A review by cesspool_princess
Fallen Words by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

3.0

These were fun and many of them punny/ silly. The stories themselves are p repetitive but I like that and think it mirrors the form of these stories passed down from generation to generation. Basically the history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles... and also mfs have been down bad to prostitutes since the dawn of time. My favorite stories were the one about the bird painting and the grim reaper one. This is funny bc both are rly well constructed little stories all building towards one final pun or joke on the last panel. I dont think them being build up for a pun negates the value of the stories its more just like a fun turn at the end. Overall p good but def didn't blow my mind or anything, felt v sweet/ soulful which was exactly what the doctor ordered after reading Blood Meridian, Notes from the Underground and Heaven (review coming soon) all in a row. 3.5