Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Fullmetal Alchemist Kanzenban 01 by Hiromu Arakawa

6 reviews

dale1997's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Grief

sammymilfort's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Blood, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, and War

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-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

4.0

This series has an interesting premise and world. It’s also quite thematically rich and dark at times. The ways that it makes you question certain institutions of society is creative. The characters are quite varied as well. It’s very good, not quite perfect for an introduction but I definitely see why it’s such a revered manga title.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

karlee_fries's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, and Death of parent

ehmannky's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

I have finally gotten around to reading the manga my favorite anime came from and I am not disappointed. Arakawa is a genius.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

valereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a really great first volume of manga and I am so excited to go onto the next in the series.

I was already very familiar with this story from watching both versions of the anime more times than I can count but it is a great story with a fun start and lots of intrigue. It was really cool to see Arakawa's original art and story. I loved the art in this book and the fun humour some of which wasn't featured in the anime.

I definitely recommend this book both for fans of the anime and people new to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder