otakulys's manga / #murder(77)

Beautiful art, but it was just a rape fetish story. It had the humiliation and the mind break and everything. Just not for me. It was weird when it cut to the next shot and the kid is just dead. We didn't even get to see the fallout of that, but suddenly the captain is just horny for cock. I don't get the mind break kink.

Wtf. XD That's some misery porn right there. I like elements of that kind of conflict, but overall it just felt like a lot of kicking people when they're down. I guess we can see how the next life works out for them. Seriously, though, jesus christ.

Super fucked up, lol, but too short to have a full impact. Maybe I'm grateful for that. I would be more upset if I watched them fall in love and saw them separated. But this story leaves out a lot of information, like why they weren't together, why the mermaid was caught, etc. It makes it less effective, which is fine. It would be more upsetting if I cared and was invested, lol.

This is one of the better Junji Itou stories I've read. It's still fairly clunky, and the final shot was kind of weird, but the idea is indeed disturbing.

Unfinished. But I would like to see more stories with bullying where the bullies suffer.

I don't know if I read this before, but I guessed everything from the start. It was weird, I kept feeling like maybe I had read it, but I think it was just because I'd read the author's other work. Either way, I was hoping for some interesting twists, but I just got what I expected.

I love the subtle shift, little things you start to notice before the full picture is revealed. It's very sad, though. I wish it were longer. I get the sense that this mangaka has a thing for sad endings, though, which worries me with her other work. I can't really imagine how that one won't end in tragedy, but it's too good for me to stop reading. >_<