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Ichi the Killer

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Ichi the Killer is a Seinen, Psychological, Thriller about a twisted yakuza warfare involving psychological mind games. The story itself is about excommunicated gangsters seeking revenge however this isn’t made clear until later on in the manga.

For the most part the story follows a fearsome killer known by his codename (Ichi) and the orders he undertakes from his so-called uncle. The main story may lack some depth but it tries to add some by revealing the past bullying experiences of Ichi, which led to his current state of mind. Although it doesn’t seem to do a good job at relating it to the present, it ... manages to tie it in with Ichi’s current target. In the end the story does have a repetitive cycle but there are plenty of exciting twists to spice things up.

The artwork is unusually great because there’s lot of detail put every panel and character designs, however most of the character designs are quite unsettling. Also this manga is pretty creative in its depiction of extreme gore and horrific violence, so expect to see the most nauseating thing you can imagine.

Overall Ichi the Killer proved to be one of the most disturbing and gruesome manga ever created, with a twisted story that didn’t make much sense until you get deep into the story. This manga really only served the purpose as a vaccination for extremely, bloody, violent manga because after reading this you’ll never feel a thing when you see like a guy being tortured or decapitated in any other manga. So in the end, this manga is a decent read, but you’ll have to be a violence lover to enjoy this.

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If I wasn’t recommended this manga from a trusted friend I would not have given it a chance or endured so much just to finish this manga. In fact I kind of wish I hadn’t read it.

I feel like everyone who has a high review of this manga either lacks the intelligence to understand the distinction between true ero guro and something created solely to be edgy and offensive with no true purpose in its writing. I have a rule of thumb that if a horror manga is dependant on sexual violence it’s just a piece of shit and thats that. But this particular ... manga has always left me with complicated feelings just because I really do think there’s interest and merit in certain story themes but it just tended to drag into the sheer violence of misogyny and sexual assault.

This is just one of those mangas I would never mention unless the person I was talking to about it was someone I really trusted to be talking about with such sensitive material.

warnings: rape and abuse are mentioned so be warned and for yall that scoffs at warnings like these then I have no interest in engaging in any conversation with you so just keep on trucking.

This is the ultimate misogynist paradise. If you hate women, then boy you're a fuckin a loser and I've got some good news for you. The writing is atrocious like instead of developing characters the writer seems more interested in displaying hyperviolence non-stop, which you know, isn't necessarily a bad thing but when you hate each and every character in the cast the hyperviolence comes off as mindless and boring.

And ... oh man, the writing for the female characters? I wouldn't want to meet the author in broad daylight after reading this trash. The author takes each and every opportunity that he can to make every female character in the story to go through rape and rampant abuse at the hands of the male characters. God, this manga fucking sucks