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The Flowers of Evil (5 volumes)
Die Blumen des Bösen 4 - Aku no Hana
Takao hat einen Neuanfang gewagt und seine düstere Vergangenheit hinter sich gelassen. Doch die Freundschaft mit seiner Klassenkameradin Aya, mit der er die Liebe für die Literatur teilt, wird auf die Probe gestellt, als er wegen einer Familienangelegenheit in seine Heimatstadt zurückkehren muss …
384 pages, Paperback
First published June 9, 2014
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Shuzo Oshimi
137 books1,048 followersShuzo Oshimi (押見修造, Oshimi Shūzō) is a Japanese manga creator.
Drawn in a realistic art style, his comics tend to be psychological dramas exploring the difficulties in human relationships and often touching on disturbing situations and perversions.
Oshimi debuted in 2001 with the manga series Avant-Garde Yumeko, appeared in Kodansha's 'Monthly Shōnen Magazine.' Most of his works since then have been published by Kodansha and Futabasha.
Among his first successes the single volume manga Sweet Poolside (2004), later adapted into a live-action film, and the series Drifting Net Café (2008–2011), also adapted for TV.
Oshimi reached international acclaims with The Flowers of Evil (2009–2014) and Inside Mari (2012–2016), both adapted into successful anime. Other notable works are Blood on the Tracks (2017–2023) and Welcome Back, Alice (2020-2023) .
Drawn in a realistic art style, his comics tend to be psychological dramas exploring the difficulties in human relationships and often touching on disturbing situations and perversions.
Oshimi debuted in 2001 with the manga series Avant-Garde Yumeko, appeared in Kodansha's 'Monthly Shōnen Magazine.' Most of his works since then have been published by Kodansha and Futabasha.
Among his first successes the single volume manga Sweet Poolside (2004), later adapted into a live-action film, and the series Drifting Net Café (2008–2011), also adapted for TV.
Oshimi reached international acclaims with The Flowers of Evil (2009–2014) and Inside Mari (2012–2016), both adapted into successful anime. Other notable works are Blood on the Tracks (2017–2023) and Welcome Back, Alice (2020-2023) .
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July 23, 2022
Where's our girl at though? We spend almost the entire volume without her and that's a hate crime to be honest.
January 19, 2019
While I felt the last volume elevated the series, this one takes a step back, and gives a okay ending to a pretty long series.
So it all comes down to accepting the past. You have to visit it, accept it, and only then can you move on. It's the path of multiple characters, their regrets, and their loss and how they plan on wrapping it up so they can go to the next step. Kasuga decides to visit Nakamura to finally figure out his feelings and thoughts but this time he has his new girlfriend, Tokiwa, to help him get through it. There's also a bonus ending chapter that covers Nakamura first time meeting Kasuga.
Good: The art, as always, is pretty great. The Tokiwa and Kasuga relationship is still the strong part of the love stuff. I also liked seeing Nakamura's view point and now understand why she's so fucked up in a lot of ways. Oh and the fact they showed the future for multiple characters gave a much needed closure that I didn't know I wanted.
Bad: The stuff with Nakamura seemed weird and odd. I also thought the death of Kasuga's grandfather wasn't all that well handled. A lot of the same shocked panels and faces the author loves to do felt like waste.
Overall, it was a solid volume but nothing I didn't expect from. Still, overall a interesting series if nothing else. A slice of life for Japan. 3 out of 5.
So it all comes down to accepting the past. You have to visit it, accept it, and only then can you move on. It's the path of multiple characters, their regrets, and their loss and how they plan on wrapping it up so they can go to the next step. Kasuga decides to visit Nakamura to finally figure out his feelings and thoughts but this time he has his new girlfriend, Tokiwa, to help him get through it. There's also a bonus ending chapter that covers Nakamura first time meeting Kasuga.
Good: The art, as always, is pretty great. The Tokiwa and Kasuga relationship is still the strong part of the love stuff. I also liked seeing Nakamura's view point and now understand why she's so fucked up in a lot of ways. Oh and the fact they showed the future for multiple characters gave a much needed closure that I didn't know I wanted.
Bad: The stuff with Nakamura seemed weird and odd. I also thought the death of Kasuga's grandfather wasn't all that well handled. A lot of the same shocked panels and faces the author loves to do felt like waste.
Overall, it was a solid volume but nothing I didn't expect from. Still, overall a interesting series if nothing else. A slice of life for Japan. 3 out of 5.
