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A review by rakoerose
Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano, Rachel Thorn
3.0
Honestly, a bit meh in my opinion. That’s not to say the concept wasn’t still fun to explore!
”Grown-ups and kids just occupy different worlds.”
As a quick note: I did not pick this up with the understanding that it was horror and the sheer heaviness of everything depicted surprised me. This is because, reading this digitally, I wasn’t able to see where on the back it says “psychological horror.” So this is a warning for everyone else! Definitely a horror. Also please look up content warnings for this if you need them bc wow there’s a lot.
I found this quite... lackluster? It tries to do so much within the confines of one volume that it became, in my opinion, quite a chaotic mess. I was still able to follow the story and receive the psychological thrills it wanted to deliver, but I found myself more often than not confused. Add in the fact that I predicted the ending, and it lost a lot of its shine. It’s not good to find one’s self more bored than gripped by the events of the manga.
The art was really fitting for the horror style, though! I really liked seeing the big spreads full of butterflies and intricately made rooms. Each character is clearly distinctive in appearance, which is important when you have a split timeline situation.
If you’re already a big horror manga fan, I’d highly recommend it. Asano is highly accomplished in the genre, and I still want to try reading some of his other works.
”Grown-ups and kids just occupy different worlds.”
As a quick note: I did not pick this up with the understanding that it was horror and the sheer heaviness of everything depicted surprised me. This is because, reading this digitally, I wasn’t able to see where on the back it says “psychological horror.” So this is a warning for everyone else! Definitely a horror. Also please look up content warnings for this if you need them bc wow there’s a lot.
I found this quite... lackluster? It tries to do so much within the confines of one volume that it became, in my opinion, quite a chaotic mess. I was still able to follow the story and receive the psychological thrills it wanted to deliver, but I found myself more often than not confused. Add in the fact that I predicted the ending, and it lost a lot of its shine. It’s not good to find one’s self more bored than gripped by the events of the manga.
The art was really fitting for the horror style, though! I really liked seeing the big spreads full of butterflies and intricately made rooms. Each character is clearly distinctive in appearance, which is important when you have a split timeline situation.
If you’re already a big horror manga fan, I’d highly recommend it. Asano is highly accomplished in the genre, and I still want to try reading some of his other works.