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What could I say ? Well... Pupa is highly disturbing. The main themes are incest, violence and more violence. Im not saying that I could dislike violent mangas (I highly enjoy reading Berserk) but here, the universe is not clear and the story is quite hard to follow; it lacks detail and logic in its development. The characters are empty and lack of real personality. The art is the only real value here; I have to admit that some scenes were wonderfully drawn, with much details, but a positive point won't change my mind on this manga: it isn't really worth the read.

If you enjoy incest, gore and a lack of story then you would probably enjoy this. However I don't think anyone enjoys the latter of those things which is probably why so many people hate it. Though it may be unfair to say there was no plot, it was just awful and hard to follow with practically no character development other than the brother and sister. And even they didn't have much depth to them. The only part of this manga that is simply "not shit" is the art, which is surprisingly good.

I am also very justified in my criticising of this manga as I ... took the time out of my life to read the entire thing. I now realize that this was a mistake and I want my valuable time back. If you are thinking about watching this -or god forbid you have already started- then I suggest you read this last part to yourself a few times; It's shit!

Pupa as a whole gets a lot of undeserved flak for getting "incestuous" vibes. Sure, having Yume gorge on Utsutsu's flesh while Utsutsu somehow deems enjoyment from it is vore to an extreme, but there is a reason for his actions. It is easy just to point at these scenes and say "wow, that's disgusting how could someone write this?", but it's also incredibly lazy to not try and evaluate the characters actions and viewpoints. Utsutsu's life in particular is just a downward shit show of every single thing in his life leaving him, with the only thing left a sister that he's tried to ... protect, and will vow to protect to the end. Utsutsu's love for Yume could have an incestuous undertone to it, but in reality Utsutsu's love and unwavering protection for Yume is because it's the last single thing on Earth that he has left to hold on to, a point a lot of people for some reason don't want to grasp.

What Pupa has crafted between these two characters in specific, it has managed to ignore in basically the rest of the side characters, characters whom often show up to drop a portion of information before leaving again, notable exceptions being Maria and Utsutsu's father. While Maria shows up more than other side characters, she is pretty much a vehicle of pure insanity that drives the story forward. It's easy to fault this as just lazy writing; it's also easy to say that fleshing out side characters is bad for the story, since the entire manga is Utsutsu and Yume's journey to stay together. What choice you choose to make from this is up to you.

Pupa's bleak story shows Utstsu trying not lose what is most important to him, but also the madness of him trying not to become what he hates the most. The longer Pupa goes on, the more it's shown that Utsutsu is a lot more like his father than he is willing to admit. The same shrewd look that his father would give becomes one of his own when he least expects it, and with it his father's more sadistic qualities of relishing in the pain of others. It becomes a part much later on where Utsutsu has to face the issue himself before being able to accept who he is and moving on.

The story itself suffers from a couple pacing issues, but does its best to try and show how Utsutsu and Yume deal with terrible situation after terrible situation. It's easy to say that until the final pages of the last chapter, nothing at all goes right for either of them. Pupa is basically a "Us vs. The World" story, but The World really, really, really hates Utsutsu and Yume. What Pupa gives in heartwarming reunions, it dishes out 3 times as much in absolutely insane situations to prove just how much Utsutsu and Yume need each other (more so how much Utsutsu needs Yume), to the point where if one was lost, the other can't live on.

A main driving force for the manga is the art itself. The level of detail added, especially to the final volume, is absolutely breathtaking. Besides the odd moments where Mogi Sayaka draws Pupa with a more cutesy look to it, the gore is drawn to a point where some of it made me sit there and just appreciate the effort that was put into the manga. The art itself does a good job of adding to the story, while not distracting yourself from it (it helps because the story gets outright ridiculous at times).

Is Pupa a manga that I'd read again? Probably. I will most likely just flip through pages of it again to appreciate the art itself. While the story itself might lose some of it's luster in that I know what the twists are as the story goes along, seeing how each character breaks is really bleak and entertaining stuff to read. Pupa isn't a read for everyone; it's going to make you accept some things in life that you would rather not dwell upon (child abuse, being left by your parents, dealing with shit you'd rather not), but it is still an enjoyable story to read nonetheless.

I have read only the 7 scanlated chapters so far, so, this review is based only off of them, but I do believe they are enough for me to judge the manga, because, based on the summary of the untranslated parts, there doesn't seem to be much more to it.

