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Starving Anonymous #2
Starving Anonymous Vol. 2
They found themselves in a sinister facility where human feelings are transformed into food… Surrounded by death on all sides, I’e, Natsune, Yamabiki, and Kazu manage to escape from the feedlot with their lives…only to discover the Breeders, women who bear child after child behind bars and men who are driven mad by a cocktail of super-strong aphrodisiacs. What other secrets does the facility hold? In volume 2, the fight to survive unfolds in the desolate depths of the prison!
211 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 10, 2018
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January 9, 2023
Cada vez mejor!
Un giro y explicación más que interesante que dan ganas de saber más y más .
Un giro y explicación más que interesante que dan ganas de saber más y más .
February 7, 2025
Ok this was MUCH better than the first. More plot happened and we get so see some shocking revelations about a character that really opens the story up. First volume was just shock for shocks sake. Now we get to see this terrifying world in action.
October 20, 2022
Després de l’arrencada brutal del primer número (bizarro, splatter, gore, genètica reproductiva, experimentació biològica i farmacològica, aberracions de tota mena, engreixament de bestiar humà), i tot això, regat amb un dibuix agressiu i que no es perd en subtilitats, arriba aquest segon número més reposat (sempre, entenent la bogeria en espiral que suposa “Carnaza humana”). Així que ens trobem davant un número amb un interès per començar a desenvolupar les personalitats i motivacions dels personatges principals (i també dels nous que van apareixent) mitjançant flashbacks, informació de les instal·lacions subterrànies (laberíntiques i opressives) on se situa la narració i amb els motius i modus d’actuació (que no, orígens) dels bitxos kaiju amb trets insectívors que semblen controlar-ho tot.
La violència visual, d’acció i dialèctica no decreix (afortunadament). Concentrada en escenes claus, és igual de salvatge i la majoria queden en mans d’un Natsune que es desvetlla com un personatge força complex. Queden així a la retina un munt d’imatges força sucoses i impactats (que és millor no desvetllar), però m’ha cridat molt l’atenció el tema del posthumanistme biològic de Natsue, de les dones gestants i la personalitat pertorbada del periodista que fa anys que està tancat a “La Cuna” com si es tractés d’un nàufrag (molt de l’estil de Ballard a “Concrete Island) totalment trastocat i el, una mica soterrat, interès ecologista i la denúncia implícita d’un món que es dirigeix a la seva pròpia destrucció.
La violència visual, d’acció i dialèctica no decreix (afortunadament). Concentrada en escenes claus, és igual de salvatge i la majoria queden en mans d’un Natsune que es desvetlla com un personatge força complex. Queden així a la retina un munt d’imatges força sucoses i impactats (que és millor no desvetllar), però m’ha cridat molt l’atenció el tema del posthumanistme biològic de Natsue, de les dones gestants i la personalitat pertorbada del periodista que fa anys que està tancat a “La Cuna” com si es tractés d’un nàufrag (molt de l’estil de Ballard a “Concrete Island) totalment trastocat i el, una mica soterrat, interès ecologista i la denúncia implícita d’un món que es dirigeix a la seva pròpia destrucció.
December 17, 2021
YOOOOO NATSUNEEEEE UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!
June 2, 2023
3.5/5 🌟
Ooooh, this took a suprising turn with the Regenerator backstory. Loved the mother-son plot in there and the sci-fi twist! I did not see that coming at all! Apart from that, not too much happened and it was not as shocking as the first volume.
Ooooh, this took a suprising turn with the Regenerator backstory. Loved the mother-son plot in there and the sci-fi twist! I did not see that coming at all! Apart from that, not too much happened and it was not as shocking as the first volume.
March 22, 2021
Ok this got a little better.
December 19, 2022
this plot is so weird
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July 30, 20234.5
October 21, 2022
o moleque só tem 6 anos, gente, admito que quase chorei na parte da infância dele 😢
Agora a história está começando a ficar interessante
Agora a história está começando a ficar interessante
February 15, 2023
Enjoyed this one the most. Makes me want to read it again. Sad backstory with great in depth feelings
April 18, 2023
The perfect series to destroy your appetite.
