Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 2 by Naoya Matsumoto

5 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.25

More questions coming from the nuggets of world building being casually dropped.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

spooderman's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content

rnbhargava's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The fun continues, this volume expands on the world set up in volume 1 and throws some great surprises the reader’s way but it very much so feels like the middle part of a series origin arc. That’s the only reason I’m dinging it down to 4 from a 5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Gaslighting

It’s a science fiction, fighting kaiju action-adventure comedy. Most of this volume happens on a battlefield. The monster design is so much fun. The character dynamics are all informed by one-upping each other mostly and it keeps things mostly quite funny. Well recommended if you enjoyed the first volume or action or Kaiju media altogether