Pupa claims it's a lot of things - "Horror", "Drama", and, most ridiculously, "Psychological". It's none of those things.
Basically, it's a guro hentai manga without any sex or nudity.
Well, no, that might be a little unfair of me. I have read guro henti mangas with better story, characters and art.

The manga tries to handle a ... difficult subject right off the bad - domestic abuse. Of course, it fails to do so in any meaningful way, and uses domestic abuse just for shock value, and as a plot device. The father who abused the main characters is not presented as a complete person, but just as a psychopath, plain and simple, which is the easiest way out when you don't actually want to deal with the implications of domestic abuse.
So, the domestic abuse is used as a reason for the main character being so protective of his sister.

Oh, and his protectiveness clearly veers into incest territory. Of course, this is never addressed, and it's played for comedy/fetish, to the point where he even enjoys her eating his flesh. Now, I would have no problem with this at all, if it wasn't so fetishized. I don't find that gross or disturbing, I just find it kind of...boring, and tired. Uninspired, if you will. It's just there to appeal to people who like that, and it isn't adressed in the story at all. Thus, the comparison I made before to a guro hentai manga.
Also, I have no problems with incest...when it's handled properly. But here, it isn't even addressed - it's just there. Same as all the other stuff.

All of the characters are really...flat. None of them have any sort of depth. The main two characters sure as hell don't, and the side characters(specifically the classmates of the main characters) might as well not be there, as their presence doesn't make too much of a difference.
The main character is the typical shounen protagonist - not to smart, but full of determination and will - that's rather bad, but I've seen worse.
His siter is...well, the stereotypical little sister, that clings to her brother, depends on him for everything, and can't live without him...so, a character made for little-sister fetishists, basically.
The other characters are not even worth mentioning. I already did mention their father, who is just a psychopath and nothing else, really.

I usually dont' care much for the art, but since this is supposed to be a "horror" manga, I do have to mention it.
In short, it's rather bad. The majority of doujins I have seen have better art. The majority of the aforementioned guro hentai mangas have better art.
The gory scenes are, well, ok for what they are though. I have seen better, but if you like gore, you will probably find them to be fine, at best. But there's no horror here, just a lot of gore.

In conclusion...this is pretty weak manga. It's got gore, if you like that. It's got some little-sister/incest fetishism, and guro fetishism, if you're into that. But, that's about it. I would even say that reading a guro hentai manga might actually be better than reading Pupa, because at least you can masturbate to those. They might even have a better story and characters. In fact, they probably do.

What to say about Pupa? It's dark. Depressing. Brutal. Revolting, no doubt (as you can probably draw from the summary). It doesn't hold back in showing the suffering between our two protagonists, as they are thrown into a world of chaos, and left to fend for themselves.

Before we continue, let me clear up some misconceptions about this manga that you might have:

- Yes, the relationship between the main characters is unusual for siblings, but not to the point of fanservice-y, exaggerated sister/brother complexes. Their relationship is justified by their horrific past (which I won't elaborate on for this review's sake). I'd actually consider it ... to be almost symbiotic. Neither can live without the other, as they've been left with no one else to depend on for so long.

- Yes, it contains cannibalism. Well, if you can consider the monster-like form that the infected take on to be even remotely human. (There is a scene where you see a human eating another, though it's not as explicit as you'd think). This manga doesn't shy away from drawing the gut-feasting scenes either.

And now, let's talk about the plot. Infectious, man-eating disease? Been there, done that. As the name implies, it transforms those afflicted with the Butterfly Virus into a horrific, butterfly pupa-like being that craves for human flesh. Our two protagonists are thrown into this confusing world of the Butterfly Virus, and the story follows them on their struggle to become normal again. Various mysterious, underground organizations dedicated to the research of this virus become involved, and our protagonists are left to find out just who - or what- they can rely on.

As I've noted earlier, the art in the more suspenseful scenes is very detailed and horrifically gory. You'll see human guts spilling out, heads blown off, eyeballs plucked out…you get the idea. The expressions of horror and malevolence on the character's faces are also well drawn - you can really get a foreboding, "oh crap!" sentiment from it.

The art in the more normal scenes is an almost sudden contrast to all this. For the most part the almost cutesy appearance of the characters - namely, our female lead (the sister) - will throw you off. I find that it gives it a greater shock factor though, because soon you'll be seeing these poor innocent kids go through absolute hell.