I’e and his friend Kazu are taking the bus home from high school just like any other day. After they mysteriously pass out while aboard the bus, they wake up in a new bus full of dead bodies which are being transported into an underground facility utilizing butchered human meat for stomach-churning purposes. The place is run by dangerously powerful people serving an even more terrifying master.
Aligning themselves with other survivors, I’e and his new companions make it their mission to break out alive while being confronted with one nightmare after the other within the demonic facility. The truth of what’s truly going on underground is even more awful than they’re prepared to handle, however.
Starving Anonymous starts off as a pure gross-out gore manga, but progresses into an insane science fiction psychological thriller with some genuinely fascinating characters and surprisingly emotional moments. Even through its weaker plot elements, the series keeps up a constant momentum of explicit horror, brutal action and bizarro nightmare fuel.
The villains are chilling, but the heroes aren’t exactly right in the head either. The two leading men Natsune and Yamabiki who support I’e with his escape are extremely disturbed while still being empathetic and very interesting. Natsume is a monstrous combat expert with a childlike understanding of the world while Yamabiki is a deranged genius whose morbid fascination with science often overrides his morality. The relationship between these crazy guys is what really brings the mystery, thrills and tension of the story to their full potential.
There’s a few moments where the logic behind the facility and the reasoning behind the strange world-building is a bit iffy, but the ridiculousness of the plot and the strong character work is solid enough to make up for its shortcomings. There’s some harsh commentary about global warming, treatment toward livestock for meat consumption and the increase of health problems in the modern world due to the way our environment is treated and the garbage that’s put in our food every day.
The finale is also surprisingly emotional and satisfying, being ambiguous enough to leave some of the darker themes up to the imagination.
My rating: 4.1/5
I’e and his friend Kazu are taking the bus home from high school just like any other day. After they mysteriously pass out while aboard the bus, they wake up in a new bus full of dead bodies which are being transported into an underground facility utilizing butchered human meat for stomach-churning purposes. The place is run by dangerously powerful people serving an even more terrifying master.
Aligning themselves with other survivors, I’e and his new companions make it their mission to break out alive while being confronted with one nightmare after the other within the demonic facility. The truth of what’s truly going on underground is even more awful than they’re prepared to handle, however.
Starving Anonymous starts off as a pure gross-out gore manga, but progresses into an insane science fiction psychological thriller with some genuinely fascinating characters and surprisingly emotional moments. Even through its weaker plot elements, the series keeps up a constant momentum of explicit horror, brutal action and bizarro nightmare fuel.
The villains are chilling, but the heroes aren’t exactly right in the head either. The two leading men Natsune and Yamabiki who support I’e with his escape are extremely disturbed while still being empathetic and very interesting. Natsume is a monstrous combat expert with a childlike understanding of the world while Yamabiki is a deranged genius whose morbid fascination with science often overrides his morality. The relationship between these crazy guys is what really brings the mystery, thrills and tension of the story to their full potential.
There’s a few moments where the logic behind the facility and the reasoning behind the strange world-building is a bit iffy, but the ridiculousness of the plot and the strong character work is solid enough to make up for its shortcomings. There’s some harsh commentary about global warming, treatment toward livestock for meat consumption and the increase of health problems in the modern world due to the way our environment is treated and the garbage that’s put in our food every day.
The finale is also surprisingly emotional and satisfying, being ambiguous enough to leave some of the darker themes up to the imagination.
My rating: 4.1/5
May 11, 2023
Now that its moving out of shockbait the series is becoming a much more enjoyable read. There are still moments of shockbait but compared to the previous volume's shockbait its less transgressive.
The story really ramps up more as well through two strong flashbacks from They really help flesh out the setting and the general gritty horror as we learn about The characters become fleshed out as well namely the new Ogura and Natsune.
There still are some moments that come in for shock or coolness like but there generally more related to the overall story and less offputting.
The art continues to be extremely strong. Kazu Inabe's art is welll-paneled and brings attention to the gore and grotesque with strong purposeful details. We really get to see his ability to draw faces in
With the movement away from shockbait into general grotesque and gore horror along with the story really getting into motion I can't wait to reread next volume.
The story really ramps up more as well through two strong flashbacks from They really help flesh out the setting and the general gritty horror as we learn about The characters become fleshed out as well namely the new Ogura and Natsune.
