Tales of the Unusual

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I'm not good at reviews, that's why I don't do them. But seeing as no one made one for this webtoon I thought I'd go out of my way to make a review.

Story: 6
There isn't really a story here, because it's an "compilation" of short horror stories. I can't really rate those short horror stories because of the fact that they're too short. Over all they're good just more creepy & disturbing than horror in my opinion. What I mean by that is it doesn't really scare me, it just makes me uncomfortable and uneasy. But I guess that's a part of horror.

Art: 5
Art isn't ... that bad, it could definitely be better but I usually like art in horror to be somewhat "ugly" if that make sense?

Character: 5
Like I said the stories are too short to make me feel connected to the characters. So I can't say much about this.

Enjoyment: 7
I've been enjoying it so far. As of this review I'm at chapter 292.

it's my first time writing a review but since it's one of my favorite series i had to do one .
I really love everything about it the story's are based on different lives and backgrounds , the character are done so well with great emotion and decision . Sometimes the story's are somewhat related and i love that . The genre is horror and it's so good , the story telling is fabulous and the drawings are really well done... to be honest i didn't even share this story with my friend.. i have this feeling that tihs story is like my little treasure ... but because i love it some much and to be fair to the author i recommend you to read it ! Keep it long or you will regret it !!

This is a huge collection of shorter horror stories each usually spanning several chapters.
The author is not very good at drawing, meaning that while there's distinct style in the artwork, it sort of gives a slightly amateurish feel to it. So if you wanted another "solo leveling" or "her summon", this ain't it, and you should be comparing it to something like "with the gods" by Joo Ho Min. Meaning not that great art, but interesting stories and themes.

Despite art work not being great, this seems to be authors life work of sorts, due to sheer size of it. The stories vary greatly in quality, ... some are silly, some are more serious, and many are very creepy, some are dark or involve death, and many involve some sort of body horror. Over time there are recurring themes, characters, some concepts are revisited, explained and evolve. Some themes are truly unexpected and while they do not become fully surreal like, say "Dainana Joshikai Houkou", they ARE unusual tales, like the name suggests.

The characters are... life-like. They do look like humans, although some of those humans are not exactly great people.

I recommend this work if you enjoy weird and strange events in manga/manhwa, if you liked "propeller heaven", "soil", "uzumaki", "dainana joshikai houkou", "wakusai closet" and the like. It is not as great as uzumaki, it does not have completely alien events like wakusei closet, but it is unusual, it is different from many works, and reading it and tryign to figure out what is going to happen next was quite enjoyable.

6/10 story, 4/10 art, 5/10 character, 6/10 enjoyment, 5/10 overall.