Conclusion:

Basically, you'll need a strong stomach and an open mind to read this. I've found myself cringing as I try to imagine how much pain - both physical and mental - our poor protagonists are experiencing as they strive for a better, normal life while putting their horrific past behind them.

While approaching the end of the second chapter, I've found that the story seems to be headed towards a very generic, predictable path. I can't say I've been amazed by the plot, despite the shocking but revolting gory scenes. I'm always left expecting both of the characters to "man up" or at least attempt to fight back against the antagonists. To me, they just seem like the punching bag that functions as the source of "shock" and "horror" - and that's what makes Pupa just another generic horror manga.


As a horror manga, I wouldn't say that it's so frightening that I'd call it nightmare fuel, but if a depressing, merciless story chock full of slimy bits and gore is what you're craving - go for it.

I'll admit, I went into this knowing I wouldn't like it. I'd watched the anime to boost some stats for achievements so here we are. Curiosity got the better of me.

Also, I won't be breaking this into a standard review. I think I'll limit this to one slate rather than breaking it into Story, Art, Character, etc. It's simply unnecessary.

With that said--

It's funny how a common discussion about the anime is that the convoluted and confusing nature of the story is likely due to the lack of actual content. Being a 5 or so minute show it's greatly limited by the amount of content it ... can actually cover. Yet, even with 34 chapter, Pupa never measures up to anything worthwhile. In fact, it's almost more confusing and more convoluted.

Characters seem to teleport, locations don't really have an identity, and the pacing is a mile a minute with the restraint of an elementary school student who just discovered Naruto (I'm not bad mouthing Nardo, just the theoretical person above which actually includes myself lol). Choices in the narrative are made simply because, "Well, that's cool! Let's do that!" and I get that, I really do. In fact, I agree that some concepts in this story are quite interesting, but that's because I'm thinking back to the conceptual stage and not engaging with the final presentation.

Which, by the way, is really bad. The art for this manga is janky and boring. The backgrounds are 90% white and the art that actually takes precedence is only fine. Sometimes I would see a panel or 2-page spread and be left wondering what's actually happening. This is alleviated later as the mangaka improves, but it doesn't save anything about this manga.

I haven't said much of anything about the actual story, just about the structure and presentation, so maybe I should get into that.

It's bad. Real bad. It's exploitative, extreme, vile, and I think the real sickening aspect of this narrative is that it brings to light a very dark and twisted heart that the author has. Now, this will sound so judgemental and inappropriate coming from me (as a huge fan of Berserk) but let me clarify before I head into my main thoughts.

Extreme content is like anything else in a story. With enough care and respect to the content itself, one can do anything with their story and I feel it will largely be acceptable. This does not open the floodgates to writing something pornographic, but it means that if someone were to write something sexual, there are certain stipulations that allow it to be functionally appropriate and respectable to the content, characters, and your intended audience. The same works for horrific acts of violence. In fact, this is more commonly used and often written better, but we've all experienced something that was either A) poorly written (like a bad death or unnecessary death that ruined a story) or B) read something that was far more gratuitous and bordered on snuff/exploitation.

I would argue that a story like Berserk respects this foundation (save for maybe 1 scene. And no, it's not the Eclipse). A story like Pupa, however, does not. With overly erotic scenes between perceived siblings, gore for the sake of gore, characters who do heinous acts with little reason, and certain plot points that make you go, "What the heck!?", you're ultimately stuck with a story whose author has a few screws loose.

To return to my first defining characteristic, the "Well, that's cool! Let's do that!" aspect of the mangaka, the issue comes in when you have certain acts within this story that, honestly, shouldn't be considered cool in the first place. And the reason I use a lame term like 'cool' is that I don't think she felt that it was anything other than cool. And I get that, some of these things have an edge to them that's shiny and reflective and I want to get so much closer but when you're writing like a child, someone has to tell you that you're running towards a knife. Don't do that.

I think this covers most, if not all, my thoughts on Pupa. There's some other stuff I could say specifically but I'm not here to rail on the story's specifics. I wanted to detail the failings of it's concepts because I feel like that hasn't been totally touched on in other reviews. So hopefully you found this educational. =3

But yeah, don't read it. It's boring and a waste of time.