There still are some moments that come in for shock or coolness like but there generally more related to the overall story and less offputting.
The art continues to be extremely strong. Kazu Inabe's art is welll-paneled and brings attention to the gore and grotesque with strong purposeful details. We really get to see his ability to draw faces in
With the movement away from shockbait into general grotesque and gore horror along with the story really getting into motion I can't wait to reread next volume.
November 2, 2024
POPKULTUROWY KOCIOŁEK: Fabuła to splot intrygujących wątków, które stopniowo odsłaniają przed czytelnikiem mroczne sekrety świata oraz samych bohaterów. Autor nie boi się tu poruszać wielu naprawdę mocnych (czasem wręcz skrajnych) treści, które co wrażliwszych czytelników mogą odrzucić. Zaprezentowana tu brutalność nie jest jednak tu jedynie zabiegiem mającym szokować odbiorcę. Za scenami tego typu kryje się jakieś większe znaczenie, co nadaje opowieści poważniejszego tonu. Ukazana tu przemoc ma również skłaniać do refleksji nad pytaniami o przetrwanie, moralność oraz naturę człowieczeństwa, a także badać granice, do jakich mogą posunąć się ludzie w sytuacjach kryzysowych.
Gęsta i przerażająca atmosfera mangi to nie jedyne jej zalety. Do plusów należy tu również zaliczyć całkiem ciekawie zaprezentowanych bohaterów. Niby mamy tu do czynienia z nastolatkami, ale każdy z nich skrywa swoje sekrety i głębokie rany, które kształtują jego zachowanie. Twórca umiejętnie wykorzystuje to do budowania kolejnych nagłych zwrotów akcji i szokujących scen.
Słowa uznania należą się tu także oprawie graficznej. Styl graficzny mangi jest mroczny i sugestywny, a więc doskonale pasuje do scenariusza. Ilustracje Kazu Inabe doskonale oddają klimat beznadziei i desperacji. Ponadto detale, takie jak ponure wnętrza, klaustrofobiczne przestrzenie czy przerażające postacie, potęgują uczucie niepokoju u czytelnika. ...
https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/starv...
Gęsta i przerażająca atmosfera mangi to nie jedyne jej zalety. Do plusów należy tu również zaliczyć całkiem ciekawie zaprezentowanych bohaterów. Niby mamy tu do czynienia z nastolatkami, ale każdy z nich skrywa swoje sekrety i głębokie rany, które kształtują jego zachowanie. Twórca umiejętnie wykorzystuje to do budowania kolejnych nagłych zwrotów akcji i szokujących scen.
Słowa uznania należą się tu także oprawie graficznej. Styl graficzny mangi jest mroczny i sugestywny, a więc doskonale pasuje do scenariusza. Ilustracje Kazu Inabe doskonale oddają klimat beznadziei i desperacji. Ponadto detale, takie jak ponure wnętrza, klaustrofobiczne przestrzenie czy przerażające postacie, potęgują uczucie niepokoju u czytelnika. ...
https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/starv...
October 14, 2021
Il secondo volume è ancora più strano e misterioso del primo, ma inizia a rispondere a qualche domanda (facendone, però, porre delle altre!).
Prima di tutto immaginavo che la struttura, la "Culla", non fosse progettata per allevare quei mostri simili a insetti, ma per allevare umani destinati alla macellazione e al nutrimento degli insetti.
Grazie all'intervento di Ogura (e della sua " ragazza" Yuko) i nostri protagonisti si sono fortunatamente salvati e hanno iniziato, insieme a noi, a scoprire qualcosa sulla struttura. Non è ancora chiaro da dove vengano quegli esseri assetati di carne umana, ma col tempo dono cresciuti di numero e si sono fatti più intelligenti, tanto da non aver più bisogno degli esseri umani per gestire la struttura.
Ogura ci racconta ance come è finito nel controsoffitto della struttura e il suo retroscena mi è piaciuto, ha aperto qualche spiraglio e risposto a qualche domanda.
Poi avviene l'imprevisto che ci permette di scoprire qualcosa sul passato di Natsune... Ammetto che immaginavo che fosse un personaggio straordinario, ma non credevo così tanto!
