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hobbitfreddie's review
5.0
Apologies in advance for the scatterbrained review.
I've been reading manga for a while now, and recently I've grown bored of the formulatic style of modern manga art, while I love manga I want something different sometimes. This was it, and my goodness I need to find more manga like this.
The art, amazing. Cute and so weird. And full color too! I love the style and design of everything, it's so chaotic. I enjoyed the vibe of this creepy cute world. It's just so odd, like there's a pair of twins who just pop up and try to dissect people, or the stepmother character is a zombie who is constantly eating.
Weirdly there's alot of nudity in this (mostly just uncovered boobs) but like it doesn't feel fanservicey (to me at least). It's just funny to me that Cinderalla is just hanging out topless in some scenes.
Story is a retelling of Cinderella of course but the author went "okay but what if zombies and yakitori". YES NO MORE LAME RETELLINGS LIKE OH WHAT IF CINDERELLA WAS THE BAD GUY. NO GO CRAZIER.
Anyways yeah it's more a goofy weird manga so the story isn't what you are reading it for, you're reading it for the cheese. But it's like a really fun and well made goofy weird manga. I feel like sometimes when you read these super weird stuff it's kinda forced to be quirky but here it's just like ah yes okay we're going to a zombie party now yes yes this is good. I love when comics show off just weird ideas the author had.
Highly reccomend to anyone looking for something more experimental.
bluenicorn's review
3.0
I thought that this was hilarious- creepy/weird/disturbing at times, and a lot of naked housecleaning for my taste- but nonetheless a very funny and interesting read. Love the illustration style.
deize6's review
5.0
Amo como a autora conseguiu transformar a história em algo bizarramente fofo, as ilustrações são lindas e a paleta de cores é perfeita.
jengipson's review
4.0
Fun and easy read. Full of Junko's usual macabre style. When I saw it in the used bookstore I knew I had to have it. And it comes with stickers at the end! Plenty of terrific panty shots and random nudity, my favorite scene was definitely when the zombie step-sister ripped off her huge tits. And it doesn't really rely on the evil stepsister trope. The new members of the family are just selfish and dead, not malicious. If come across it in the book store it's definitely worth a read, you can finish it in no time.
projectmayhem7's review
2.0
This one was weird, and not in the way I like. I don't really even know what to say about the plot. The whole story was really hard to follow and the writing was... not good. I'm not sure if this was a translation, but that's what I'm going to blame the bad writing on.
Things jump around without any explanation, and the whole zombie thing in the first few pages made no sense because I guess it wasn't supposed to? This also is not for kids, definitely a book for a mature audience, so I can't say the ADHD type story line was meant for a younger audience.
I enjoyed the art though. It was actually pretty great contemporary art, in a Juxtapoz way. I didn't hate this book, it was just tough to get through because it was so ridiculous. Gave me a bit of a headache trying to finish it in one sitting. Like a lot of times the ridiculousness seemed to be for simple, unashamed shock factor, and other times just a "look how weird I'm being" type panel series. It wasn't weird in a smart way, if that makes sense. Or, I'm just not hip enough to appreciate it. Giving it 3 stars for the art and originality (I guess that's what you'd call it). In one word, this book was absurd.
A few panels for your amusement.
Things jump around without any explanation, and the whole zombie thing in the first few pages made no sense because I guess it wasn't supposed to? This also is not for kids, definitely a book for a mature audience, so I can't say the ADHD type story line was meant for a younger audience.
I enjoyed the art though. It was actually pretty great contemporary art, in a Juxtapoz way. I didn't hate this book, it was just tough to get through because it was so ridiculous. Gave me a bit of a headache trying to finish it in one sitting. Like a lot of times the ridiculousness seemed to be for simple, unashamed shock factor, and other times just a "look how weird I'm being" type panel series. It wasn't weird in a smart way, if that makes sense. Or, I'm just not hip enough to appreciate it. Giving it 3 stars for the art and originality (I guess that's what you'd call it). In one word, this book was absurd.
A few panels for your amusement.
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