narutolvr's manga / #seinen(14)

Tomie

Complete | itou junji | 1987 released
2015-11-27 09:24 marked

Just plain weird. I really wished we'd learned something about what exactly she is but I'm also glad this wasn't any longer than 3 volumes. Aside from a few exceptions, the stories were extremely repetitive so it got tiresome to read pretty early on. She shows up, guys fall for her and get super dark circles, ruins their lives and the lives of the people around them, replicates and then leaves. I did really like that one guy who never fell for her; wished the series focused on him more.

Hotel

Complete | Boichi (Story & Art) | 2006 released
2015-12-07 19:02 marked

So interesting!

Kirihito Sanka

Complete | tezuka osamu | 1970 released
2015-12-07 21:42 marked

It was fairly interesting, and the medical aspects seemed really accurate. I liked that the good characters weren't all good; they struggled with conceit, anxiousness, crippling self-doubt, and moments of anger just like real people would. The bad guys were pretty much completely bad, though, which left them as rather 1 dimensional characters. There were also quite a few loose ends that were never really tied up, and I at least wanted Osanai to get something in return for the hell he was put through.

Lost+brain

Complete | Yabuno Tsuduku | 2008 released
2015-12-07 23:58 marked

Really interesting! Yagami Light- I mean Hiyama Ren (hehe) was quite a fascinating character but, like most egoists, failed to see the flaws in himself in his quest to remove them from everyone else. It had a great ending, too. I do feel as if I should mark this as supernatural as the author really made it seem like hypnotism was akin to some sort of super power/mind control.