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marcelo_flores's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
theduchess93's review against another edition
5.0
I don't know what the fuck I just read but it was thought provoking and soul crushing
julianapmeyer's review against another edition
5.0
Que mangá bom e perturbador. Inio Asano pega muito bem a subjetividade humana e joga sem dó em uma arte muito sua.
dusk9147's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
A masterpiece of short manga. The kind of thing you want to reread over and over again. Not Asano’s most detailed art, but some of his most beautiful. One of his most beautiful stories in general with many themes packed into such a short runtime. Asano is a masterful writer and this work is no exception.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual content
Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking
emilychau's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
pachypedia's review against another edition
3.0
Creo que voy a necesitar hacer una segunda lectura de este manga, me ha parecido muy conguso. Lo que sí me ha quedado claro es que en el agua de ese pueblo tiene que haber algo raro para que todos sus habitantes sean tan miserables.
seedwa's review against another edition
I may return to this one day but at the moment it is both too amorphously literary and too violent for me.
cat_thecatlady's review against another edition
4.0
the regular trigger warnings for any inio asano book: violence, sexual/physical assault, rape, suicidal tendencies, child abuse
it's really hard to explain how and why one can enjoy the work of inio asano. because his work is not "enjoyable" and certainly isn't fun. these books are almost always about extreme trauma and the way humans deal with it. nijigahara holograph is not an exception, at least in terms of themes. both plot and art-wise, I felt more like an artistic approach from the author. the story jumps a lot and sometimes is hard to keep up with all the timelines. it's not even totally clear who the protagonist of this story is. because of that and the overall motifs, this isn't a book to read lightly and you'll probably take more from it if you read it more than once.
I didn't love it as much as I did some of his other work but inio asano is an author that speaks deeply to me in a weird way and I'll always be an huge fan of all of his books
it's really hard to explain how and why one can enjoy the work of inio asano. because his work is not "enjoyable" and certainly isn't fun. these books are almost always about extreme trauma and the way humans deal with it. nijigahara holograph is not an exception, at least in terms of themes. both plot and art-wise, I felt more like an artistic approach from the author. the story jumps a lot and sometimes is hard to keep up with all the timelines. it's not even totally clear who the protagonist of this story is. because of that and the overall motifs, this isn't a book to read lightly and you'll probably take more from it if you read it more than once.
I didn't love it as much as I did some of his other work but inio asano is an author that speaks deeply to me in a weird way and I'll always be an huge fan of all of his books
neilrcoulter's review against another edition
1.0
I saw this in the library, was intrigued by the cover, and checked it out. I shouldn't have. I don't understand much of what is going on in the story, but what I do understand is bleak and depressing.