The story starts off promising, since I enjoy incestious relationships, horror/gore, and demonic creatures. Yet the premise is pretty much the only good thing. The story went downhill due to unnecessary plot twists, which actually made the whole thing much less interesting.

The art wasn't pleasant. The artist has a unique style, which I appreciate, yet did not enjoy. Still, nothing too bad.

The characters are even worse than the wishy-washy plot. Utsutsu is the mediocre big brother, who's pretty much in love with his sister. Yume is the cutesy little sister, who returns his feelings. Doesn't sound that bad, yet the characters are unlikable to ... dreadful. The father is a major asshole who beats up his wife and small children for fun. Even after the divorce , he continues tormenting his son. Yet, later in the story, he gets portrayed as a cool, badass character. Now I often like the "villain" over the the hero, yet this light hearted portrayal of the abusing parent is unacceptable. Utsutsu's class mates are cute, yet again, just bland and dispensable characters that can't even be called "supporting".

As you've proably guessed, I didn't enjoy this manga. I've started it because everything I've heard about it sparked my interested, yet ended up continuing reading it just because "meh, maybe it get's better". Didn't happen.

I've been thinking for 5 minutes if I should this give an overall rating of 4 or 3. Decided to go for 3 because I wouldn't call this "decent". If you're into the genre, you'll probably like the gory parts, nothing else. My recommendation: skip it.

[Spoiler free review]

Pupa, widely known as a shit show on the anime side. But when we look at the manga side of things, it becomes immediately obvious that it isn't your average bad manga, but rather something in a different tier of itself.

Pupa is a horror/psychological manga that delves into the messed up life of 2 siblings. It is filled with gore, and the story itself is excruciatingly bleak and full of nauseating concepts.

I'll be honest, I really didn't like Pupa, it was a very exhausting read; the only reason I managed to force myself to read through it is because of it's small size ... of 34 chapters. But even if I personally didn't like it, I can't deny its originality and uniqueness. This makes Pupa a special read among the countless mangas out there, it's something you can never forget after reading it once.

⚪ Art:

One of the main parts of the manga that makes it what it is. The art itself isn't that good, but the way it presents its gore is what makes it unique. The paneling also invokes feelings similar to reading a Junji Ito manga, yet while being a completely different style of art.

The art is grotesque when it needs to be, and I can confidently say the last few chapter’s panels will certainly leave a mark on your mind after you finish reading them.

⚪ Writing/ Story/ Characters:

To describe it in one word…’bad’ is the word I’d have to use. But under the bad writing there is a certain art to be found, especially when the story delves into the depths of any of the characters' minds. As you read through the story, even though the writing and story itself is bad, you’ll ultimately find yourself oddly sympathizing with the main characters and just wishing for a happy ending (you’ll also find yourself praying for the manga to ‘just end already’).

⚪ Conclusion:

This manga will be worth a read (not a waste of time) if you like unique reads, especially something that delves into madness like Junji Ito or Haruki Murakami (don’t go expecting anything of their level though). Don’t expect any solid base to the story, it’s just a jumbled mess of the author’s nightmares/dreams (that’s honestly what it felt like reading it). Just expect an overall experience of ‘wtf did I just read?’, because the manga only gets crazier the further you go.

*Disclaimer: If you start reading this manga, you WILL have the urge to finish it, or it’ll haunt you until you do. Once you go in, there is no escape until the end.

Ok, so everyone was in high expectations for the anime adaption of this manga, and we only got 5 minutes per episode. But dont be fooled. While the anime fails to capture the intensity of the gruesome, violent and gory scenes, the manga is at best telling and showing you a story of child abuse, and maybe forbidden love. Dont expect more.

Story: 8

The story is about two siblings: Utsutsu and his sister Yume, who suffered from home violence when they were younger, at hands of their Father. It starts being a little cliche, with the typical and now trendy sibling/incest romance, "Onii chan" and ... "Yume..." words are repeated with some kind of obsession. Anyway, little sister gets infected with the "Pupa" virus, she turns into a monster, dismembers people, big brother tries to comfort her, he gets killed, but he revives as an inmortal, now with the Pupa virus. And now they try to survive and stay together while their own father, soldiers and scientist want them to experiment (or kill them). Im in episode 9 of the manga, so far thats the story.