October 21, 2024
Właśnie sobie uświadomiłem, że oznaczenia tomów w polskiej edycji się różnią i nie pokrywają z tymi na GR, ale trzymam się numeracji od Waneko. Zdecydowanie najsłabszy tom, tempo zwalna, nowi bohaterowie są tylko cieniem poprzednich, ale liczę, że to tylko cisza przed burzą.
January 24, 2020
So ends out story of pretentious teenagers and their angst and ennui, and you know what? it was addictive and fun and I grew to really enjoy the art.
February 3, 2024
The series changed it's tone radically from the first two volumes to the last two.
It's a change that would probably have killed any other series, but not this one.
There are several conclusions and learnings to take from all this. Each person will take their own, but no one can deny the strength of this story.
People meet. People fall in love. People fight. People go different ways. People reconnect (or not). We wonder what if. We wonder what happened.
Life is a crossroad of multiple crossroads.
Those that matter stay.
It's a change that would probably have killed any other series, but not this one.
There are several conclusions and learnings to take from all this. Each person will take their own, but no one can deny the strength of this story.
People meet. People fall in love. People fight. People go different ways. People reconnect (or not). We wonder what if. We wonder what happened.
Life is a crossroad of multiple crossroads.
Those that matter stay.
February 15, 2025
{4.5} JAK COŚ TO CAŁĄ SERIĘ CZYTAŁAM PO POLSKU ALE TYCH TOMÓW NIE MA NA GOODREADS
August 27, 2024
Read on a whim in mostly a single sitting. Cried. 10/10
March 16, 2019
This tale of teenage rage and alienation ends with the whimper of maturation, as so often happens in life. The characters get some closure with one another as the story circles around to the beginning using the cliche of one of them becoming a writer who then writes their story. A little slow and maudlin after the outrageous events of early volumes, but a satisfying and effective finale.
February 10, 2023
After the startling break between volume 2 and 3, the series returns to its roots and reveals itself as being a story about learning to channel the perversity, trauma, and general misery of puberty into theoretically fulfilling outlets like art and relationships, instead of stealing panties or making suicide pacts. Beautifully done, with the most stunning linework in the series and an effectively moving conclusion. An enormously more optimistic and “livable” take on the nature of growth into adulthood than the similarly-themed Goodnight Punpun, which is the better series on every level but is also psychotically depressing.
August 25, 2022
*3.5 stars*
February 17, 2025
I LOVE OSHIMI
April 18, 2024
Gehört definitiv zu den besten Reihen, die ich bisher gelesen habe. Starke Story, grandiose Bilder und Charaktere, für die das Wort Hassliebe erfunden wurde. Ich verbeuge mich vor Shuzo Oshimi!
August 29, 2021
10/10
And with this… one of my favorite mangas ends.
I see this manga as something different
and super unique throughout the dozens of manga I’ve read. I read it almost like a play. The dialogue can be dramatic and the vocabulary sometimes weird. Like I wonder if it was a translation thing? But through and through, the manga is about wanting to stand out, wanting to break away from normalcy, having way too much angst and trying to move on from trauma and live a normal life
I absolutely love it
And with this… one of my favorite mangas ends.
I see this manga as something different
and super unique throughout the dozens of manga I’ve read. I read it almost like a play. The dialogue can be dramatic and the vocabulary sometimes weird. Like I wonder if it was a translation thing? But through and through, the manga is about wanting to stand out, wanting to break away from normalcy, having way too much angst and trying to move on from trauma and live a normal life
I absolutely love it
February 6, 2023
As a series that started out as a bit goofy and light hearted but gradually grew more serious and dark, I had big expectations going into the final volume. Having long since become a fan of Shuzo's darker storytelling, I was very curious how he would handle wrapping up the story threads and handle how each of the damaged teens would move on from their trauma.
There's a good mix of what I would expect from a story like this, as well as avoiding the usual tropes of teenage angst and misery. It is very clearly written from an adult's perspective lamenting on the sadness of youth, with how philosophical and poetic some of the characters get, and I don't mean that negatively.
Nakamura showing up for such a tiny segment where she's all but a different person was such a better way to handle her loose ends than still being the same demented, but traumatised teen she was just a few volumes ago. She seems to have, "found peace," and doesn't care that Kasuga is back with questions for her. What answers could she provide that would satisfy him? What benefit would he get from getting back with her again after doing so much to move on? Instead their interaction is brief and over within a few chapters.
