rainydays's manga / #horror(22)

beom gets kidnapped and tortured by the man he was stalking, serial killer sangwoo honestly a decent read but the fandom ruined a lot for me! fits well into the horror category but has a lot of themes & imagery that left me feeling queasy.

the life story of a evil incarnate, a sociopath & serial killer whose choices brought him to his death. extremely disturbing read from all angles-- imagery, storytelling, overall concept it had me feeling empty by the end, though do i feel like the ending was a bit anticlimactic.

an incubus and his companion manuel are taken advantage of and hunted down by a cult. the imagery in this was pretty graphic and had very dark concepts, but the longer it went on the more the story fleshed out. i found the backstory to be sympathetic, and overall i can understand (most of) the characters and their reasonings. great art to boot.

while out camping, taichi witnesses a murder and gets kidnapped by the killer dieter, who is a more vulnerable person than taichi initially thought. run of the mill concept but done well, somehow managed to make the serial killer pitiful. this was really cute aside from the fumbled ending- it was really odd considering the rest of the story's tone.

taejun has lost his memories after a traumatic childhood event, and comes across his old childhood friend, who seems to be hiding something regarding the unsettling nightmares taejun experiences. the suspense and atmosphere was delicious, art and especially that car scene were glorius, but boy was that ending not up to par. maybe its because i waited so long for it instead of reading the whole work in one go, but the ending was meh at best and wtf just happened at worse.

aishas life is thrown out of bounds after her father dies and her step mother & brothers take control of the home. the art is cool but very jarring at times, I think it matches the dark atmosphere really well. characterization of each family member was great, though I feel like the romance was rushed in the last chapter.

hoshino has recurring dreams about a serial killer, which are somehow connected to his long time crush yamada. goosebumps the first time i finished it.... beautiful art coupled with a twisted story,, i love how things slowly fall into place as you read and then make complete sense on the re-read. phenomenal read, though i desperately wish there was more. i am just sitting here gobsmacked, NEED to buy a physical copy asap.

bran is stuck in his addiction due to the obsessive childhood friend andy that takes care of him. andys obsession later spirals out of control as he murders and tortures those around him to keep bran to himself. hands down the most blood curdling, disgusting thing ive read on this site so far! thought i could handle gore in art form but this was pretty bad, i feel bad for bran and i liked the parallelism when andy *supposedly* gets hit by a train.

jin reanimates his dead brother lee and keeps him in his life by posing as his bride. feel like the story couldve been told to the same degree without the whole incest aspect, but a pretty good psychological read nonetheless. really liked the art here even if the twist at the end with the fiance was a bit meh.

kou kills his brother sanehiko, but wakes up in the hospital to be told that his brother saved him in a car crash. so starts a sexual relationship in which kou questions if the changed man before him is really his brother. started with an interesting premise (albeit very dark), but makes less sense as the story progresses. i understand that sanehiko was replaced by another man, but i dont understand WHY those people did it in the first place.