Art: 7

The artist Mogi Sayaka seems to be an amateur. BUT his drawings are kind of beautiful, almost looking shojo style. The gore scenes sometimes are unclear, and we have difficulties to distinguish dismemebered bodies, or at least a scene is "explained" by a spray of gore. Dont expect to find awesome art like Gantz or Claymore. Pupa´s art is amateurish like Attack on Titan, but has good plot, and is kind of unique.

Character: 8

Nothing to say, Utsutsu is the typical lolicon brother obsessed to protect his little sister, and Yume is... the typical imouto that always want to stay with her brother, and having feelings that may cross the border of love. Though, some interesting characters are Utsutsu´s father, being a totally cold, psychopat yet cool killer. And Maria, being a mysterious, beautiful woman.

Enjoyment: 9

I did REALLY enjoy this manga. C´mon!!! Is better than the generic Shounen/Seinen out there, while is not that original, is a well narrated story. Is at the level of Higurashi and Corpse Party, I dare to say, better than Another.

Overall: 8

This is an underrated manga. The anime does not speak well of it. Read the manga, form your conclusions, forget what the others say about the anime, the manga is good! And if the anime adaptation have been 12 episodes with 20 minutes each, it would surely become one of the best anime of 2014.

So, lately I've been obsessed with psychological horror and this manga didn't really fulfil that desire. It is more horror than psychological horror, but honestly, it's not that bad. Sure, it mainly only focuses on the main characters and other than them there is no character development, and there are a few plot holes, but there are only 5 volumes and there is only so much you could do. If you are bored and are looking for a horror manga, then this one is a good read. I liked this manga because of the ideas and also for the "bad qualities" of it. When I ... say that, I mean cannibalism, incest and domestic abuse. It isn't romanticised or anything but because the manga includes those darker aspects, it makes it more interesting but also controversial. Honestly, you should read this book and decide for yourself whether it is good or bad since it really is a very different read depending on who you are. I hope this was helpful!

Story (7/10)

- Concept (4/5)-
Dark, gorey, unexpected and unique in its own way…and at some point, philosophical. Compare to other psychotic manga or anime, this would probably be the cutest. Somehow, in a way, this manga is like a more subtle version or the shonen version of Gantz. Instead of badass science fiction, a badass fantasy and instead of having sex, the oniichan would satisfy his imouto by letting her eat him and enjoys it.
It is not just mindless gore. The manga would actually make you think how the pupa resembles the two siblings’ life – a sort of parallelism between butterflies and the cycle of ... human darkness. I am not sure whether or not it’s just a coincidence but the manga reflects a bit of Sigmund Freud philosophy. There are other philosophical resemblance such as nihilism although it is indirectly stated or shown in the series.
Perhaps what makes this manga good is how it, perhaps accidentally, combines gore, violence and psychotic ideas with incestdom and fantasy – abusive parents, siblingly love and gauging out one’s eyeballs and turning into monsters. It is a rare combination but not completely unique. There are other sweet and psychotic hentai out there but this could probably in line with one of the good ones even if it’s toned down on the hentai side.
-Organization (3/5)-
It has a very good phasing. It is not as abrupt that of its anime adaptation. It gives us more depth, insights and gore to spare. It has good timing with the audience reactions, assuming that the audience enjoys such things. A good grasp of techniques and devices – how the author inserts light and fluffy moments or jokes in the middle of a gorey story without making it seemed forced. It’s good but still needs improvement. I can say the same thing with the cliffhangers. The readers need more impact to make us want to read more.

Art (7/10)

-Memorability/Originality (6/8)-
The characters seems a bit generic but they are seemingly memorable in a way with the use of the weird looking hairpins and scars. Gore, darkness and blood. Scary looking creatures, cute and kowaii stuff toys. It suits the lightness part of the manga but at the same time its darkness.
-Quality (1/2)-
It’s okay. Not to that screwed up but not epic. Lacks background at some point, but good emphasis on the characters. Good direction and point of view.

Characters (6/10)
Relatable to people with siblings and those who are into incest but the characters are generic and unrealistic. Although the love between the two is good and as well as the psycho path tendencies of the characters. It lacks dimension, power and strength but how the characters transforms or develops is good and how they show scenes in the first person point of view saved the series from being a sucky one.

