Tag: abuse
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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: 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…