Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio

5 reviews

raix's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Beautiful art. All the dramatic twists and turns you'd expect from a good 70's shoujo manga, and altogether less depressing than say, Dear Brother or Kaze to Ki no Uta. Unfortunately the Fantagraphics edition has some quality control issues (typos--some being quite egregious--and instances where the Japanese text hasn't properly been removed). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Self harm, Grief, Xenophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, Torture, and Violence

abominablebas's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

This is a manga that kickstarted the yaoi/boy's love genre, so it is very strange in how it depicts homosexuality. It's not overtly homophobic, but it is somewhat fetishizing.

whimpix's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault and Xenophobia

wolfiegrrrl's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This story is like slice of school life, but the bandaids are being ripped off to expose everyone's traumas.

I didn't expect there to be so much religious discussion in this manga, but I guess I should have the moment it was established that they were at a Catholic school. All that talk about angels and traitors...

Naturally, the Big Bad was gonna be revealed as a Satan/Lucifer stand-in. I'm disappointed but not surprised that Satanism was brought up as a cult-like worship of evil... when that's not even close to what it is in practice.

I kind of want to know more about the creator of this manga so I can understand if these are their thoughts and opinions or if there was an entirely different reason for this story's development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Suicide

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Death, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Rape, Abandonment, and Death of parent

cynicalraven's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Didn't like the ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Suicide