Da quello che si intuisce è un esperimento di laboratorio unico nel suo genere: un essere umano autorigenerativo nato per fornire carne umana a oltranza. Un risvolto particolare e inaspettato che mi fa porre nuove domande.
Prima di tutto immaginavo che la struttura, la "Culla", non fosse progettata per allevare quei mostri simili a insetti, ma per allevare umani destinati alla macellazione e al nutrimento degli insetti.
Grazie all'intervento di Ogura (e della sua " ragazza" Yuko) i nostri protagonisti si sono fortunatamente salvati e hanno iniziato, insieme a noi, a scoprire qualcosa sulla struttura. Non è ancora chiaro da dove vengano quegli esseri assetati di carne umana, ma col tempo dono cresciuti di numero e si sono fatti più intelligenti, tanto da non aver più bisogno degli esseri umani per gestire la struttura.
Ogura ci racconta ance come è finito nel controsoffitto della struttura e il suo retroscena mi è piaciuto, ha aperto qualche spiraglio e risposto a qualche domanda.
Poi avviene l'imprevisto che ci permette di scoprire qualcosa sul passato di Natsune... Ammetto che immaginavo che fosse un personaggio straordinario, ma non credevo così tanto!
Da quello che si intuisce è un esperimento di laboratorio unico nel suo genere: un essere umano autorigenerativo nato per fornire carne umana a oltranza. Un risvolto particolare e inaspettato che mi fa porre nuove domande.
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February 22, 2020
Ie e compagni incontrano un personaggio misterioso anche lui in fuga da quella strana fabbrica. L'uomo svela loro alcuni macabri dettagli che infittiscono il mistero: sono quei mostri famelici a comandare o gli esseri umani? E qual è lo scopo di questa struttura? Come uscirci vivi? Ma la loro cautela non basterà a farli avanzare e anzi Natsume per salvarli deciderà di farsi avanti nella lotta, ma questo farà si che il suo passato e il suo segreto venga svelato... La prima parte aggiunge un filo di chiarezza alla situazione pur rimanendo ancora molti punti da esplorare e raccontare nella storia; la seconda parte dedicata a Natsume è parecchio strana, ma credo che si ricolleghi ai misteri della fabbrica e in tal senso, pur avendomi lasciato sconcertata e dubbiosa, credo che sia da vedere i prossimi volumi che forse spiegheranno meglio la questione. Questa serie forse per la sua stranezza e momenti un po' terribili (o nonostante essi) riesce a prendermi e voglio davvero proseguirla e vedere come si evolverà perché continua a promettere bene e il lettore non sa davvero cosa aspettarsi del successivo capitolo...
June 9, 2025
Okay; this actually got better!
Is a pleasant feeling , considering I gave it a chance after not liking much the first volume.
The pacing still is a bit weird , but I'm glad we got to know more about Natsune, I knew his character would be great.
His story was sad, and thinking about his past actions so far, you can see the innocence of his real age peeking through.
The glasses guy still bothers me , and the protagonist could take a more active role on the story to be interesting.. I get the feeling of wanting to develop a more humane and young aspect , with the protagonist, but having useless info about who he liked and him doing nothing aside looking and gasping at the things that happen feels bland. I can't like him much.
Still, the art is really great! I'll keep up with the series for now.
Is a pleasant feeling , considering I gave it a chance after not liking much the first volume.
The pacing still is a bit weird , but I'm glad we got to know more about Natsune, I knew his character would be great.
His story was sad, and thinking about his past actions so far, you can see the innocence of his real age peeking through.
The glasses guy still bothers me , and the protagonist could take a more active role on the story to be interesting.. I get the feeling of wanting to develop a more humane and young aspect , with the protagonist, but having useless info about who he liked and him doing nothing aside looking and gasping at the things that happen feels bland. I can't like him much.
Still, the art is really great! I'll keep up with the series for now.
September 4, 2023
I thought this series was going to be about a dystopian world where there is no good and they need to be cannibals to survive (because it's titled "Starving Anonymous) .... but I was so wrong. MAN was I wrong. It is so so so much deeper and weirder and worse than that, and I honestly didn't think it could get worse than that. There are so many disturbing but also creative and intriguing things happening... It's incredible. It's terrifying. It's ... wrong to even exist, but I'm glad it does. Holy crap.
