Ookami Shoujo Laura

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This manga is a beautiful visual metaphor for the childhood abuse faced by Laura. She was abandoned by her mother since she was a baby and was then raised by a "wolf" who groomed and violated here.

The abuse is never shown but is instead implied with psychedelic imagery. I loved the avant garde artstyle used throughout the manga. It perfectly compliment the poetic and compteplative tone of the narration. When Laura stabbed the wolf at the end, I saw that as her overcoming abuse and finally claiming her personhood. It almost feels like a modern fairy tale in its presentation.

Wow! Child abuse with an allusion to the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. Never seen that before. OH NO! I'VE BEEN EATEN BY THE WOLF LET ME CUT MYSELF OUT OF THE WOLF SO I CAN BE COMPLETE. Yeah, I'm taking everything back, you damned metaphorical—but not-so-metaphorical—rapist/murderer/me-eater or whatever you are.

This is Nishioka Kyoudai parodying themselves in the most embarrassing manner possible. They've repeated this silly womb motif to the point that it's lost all visual impact and has become more of a joke than it already was. The art is sort of nice, if you like their style, but it's rather repetitive ... and even sparser and more pattern-based than usual; there's nothing all that creative here. It's possibly the worst story I've seen from them. Their "leftover" stories in their first compilation were much better than this.