Tag: abuse
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Review: Nikutaikan-K
Nikutaikan-K (肉体漢K), 1989, Yasunaga, Kouichirou, Shounen Sunday Warning for rape. STORY: 3 Meet K, a hero who gets his super power from rape. This is supposed to be hilarious. Oh, and suicide is funny too. Here is a one-shot that someone thought was worthy to translate for a wider audience. From what I understand, the…
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Review: Eve: The Beautiful Love-Scientizing Goddess
Eve: The Beautiful Love-Scientizing Goddess (Eve: Koi wo Kagaku suru Uruwashiki Megami, The Love Science Story, イヴ 恋を科学する麗しき女神), 2008-2009, Nabeshima, Masaharu (Story), Hanakouji, Yumi (Art), Manga Sunday STORY: 6 Meet Dr. Maria Eve, a brilliant professor in behavioral studies. She is gorgeous, has an IQ of 183, an assistant with big breasts (which is reminded to…
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Review: Chi no Wadachi
Chi no Wadachi (Blood on the Tracks, A Trail of Blood, 血の轍), 2017-2023, Oshimi, Shuuzou, Big Comic Superior Warning for realistic family trauma and abuse. STORY: 8 Meet Seiichi Osabe, a boy on the path to teenage-hood: new experiences, more freedom, new feelings, independence! Except that.. Seiichi has a mother, Seiko, who is taking a…
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Review: Gunjou
Gunjou (Ultramarine, 羣青), 2007-2012, Nakamura, Ching, Ikki magazine STORY: 4 Meet Soko and Chiyomi. The first woman was abused by her husband and the second killed that husband although there is no love to be gained in return. The story revolves around these two female protagonists and their painful relation. There’s three volumes showing the…
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Review: Rouba Shoujo
Rouba Shoujo (Old Woman Girl, 老婆少女), 1996, Hino, Hideshi, Suspiria STORY: 6 Meet a lot of school students, through different short stories, as they are confronted with supernatural events. Ghosts and monsters are here to make your school days more exciting.. and deadly! ART: 7 Cute little girls with big eyes are getting through horrific…
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Review: Sakuranbo Syndrome
Sakuranbo Syndrome (Cupid’s Prank II: Cherry Syndrome, Cupid no Itazura II, さくらんぼシンドローム クピドの悪戯II), 2006-2009, Kitazaki, Taku, Young Sunday (Weekly) STORY: 2 Meet Munenori Agawa, your everyday manga office worker. His life takes an ‘exciting’ turn when, for the sake of altruism, he has to french kiss a kid everyday! Here is how I imagine the…
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Review: Iguana Girl
Iguana Girl (Daughter of Iguana, Iguana no Musume, イグアナの娘), 1991, Hagio, Moto, Petit Flower STORY: 6 Meet a handful of people, going on with their own situations and trying to understand each others. Iguana Girl is a collection of five short stories with slices of life and a topping of surrealism. Nothing epic, just some adequate…
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Review: Drowning Fireworks
Drowning Fireworks (Oboreru Hanabi, 溺れる花火), 2009-2010, Minenami, Ryou, Mobile Man STORY: 4 Meet Eita and Kaoki, a couple in their first relationship at 19 years old. Eita, the boyfriend, is your average bland university student. Kaoki, his girlfriend, has a frail body and she has to live in an hospital, potentially most of her life.…
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Review: Jagaaaaaan
Jagaaaaaan (ジャガーン), 2017-2021, Kaneshiro, Muneyuki (Story), Nishida, Kensuke (Art), Big Comic Spirits STORY: 4 Meet Jagasaki, an average manga hero, who gets to lead a fight against humans that turn into monsters because of their overwhelming desires. Here’s a series that starts strong.. and then quite suddenly turns mediocre with a plot that becomes boring…