dark tense

4.25

This man is insane and I love him for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Body horror, Death, Blood, Cursing, and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Suicide, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

mekirinka's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Junji Ito is a literal genius! What I appreciate the most about the manga is that he leaves author notes about the stories; how he came up with the plots, and provides sketches with descriptions. Now he writes about "inescapable horror," which are basically stories with plots that really have no explanation of how they came to be. To get an idea, I would suggest watching the anthology anime. The fact there are more stories in the manga really makes you appreciate his artistry and storytelling. 

<SPOILER> and CW: There is blood, dismemberment, and gore. I like to think there is a brief mention before it happens. There is also a story with a brief mention of maybe psychosis, but most definitely images of suicide (hanging). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Medical content, and Suicide

bomenvernietiger's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Body horror, Medical trauma, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Murder, Blood, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Rape, Bullying, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction

thee_eclectic_eccentric's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Blood, and Body horror

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, Stalking, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

birtelesemann's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, and Body horror

bugcollector's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This book hit me and it didn't felt like a kiss, didn't make me shiver either. 

Coming into this I just wondered if his short stories were as uneventful as his longer ones. 

Unfortunately Ito is a good gore painter, but not much of a horror teller to my taste. 
I was really underwhelmed, the characters are drawn the same, and you can see his process as you read- he found something interesting and was more into the drawing aspect then the story one
(he admints that himself- after each story there's an information page about how it came to be, and it's the same story every time) 
At this point I've become a hater and I need to stop.. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, Blood, and Body horror

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

5.0

5 stars. Junji Ito is what I would consider a creative genius. These stories were so original, so compelling and so extremely hullucinatory. My favourite of the collection, Hanging Balloons, was such an innovative concept, built to a perfect crescendo with a plot twist that took my breath away. Ito's beautifully disturbing art thoroughly captured the horrors of humanity's greatest fears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, and Violence