February 16, 2023
⭐️3⭐️ Turbio y muy gore.🩸
Nos adentramos más en “la cuna” una supuesta estación nuclear, que de ello tiene poco. ☣️
En este tomo se desarrolla un poco más el porqué de las cosas, y la historia de uno de los personajes.
A mi parecer es una historia muy muy sangrienta, con un dibujo muy top, porque verlo te deja una sensación de asco, o por lo menos a mi. (En plan bueno lo anterior, porque, que un dibujo te de esa sensación es para quitarse el sombrero)🤢🎩
Nos adentramos más en “la cuna” una supuesta estación nuclear, que de ello tiene poco. ☣️
En este tomo se desarrolla un poco más el porqué de las cosas, y la historia de uno de los personajes.
A mi parecer es una historia muy muy sangrienta, con un dibujo muy top, porque verlo te deja una sensación de asco, o por lo menos a mi. (En plan bueno lo anterior, porque, que un dibujo te de esa sensación es para quitarse el sombrero)🤢🎩
April 9, 2023
Nmms que libro más épico, no puedo sacarme de la cabeza lo que acabo de leer, el pasado y origen de uno de los personajes principales eso sí no lo vi venir y las cosas horribles que están pasando en ese lugar son abominables e inimaginables
Ansiosa de tener los otros volúmenes en mis manos para leerlos ❤️
Ansiosa de tener los otros volúmenes en mis manos para leerlos ❤️
March 2, 2021
We get more insight in this volume of Natsune’s back story and how he became the way he is. We also find out who is really in charge of these weird experiments? I’m not necessarily attached to any of the characters yet, but I do still think it’s worth reading another volume.
July 2, 2023
3⭐️
Deutlich weniger obszön und dadurch deutlich besser als der erste Teil. Die Hintergrundgeschichte von Natsune war tatsächlich sehr lesenswert. Schade nur, dass es so viel um Monster geht, ich hätte es noch krasser gefunden, wenn wirklich alles aus menschlichen Abgründen entstanden wäre.
Deutlich weniger obszön und dadurch deutlich besser als der erste Teil. Die Hintergrundgeschichte von Natsune war tatsächlich sehr lesenswert. Schade nur, dass es so viel um Monster geht, ich hätte es noch krasser gefunden, wenn wirklich alles aus menschlichen Abgründen entstanden wäre.
July 12, 2024
Este manga está yendo cada vez más largo en lo que respecta a historia.
Todo está siendo raro, más o menos, teniendo en consideración cosas que no tienen respuestas aún.
Lo que tiene de interesante este tomo es la perfección de poner a alguien con superpoderes y de como surgió.
Todo está siendo raro, más o menos, teniendo en consideración cosas que no tienen respuestas aún.
Lo que tiene de interesante este tomo es la perfección de poner a alguien con superpoderes y de como surgió.
November 23, 2018
(Part of the Halloween Terrors 2018 Humble Bundle package)
January 7, 2021
Mejor que el primer y con muchas cosas inesperadas.
July 7, 2022
Cant get enough of this, the art and monsters are so disturbing tho >.<
August 25, 2022
2.25 ★ — This is bad, definitely. But for some reason I can’t stop reading. Maybe is the cheap alien gore, maybe is because I want to **** Natsume. Who knows.
September 5, 2022
Better than volume 1. I'm still not really sold, as I don't like the characters. They are still flat, but at least we got a backstory for one this time. The setting is interesting though.
December 1, 2022
Ich empfand ihn nicht ganz so eklig wie der erste Teil und doch wars nichts für schwache Nerven. Wenn man jedoch denkt man hat alles scho gesehen im ersten Band dann liegt man eindeutig falsch.
April 10, 2023
This whole manga felt like a hallucination or a drug trip but I guess I can’t get enough of it. It’s so good and at some points so unbelievable and creepy! This is totally my favorite horror manga
May 28, 2023
1.5
yeah, no. this is just baseless (bad) horror. whatever little hope i had in volume 1, this did not deliver on.
yeah, no. this is just baseless (bad) horror. whatever little hope i had in volume 1, this did not deliver on.
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