Shibito no Koe wo Kiku ga Yoi

A cute lil' slice-of-life gore manga! Great leisure read, well-crafted but light enough to be enjoyed at your pace.

The story follows the supernatural and violent (and sometimes just violent) accidents of the two main characters and the other hodgepodge side characters of the supernatural club. It is very, very slice of life because the story is a cycle of: nasty stuff happens, our protagonists narrowly escape, and then we accept it, forget it, and move on to the next chapter.

The reasons why I rate this so highly are because one, the story is very clean, two, the protagonists are well-developed and, three, the art works well with the story format.

By the first point, I mean that the narrative flow is never broken and usually smooth (think of it as the difference between reading a book and reading a light novel, not a malicious judgement in any way.) The author cares a lot about composition, and it makes it easy to read!

The second point is why I find fault with comparisons between this and Junjo Ito's work: they stand on different bases. The protagonists in his story are heavily overshadowed by the story's horror elements; heck, you could swap in new protagonists in every chapter of Spiral and I probably wouldn't even notice. This is because Mr. Ito writes horror by emphasizing, deconstructing, and analyzing a theme. However, this work is heavily defined by the protagonists, such that you wouldn't have a story without them. That's because this author wants to make you feel like you're the one becoming a monster, and in turn, actually desensitizes you to a lot of the fear. So it's actually not a scary story, just a disgusting one. Also, I really like the main character dude 'cause he's so blasé.

The third point just has to do with the story being unique. The art's cute but the shading and sparse lines make it look creepy and gothic. It's interesting, I like it.

Read it if you like Detective Conan but with more death and less mind-bending explanations.

After reading through the current chapters I found the series rather enjoyable. Now I’m not a horror person so I honestly cannot say if the series is good if you are looking to be scared. Personally I’ve never found how something I am reading can horrify me.

The main character’s interaction as he tries to solve the mystery of the day with the help of a certain being is actually very interesting. Though not necessarily suspenseful I do find myself wondering “what will happen next” or “what does this mean”, but only to an extent. Other characters sadly aren’t that felshed out, save a few recurring. It should be noted that there is a good chance that many characters introduced in a chapter may die for the sake of the story.

The storyline each individual chapter follows is pretty interesting. Normally there is some sort of supernatural event and the main character solves the mystery using abilities and help from a friend. However in most cases the ending is left somewhat ambiguous in that while the mystery is solved the problem is not fixed and continues to persist. Personally I enjoy such an ending, but to those that care a lot about story and endings it could be a problem. Some of the stories also have twist endings which are a pleasure to read. As for the story of the series itself honestly all I can say is that if you find one tell me. This manga to me reads more as a collection of different stories that happen to involve the same characters in the same world than anything else. Once again for me this isn’t much of a problem and quite enjoyable, but if you’re looking for a linear story you won’t find it here. Maybe the author will explain things in an ending? I can’t tell you

All in all I’d personally give this series a 9 simply because it is that enjoyable for me. However personal opinion can vary and I feel that for a lot of people this manga is either going to be a hit or a miss. If you want something that you can pick up and enjoy reading until the end this might be for you, but if you’re looking for a linear story it conclusive endings don’t bother.

Junji Ito : BOOTLEG Edition

A poor man's bland rip-off which contains a heavy filler graffiti EDGY tone. Less gore filled with drastic horror flick. Distasteful scenarios were induce set of crappy panels and teen occultic vibes for people with crippling depression.

In a nonsense way

The series would also consider more than a daily sitcom came from
a b-rated low budget shitty movie where pile of corpse where subsided into bloodlust massacre. There's a bit potential, but along it's premises that lack also it's own current factor. Leaning only the story for such a horrible paced. Despite the background as usual, some of the dialogues which narrated where a bit shallow and can't easily to predict what will happen next. Psychedelic approach are far too satirical, and well not executed. Altering the same concept is quite hostile due to the overall between disposable trashy characters being left on mark without insignificant minor setbacks before the series got introduced. Trying hard to get it's own appeal are pretentiously not enough for you to get satisfied through your own unraveling corrupted hysterical mind. Mindblowing gruesome deaths? seems kinda effy.

i really enjoyed this manga for a multitude of reasons

1. the art, while clearly inspired by junji ito, is amazing and adds to the scary elements of the story

2. the mix of horror, comedy and very slight romance is nice and while it is scary the light-heartedness counters it perfectly

3. the story, while usually i like it when stories have consequences e.g someone gets possessed one chapter and is therefore possessed in the next, this manga only does this during arcs and i think it adds to the manga as a whole, while usually (in my opinion) doing that takes away from the story

and finally 4. the characters, the main character is likeable, but not it the stereotypical sense. he's a very normal person, who kinda lacks some emotion but still does the right thing. And don't get me started on the main girl, she, while barely if ever speaking, is one of my favourite manga girls ever and is big epic sauce. the side characters are pretty cool as well and are well rounded, the dark idol being my favourite :)