Enjoyment (9/10)
Although it can be generic at some point, I enjoyed the gore, the blood, the violence, meaning and the love between the two siblings. The desperate looks on the characters and how there is much violence, gore and more gore. Did I mention how bloody it is? It may not be realistic but anyone who enjoys incest, gore and philosophy might enjoy this.

i think the manga itself is much better than the anime or shit show
look i recommend you to read but this manga contain gore and horror elements and some abusive stuff so be careful
and i've feel like this manga have lack of story not much, you’ll ultimately find yourself oddly sympathizing with the main characters and just wishing for a happy ending
look straight to the point
it's your choice to read this or not
but i will recommend you
The story itself suffers from a couple pacing issues, but does its best to try and show how Utsutsu and Yume deal with terrible situation after ... terrible situation. It's easy to say that until the final pages of the last chapter, nothing at all goes right for either of them. Pupa is basically a "Us vs. The World" story, but The World really, really, really hates Utsutsu and Yume. What Pupa gives in heartwarming reunions, it dishes out 3 times as much in absolutely insane situations to prove just how much Utsutsu and Yume need each other (more so how much Utsutsu needs Yume), to the point where if one was lost, the other can't live on.

Pupa (manga) 7/8/7/8/8

First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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✦Story✦
Unique, chaotic, scarring and rather grotesque. What can I say. PuPa is rather tragic and dramatic story with rather nice flavor of mystery. It had a lot to it and even for the most part I can semi-call it an incestuous love story. But oh boy, it's a rather twisted and rather disturbing piece of work.

Here I want add an side comment. Anime suffers from short length where lot of things get left out, don't get answers, shroud in mystery and has a very ... confusing and disappointing ending. Whilst Manga, explains a lot more and feels a lot more "whole". There are still rather questionable story elements and unnecessarily confusing ending.

Anyhow, I enjoyed this more than Anime (which in my case, is very rare thing). But that I already predicted before even reading it. Because back when I watched the Anime I saw obvious issues with the story it had and the length of episodes. It's a rather disturbing "mystery" Manga with a lot of odd unique plot devices and presentations. Many twists, enough tragedy and depression for a while.

✦Art✦
What can I say. It was odd, interesting and unique enough to get a praise from me. Whilst not being overly obnoxious by trying to be artistic.

✦Character✦
I liked them for the most part. Main characters were cute, with plenty of darkness going on in their lives.

Side characters had well had lot of mystery of their role in the lives of main characters. As well their whole charade with the placement in the world itself.

Sad part is probably that some characters somewhat remained in the shroud of mystery regarding their roles. Also finale of main characters was as well something I would rather had a bit better.

✦Enjoyment & Overall✦
Tragic, depressing, disturbing, dark, dramatic, mysterious and unique. I did enjoy it a lot. Shame Anime got such limited adaption.

Okay, I'm going to start off by saying: I, personally, loved this and I will be buying physical copies of the manga because I need to have it in my collection. That being said, this manga is terrible and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. This review is coming from someone whos idea of relaxation is getting high and watching extremely graphic torture porn movies with mediocre plots and terrible characters, so this kinda thing is right up my alley.

Story: 4
I found it to be a really interesting premise but I feel like the plot was pushed aside like halfway through to make even more ... space for the already rather abundant amount of incestuous implications and vore fetishism. Mind you, I'm not giving it a 5 because there's incest and vore, I'm giving it a 5 because it began to prioritize the incest and vore over other aspects of the plot that I feel should've been expanded on some more. Also the pacing and timeline got really confusing, like sometimes I had to backtrack to figure out what was going on.

Art: 9
Very pretty and gory which was exactly what I wanted to see, so I'm very satisfied.

Characters: 4
I feel like the characters were pretty shallow, especially a lot of the side characters. Despite this, I found that it didn't really ruin the story for me in any way. That said, I did start reading this solely because I wanted some fun gore, so it's not like I was really looking for well developed characters or anything.

Enjoyment: 9
I was a very fun read for me, personally. I especially loved the weird screwed up sense of humor thrown into the story at random times. Like how the horribly abusive father has two underlings who are complete masochists, leading to moments where the father is beating his son within an inch of his life only to be interrupted by his underlings who would also like to receive a beating from him. I feel like this aspect will definitely upset a lot of people who decide to read this, but it only added to how much I loved this experience for me.

Overall: 5
Again, I honestly can't recommend this anyone. It was disgusting in so many ways and the subject matter wasn't treated with even the slightest bit of thoughtfulness or decency. Which is exactly why I loved it and had a blast reading every single deeply fucked up chapter. 5 for five stars!