A review by spooky_coochie
メイドインアビス 1 [Meido In Abisu 1] by Akihito Tsukushi
3.0
Beautiful art, love the story, but really, I'd say this gets knocked down from 4 stars to 3 1/2, only because there's so much...questionable content with the kids. Like, I'm talking questionable sexual content. I get that this is supposed to be eerie and that there's a shit ton of violence and gore later on, but do we really need all the jokes about Riko shoving rulers up the robot boy's butt? I'm invested in the story because I want an unsettling atmosphere but not...That kind of unsettling atmosphere.
I had the same problem with the anime, and was hoping that it was lessened in the manga. I'll chalk it up as a (failed) attempt to further the ~spooky horror ickiness~ with the kids for now, but it does make me weary of what's to come. Still, the overall world-building and the intrigue of the abyss itself is enough to keep me reading more volumes, but...I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up getting tossed in the "dropped" series pile if it keeps all that up. Weird, vaguely rape-y jokes about twelve-year-olds are kind of a deal-breaker!!
I had the same problem with the anime, and was hoping that it was lessened in the manga. I'll chalk it up as a (failed) attempt to further the ~spooky horror ickiness~ with the kids for now, but it does make me weary of what's to come. Still, the overall world-building and the intrigue of the abyss itself is enough to keep me reading more volumes, but...I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up getting tossed in the "dropped" series pile if it keeps all that up. Weird, vaguely rape-y jokes about twelve-year-olds are kind of a deal-breaker!!