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A review by midgeyu
MADK, Vol. 1 by Ryo Suzuri
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
4.0
I don't really know what to think about this, so let's start with the simple stuff. You can tell that a lot of care into the art, and the character designs are interesting. Tonally, it swings between horror and light-hearted banter. It's not all extreme kink from start to finish; there is actual character development and world-building occurring. Certainly check it out if you're looking for unusual BL and can stomach extreme kinks.
However, I feel like the story that was set up in chapter 1 didn't really follow through for the rest of the volume. And since I was more interested in the themes of chapter 1, it was a disappointment to see those themes get set aside for new ones. Specifically, the first chapter sees our human character grappling with the knowledge that his sexual preferences are abnormal and extreme and feels tortured by this. He doesn't want to hurt anyone, but his desires aren't compatible with that. Interesting stuff, in my opinion, and it's a very emotional chapter. But then he gets taken to hell, and all that stuff previously set up becomes a moot point because now all the kinks he wants ARE possible. His internal conflict is replaced by an external conflict of trying to survive his new situation and grow as a demon, which is interesting too but not what I came for.
I'll give it another volume, I suppose. See my content warning for more detail on the kink aspects of this. I'll note that while the content is heavily present, I personally did not find it disturbing because the art was more delicate than detailed but a friend who read it thought it was disgusting. Your mileage may vary, I guess,
However, I feel like the story that was set up in chapter 1 didn't really follow through for the rest of the volume. And since I was more interested in the themes of chapter 1, it was a disappointment to see those themes get set aside for new ones. Specifically, the first chapter sees our human character grappling with the knowledge that his sexual preferences are abnormal and extreme and feels tortured by this. He doesn't want to hurt anyone, but his desires aren't compatible with that. Interesting stuff, in my opinion, and it's a very emotional chapter. But then he gets taken to hell, and all that stuff previously set up becomes a moot point because now all the kinks he wants ARE possible. His internal conflict is replaced by an external conflict of trying to survive his new situation and grow as a demon, which is interesting too but not what I came for.
I'll give it another volume, I suppose. See my content warning for more detail on the kink aspects of this. I'll note that while the content is heavily present, I personally did not find it disturbing because the art was more delicate than detailed but a friend who read it thought it was disgusting. Your mileage may vary, I guess,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Rape, and Sexual violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
To be absolutely clear, this is a manga about extreme sexual kinks that could not be practiced safely (or would be VERY difficult to do safely) in the real world. The human wants to cannibalize his sexual partners, penetrate wounds, etc. The demon tears the human's body apart, attaches his head on new bodies, removes his head and instructs another demon to f*ck the headless body while the human watches from his head, etc. There's also a xenophilia aspect (inhuman genital, etc.) Do not read if you are not prepared for extreme content. And while it seems very minor in the light of everything else going on, the human character is a high schooler, age unspecified.