otakulys's manga / #monsters(3)

Fuan No Tane

Complete | Nakayama Masaaki | 2004 released

I liked the one before this better, but this mangaka always makes me happy. Very strange, dark little vignettes. Some of them have legitimately creeped me out, which is hard to do.

Zansatsu! Ponytail

Complete | Abe Youichi | 2000 released
2016-11-06 11:12 marked

.... ........ .............. ...Uh.... Well, I mean, when the girl is running over, it was genuinely creepy. The grinning with all the fucked up stuff happening. Just... I mean, I appreciate the dark humor of it, but what the hell did I just read? I feel like there's some weird attempt at social commentary happening here, but it's clear the artist is just big on bizarro stuff. Definitely strange, but I didn't hate it.

The Mermaid and...

Complete | Kuze gaku | 2019 released

Ugh, the art is beautiful. I wish it weren't het. Also, it says TBC, but then it also says it's a oneshot, so I don't know what to believe here. If that's an entire story, it was... odd and pointless. It's a crime that this author doesn't draw m/m, though. Her characters are gorgeous.