Initially I was leaning towards a 4/5 with the 2nd last chapter on what happens in the rest of the characters lives, as it felt a little bit cliched and easy to wrap up so happily. However, it was that final chapter that sold me on the ending of this series. Giving us a quick glimpse into Nakamura's brain and how she was experiencing the world in the very beginning of the story. Not only does it shed some light on her past behaviour, but for anyone who's ever experienced intense mental health issues, it'll most certainly strike an all too real chord.
And as is usually the case with his newer works, the art on display is fantastic. Plenty of really great panels here to just soak in. Highly recommend this series.
There's a good mix of what I would expect from a story like this, as well as avoiding the usual tropes of teenage angst and misery. It is very clearly written from an adult's perspective lamenting on the sadness of youth, with how philosophical and poetic some of the characters get, and I don't mean that negatively.
Nakamura showing up for such a tiny segment where she's all but a different person was such a better way to handle her loose ends than still being the same demented, but traumatised teen she was just a few volumes ago. She seems to have, "found peace," and doesn't care that Kasuga is back with questions for her. What answers could she provide that would satisfy him? What benefit would he get from getting back with her again after doing so much to move on? Instead their interaction is brief and over within a few chapters.
Initially I was leaning towards a 4/5 with the 2nd last chapter on what happens in the rest of the characters lives, as it felt a little bit cliched and easy to wrap up so happily. However, it was that final chapter that sold me on the ending of this series. Giving us a quick glimpse into Nakamura's brain and how she was experiencing the world in the very beginning of the story. Not only does it shed some light on her past behaviour, but for anyone who's ever experienced intense mental health issues, it'll most certainly strike an all too real chord.
And as is usually the case with his newer works, the art on display is fantastic. Plenty of really great panels here to just soak in. Highly recommend this series.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 18, 2022
Three and a half stars rounded up to 4
Previously I’ve read all of Happiness and most of Blood on the tracks so I was a little surprised when flowers of evil turned out to be a slice of life coming of age drama without any real horror elements to speak of. That in itself isn’t a deal breaker of course, as the artwork meets and often exceeds the very high standards that shuzo oshimi has set for himself.
I think my biggest issue with Flowers is that the second half is by far superior to the first. I’ll be honest, the whole “getting to the other side” thing felt nebulous and aimless. My interpretation is that Nakamura and Kasuga acted out so they wouldn’t be trapped in their home towns forever. Living there had so thoroughly worn them down that they basically had a hormone fueled nervous breakdown. This is coupled with the fact that we are never really given a super good reason that females keep throwing themselves at Kasuga. I mean yeah we’re given reasons but they feel shallow.
But the second half is where everything pays off, and it pays off beautifully. I kept wondering what Oshimis intent was, as there was a lot of stuff in the first half that made me uncomfortable, but it’s clear from the second half that he always intended to have the characters grow the hell up throughout the course of the story. The way he plays with time skips in his work is fascinating, and it works well for the penultimate chapter, which is an almost wordless conclusion detailing what happens to every character. It’s really beautiful in a lot of ways, made all the more impressive that he tells the story solely through his illustrations.
I think this is my least favorite of the series I’ve read by him (Happiness is easily number one) but it’s still pretty good if you want a small scale coming of age drama. The art work is phenomenal and the second half definitely sticks the landing.
Previously I’ve read all of Happiness and most of Blood on the tracks so I was a little surprised when flowers of evil turned out to be a slice of life coming of age drama without any real horror elements to speak of. That in itself isn’t a deal breaker of course, as the artwork meets and often exceeds the very high standards that shuzo oshimi has set for himself.
I think my biggest issue with Flowers is that the second half is by far superior to the first. I’ll be honest, the whole “getting to the other side” thing felt nebulous and aimless. My interpretation is that Nakamura and Kasuga acted out so they wouldn’t be trapped in their home towns forever. Living there had so thoroughly worn them down that they basically had a hormone fueled nervous breakdown. This is coupled with the fact that we are never really given a super good reason that females keep throwing themselves at Kasuga. I mean yeah we’re given reasons but they feel shallow.
