Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

6 reviews

gentle_sol's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

A mix-mash of gory violence, slapstick humor with all the bizarreness you could never expect. It's quite challenging with a number of triggering content and over-the-top violence but if you're willing to venture through it you will find its tiny little beating heart. At its core Chainsaw Man is, in a way, a story about a boy's searching for a way to survive the world -- and love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Genocide, and Domestic abuse

beachmole's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent

minispiderboy's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

this book is about people who love. Anime manga Dark stories. And who read at a medium pace.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Gore, Infertility, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Self harm, Addiction, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcoholism, Genocide, Racism, Vomit, Bullying, Death, Dementia, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Racial slurs, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Car accident, Deadnaming, Deportation, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Torture, Violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Incest, Toxic friendship, and Sexual assault

warning 18+

petitemass15's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse

spacesquirrel24's review

adventurous challenging dark funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gore, Blood, and Medical trauma

smallish_bird's review

dark funny mysterious sad medium-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

4.0

I have many thoughts about this series and this individual volume, but for now, I'll just say this: the frank depiction of the trauma/effects of poverty and childhood neglect is one of the most visceral and relatable that I've seen in fiction so far. My childhood wasn't anywhere near the level of fucked up that Denji's was, but the financial anxiety and hyperawareness and loneliness and finding escapism in dreams/fantasies was very familiar to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Classism, and Cursing

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Suicide, and Confinement