But the second half is where everything pays off, and it pays off beautifully. I kept wondering what Oshimis intent was, as there was a lot of stuff in the first half that made me uncomfortable, but it’s clear from the second half that he always intended to have the characters grow the hell up throughout the course of the story. The way he plays with time skips in his work is fascinating, and it works well for the penultimate chapter, which is an almost wordless conclusion detailing what happens to every character. It’s really beautiful in a lot of ways, made all the more impressive that he tells the story solely through his illustrations.
I think this is my least favorite of the series I’ve read by him (Happiness is easily number one) but it’s still pretty good if you want a small scale coming of age drama. The art work is phenomenal and the second half definitely sticks the landing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 21, 2024
The scene where we get to see Tokiwa visit Kasuga in his apartment and get genuine, uncomplicated expressions of joy from both is just so moving. It means so much to get to see them both be happy, and be happy together after everything they've been through—the unseen and implied difficulties of Tokiwa's life, and of course everything Kasuga went through in middle school with Nakamura—and it feels real too, it feels right. It just means so much, I keep thinking about it, and the scene is so beautifully rendered by Oshimi.
Oshmi is a phenomenal storyteller, and an absolute magician in portraying human emotions, especially in traumatic situations. I think, though, where he fails here (and in Happiness as well) is making these final moments—all of which feel necessary or at least earned—connect to each other cleanly. Every scene in this final omnibus is deeply rewarding in some way or another, but i think they just don't transition super well between them, leaving an all over the place feeling. This doesn't really matter to me in the grand scheme of things—I was affected by this work, especially the second half—this is just to say that I noticed, and found myself confused at a couple sudden adjustments in the timeline of the story. These moments trip me up a little and are why it loses a star for me, even when content-wise I don't feel like I could have asked for more.
Oshmi is a phenomenal storyteller, and an absolute magician in portraying human emotions, especially in traumatic situations. I think, though, where he fails here (and in Happiness as well) is making these final moments—all of which feel necessary or at least earned—connect to each other cleanly. Every scene in this final omnibus is deeply rewarding in some way or another, but i think they just don't transition super well between them, leaving an all over the place feeling. This doesn't really matter to me in the grand scheme of things—I was affected by this work, especially the second half—this is just to say that I noticed, and found myself confused at a couple sudden adjustments in the timeline of the story. These moments trip me up a little and are why it loses a star for me, even when content-wise I don't feel like I could have asked for more.
December 21, 2021
moving on, accepting normalcy, confronting the past. Kasuga learns he cannot run away (same as Shinji) and must face his past in order to move on from it. And I am glad for his sake that he confronts it once, head on, and then actually does move on rather than dwell on it.
When he told Tokiwa everything that happened i wondered how i would react if someone I had just started dating told me that story. I think if someone now told me about something in middle school but they still seemed normal and hadn't had a history of similar behavior I could get past it. But if I were still in high school and it had only been 3 year earlier I may have a different reaction.
Kai pointed out that Tokiwa's brothers comments about listening to Tokiwa pee served to show that everyone is a "pervert" to some degree. Part of growing up and maturing is realizing that you are not that unique, which really helps you get over some of your bullshit. There was a near-happy or at least neutral ending for everyone. Kasuga gets married and has a child, Seiki gets married, Nakamura lives with her mom and I hope the scene of her father visiting implies that she is able to make something of those family relationships. What Nakamura really needed was to be loved and understood and i hope she gets that someday.
I really adored this series. I thought about it almost constantly for these past weeks and I am sad it's over
When he told Tokiwa everything that happened i wondered how i would react if someone I had just started dating told me that story. I think if someone now told me about something in middle school but they still seemed normal and hadn't had a history of similar behavior I could get past it. But if I were still in high school and it had only been 3 year earlier I may have a different reaction.
Kai pointed out that Tokiwa's brothers comments about listening to Tokiwa pee served to show that everyone is a "pervert" to some degree. Part of growing up and maturing is realizing that you are not that unique, which really helps you get over some of your bullshit. There was a near-happy or at least neutral ending for everyone. Kasuga gets married and has a child, Seiki gets married, Nakamura lives with her mom and I hope the scene of her father visiting implies that she is able to make something of those family relationships. What Nakamura really needed was to be loved and understood and i hope she gets that someday.
I really adored this series. I thought about it almost constantly for these past weeks and I am sad it's over
November 30, 2019
Vol 10 - 4/5
Kasuga’s redemption arc has been quite the experience, I never imagined I would end up liking him. He’s really manned up and taken responsibility for his past. The next volume is the last, I’m rooting for him to find happiness and redeem himself once and for all.
***
Vol 11 - 5/5
Wow, I really didn't expect this series to have such an emotional and hopeful conclusion. The first half of the series was mostly mindless shock horror, but it slowly transformed into a tale of redemption and growth. It's a story that shows you that a person isn't defined by their past, they can always make the choice to turn their life around. Kasuga was a gross and hateable person at the beginning of the series, it's amazing how much he turned himself around after confronting his dark past and confessing his sins so bravely. For a while, it seemed like this story was going to end with Kasuga falling into madness and doing something evil, but he made the choice to redeem himself and he did a pretty damn good job of it for what it's worth. This series ended up reminding me of Oyasumi Pun Pun.
Kasuga’s redemption arc has been quite the experience, I never imagined I would end up liking him. He’s really manned up and taken responsibility for his past. The next volume is the last, I’m rooting for him to find happiness and redeem himself once and for all.
***
Vol 11 - 5/5
Wow, I really didn't expect this series to have such an emotional and hopeful conclusion. The first half of the series was mostly mindless shock horror, but it slowly transformed into a tale of redemption and growth. It's a story that shows you that a person isn't defined by their past, they can always make the choice to turn their life around. Kasuga was a gross and hateable person at the beginning of the series, it's amazing how much he turned himself around after confronting his dark past and confessing his sins so bravely. For a while, it seemed like this story was going to end with Kasuga falling into madness and doing something evil, but he made the choice to redeem himself and he did a pretty damn good job of it for what it's worth. This series ended up reminding me of Oyasumi Pun Pun.
October 1, 2021
Okay but what. I started to feel sorry for Nakamura since beach scene ngl. But like,
(does this mean that she's been suggerim visions from the beggining??? I guess that would explain a but why she was so irracional and scary?? Poor girl, she was barely a kid anyway, but she just made me feel so F umcomfortable istg
It was a bit meh. A bit rushy too, this cloure. The ending is pretty much just about accepting the past and wrapping it up. Which, k. But, i expected a bit more tragedy idk
However, you know, seeing them all gronyuo made me remember that in the first volume a
I felt so bad for them bc they had been trough fucked up shit at a very young age, and I was afraid they wouldn't be able to live past that -especially Kasuga, bc he said that himself on his own words, i believe -. And in some way I felt reassured to see they had move on properly??
Idk. Again, i guess I expected something else.
(does this mean that she's been suggerim visions from the beggining??? I guess that would explain a but why she was so irracional and scary?? Poor girl, she was barely a kid anyway, but she just made me feel so F umcomfortable istg
It was a bit meh. A bit rushy too, this cloure. The ending is pretty much just about accepting the past and wrapping it up. Which, k. But, i expected a bit more tragedy idk
However, you know, seeing them all gronyuo made me remember that in the first volume a
I felt so bad for them bc they had been trough fucked up shit at a very young age, and I was afraid they wouldn't be able to live past that -especially Kasuga, bc he said that himself on his own words, i believe -. And in some way I felt reassured to see they had move on properly??
Idk. Again, i guess I expected something else.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 18, 2021
Our last one! Very little happens here- Kasuga goes back to his hometown, tells tokiwa his past, comes to terms, stops running away, sees nakamura etc.
So I want to use this to point out an old underlying theme- the dangers of self reflection. The series winds up being oddly rousseauian, where too much looking inward, or concern with perfectability, winds up resulting in damage to our social bonds and ironically an increased detachment of appearance from being. The series as a whole is Kasuga overcoming this- perversion is accepted, subsumed, and made part of him, rather than walled off or centralized- he let's himself again just be human. He is self conscious at the end, but not masturbatory.
So I want to use this to point out an old underlying theme- the dangers of self reflection. The series winds up being oddly rousseauian, where too much looking inward, or concern with perfectability, winds up resulting in damage to our social bonds and ironically an increased detachment of appearance from being. The series as a whole is Kasuga overcoming this- perversion is accepted, subsumed, and made part of him, rather than walled off or centralized- he let's himself again just be human. He is self conscious at the end, but not masturbatory.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 21, 2024
in this reread, i’ve realize how essential this story was to how i am as both a writer and a person. it’s such an interesting and complex piece and there’s so much to love about it. for example, you can literally SEE oshimi’s progress as both a storyteller and an artist. his writing and drawings in the second half of the series are so fucking good man. oshimi is such a huge inspiration to me, i’d put him right up there with asano and murakami. i will concede slightly and say there are some real melodrama here and this story is absolutely not without its faults. but overall it’s so affecting and emotional that i don’t even care. FUCK YEAH!
November 29, 2024
Otra historia terminada, que a mi parecer, terminó de una forma rara por no decir extraña.
Kasuga va a visitar a su abuelo que ya mero se petatea y en ese lugar se encuentra con Shikanoko, compañera de la escuela donde pasó todo lo de los primeros tomos.
Ella le revela donde se encuentra Nakamura y él junto a Sawa, su novia, van a buscarle para poder cerrar un círculo.
¿Lo cerró? Pues si... Aunque depende mucho del punto de vista.
Cuestión de que el último capitulo nos muestra que es lo que vio Nakamura siempre y pues... Esperaba una explicación tacita de porqué Nakamura es así... Y pues, no salió.
Decepcionado estoy y mucho.
Kasuga va a visitar a su abuelo que ya mero se petatea y en ese lugar se encuentra con Shikanoko, compañera de la escuela donde pasó todo lo de los primeros tomos.
Ella le revela donde se encuentra Nakamura y él junto a Sawa, su novia, van a buscarle para poder cerrar un círculo.
¿Lo cerró? Pues si... Aunque depende mucho del punto de vista.
Cuestión de que el último capitulo nos muestra que es lo que vio Nakamura siempre y pues... Esperaba una explicación tacita de porqué Nakamura es así... Y pues, no salió.
Decepcionado estoy y mucho.
October 23, 2025
"Nakamura.. I can't catch hold of anything. No matter how I reach out my hand, just when I think I've touched it, it moves away. When I think I'm there at last, it starts all over again."
Redemtion. Closure. What a sweet ending to an otherwise horrifying manga. Face your past to conquer your future. I could get behind this.
All of our favorite shit bugs found closure and moved on. They all revisited their past, Kasuga being the earliest of the 3.
It all wrapped up a bit too fast, but I preferred that over the author dragging the story out, ad infinitum.
"Kasuga, don't ever come back, you normal man."
Redemtion. Closure. What a sweet ending to an otherwise horrifying manga. Face your past to conquer your future. I could get behind this.
All of our favorite shit bugs found closure and moved on. They all revisited their past, Kasuga being the earliest of the 3.
It all wrapped up a bit too fast, but I preferred that over the author dragging the story out, ad infinitum.
"Kasuga, don't ever come back, you normal man."
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 9, 2021
Oshimi does it again, giving us a teenage take on the themes Polanski explores in "Bitter Moon," while also tipping his cap to the episode of Rock of Love Season 3 where one of the contestants (brittney i believe) inexplicably steals all the other girls' gym socks. Why did I love this, yet yawn my way through the similarly-themed "goodbye mr. pun pun"? Because it has something that inferior work lacked...interesting characters! Wow, chilling last episode, huh? What's the real scoop on Nakamura? I'm gonna be thinking about that one for minutes to come!
March 17, 2022
A beautiful conclusion to an overall gut-wrenching story. Although primarily focused on the protagonist facing the sins of his past, in order to both heal and atone, nearly all of this final volume is devoted to pages and pages without dialogue, where we’re forced to quietly ponder the serenity of the moments along with the characters. I kept dwelling on how this type of storytelling is maximized by the graphic novel format in a way no other medium could give it proper justice. Absolutely stunning.
February 27, 2023
3 ⭐️ Ugh. It’s finally over. This dramatic series left me feeling icky and unsettled. While there was closure at the end of the story, I still don’t feel satisfied. Maybe this just wasn’t for me. I enjoyed the art and basically read the entire series in a couple hours but the pros stop there. I feel mostly despondent and somewhat confused at the end of it all and while I enjoy psychological stories, I could never fully be invested in this one since I had trouble rationalizing our main character’s motivations from the start.
October 2, 2024
I took about two weeks between volumes 3 and starting volume 4. Out of all this was the least intense book. Dealing with mostly wrapping up loose ends. I don't want to spoil the adventure, so I won't go into many details. I am not sure how I felt about the ending, was it only a dream of what could be? Or will the cycle begin again? Though thinking about the way the story went I do see some truth to it, as we age, even 3-4 years in our teens we do calm down and get a hold of ourselves so maybe this is how it should/would have ended.
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