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Plot:
The plot of Voynich Hotel is rather hard to discuss, without getting into spoliers. The short ver2 is basically, there's an island, and on that island there's a hotel called The Voynich Hotel. We follow the many characters anfics, those who live in the hotel and those around the island. Also, there's a murderer called Snark on the loose, ohh and there's also Witches on the island, there's also a robot who's helping the police to catch Snark. Yeah, the plot of Voynich Hotel is not the easiest to be summed up. Its mostly episodic in nature, like Violet Evergarden just minus the drama and ... replace it with dark comedy and a hint of horror. The manga is 68 chapters long and each chapter is about 8-16 pages long, making it a quick fun read. I was never bored once and each chapter always had me laughing my guts out.

Art:
The art is definitely my most favourite aspect of the manga. The manga has a very clean western cartoony style. The character designs are really great as well, each character is very distinct and different which matches their personality. The artsyle also makes it easy to differentiate between the horror scenes and the comedic moments. The manga could have been more scary if not for the artsyle, but instead even the scariest and serious of parts are hilarious. The background is great except for the hotel itself. The island and the villages are pretty interesting with sime unique designs and traits but the Voynich Hotel itself is rather bland and uninteresting, just looks like a large cheap motel.

Characters:
The characters are rather simple, nothing special nor interesting about them but they still are charming and eccentric. With merely 60+ chapters I'm honestly suprised with how attached to every character I was. Most of the characters have some backdrops and only a few had arcs but majority of them are developed enough for you to care for them. For a comedic series, the characters are pretty well developed and that's praiseworthy enough.

Enjoyment:
Overall I really enjoyed reading The Voynich Hotel. The characters, dark comedy, artsyle, story really helped complimenting each others minuses. It had everything I wanted from a series and definitely could have been my favourite but the short number of chapters left me kinda unsatisfied and the ending felt slightly rushed. It could have been more satisfactory if there were an extra 15 chapters or so. Nonetheless, I highly recommend The Voynich Hotel, its original and unique, and I'm looking forward to reading Dowman Sayman's other works

Story:
The premise of Dorohedoro is very simplistic and weird, but it's nothing like that. Q Hayashida (the author) has crafted nothing short of but a convoluted tale filled with phenomenonal world building, horror, gut-busting dark comedy, some action and an absolutely perfect long form mystery storytelling. Dorohedoro is also a very raw and gritty manga, there's tons of body horror and also lots of nudity. What I admire about  Dorohedoro is that nudity isn't used to sexualise the female cast. Majority of seinen manga use nudity as a way to sexualise the female characters, but in Dorohedoro seeing the female cast being nude is just ... like a natural event and is in no way sexual, this is something I truly appreciate of Q Hayashida.

Art:
Dorohedoro's raw and gritty atmosphere is elevated even further with Hayashida's art. Her style is rough, sketchy, gritty but definitely matches the atmosphere of Dorohedoro, it also perfectly conveys the theme of it. Each panel is jam packed with minor details and debrises, like mushrooms, hobos, broken signboards, litters on the ground, etc, etc. These minor touches really brings the world to life and makes it feel real. The characters also look fucking good. I especially love Nikaido's design, she has a blonde hair with blue eyes, wears dark baggy clothes which strikes a direct contrast to her Chinese design and also wears combat boots with gloves. Hayashida also does a wonderful job at the horror scenes. Picture this, thousands of mushrooms bursting out of your innards and growing till they rip you to pieces. Yes, Dorohedoro is filled to the brim with these kinds gory scenes and they are drawn sooooo grotesquely, which I absolutely love.

Characters:
If for anything Dorohedoro is a must read for its characters. If you love a large cast of well developed eccentric goofy characters, Dorohedoro's your shit and if you love  strong female characters who can take care of themselves without a man, then Dorohedoro's gotcha covered. The female casts of Dorohedoro are literally one of my favs. Noi is probably the THICCest character that I've seen, she has healing magic but that doesn't mean she's weak, I mean she literally karate chops a dude in half with her fucking hands. Nikaido is my most favourite among the female cast though, she's kind caring, good at making gyōzas and I'd literally love to have her as a partner. Ohh and she also decapitates a dude with her bare hands. Ebisu, is weird and kind off like the comic relief character of the series and is also capable of turning to a freaking T-Rex. The male cast are also fantastic and justbas badass as the female cast. Kaiman is literally a dude with a Cayman for a head and chops up magic users using to pairs of daggers. Shin is a magic user who uses a hammer and smashes Hole's peoples just for the fun of it. Fujita, well is Fujita. En, is the strongest magic user in existence, who uses mushroom magic, who is also very caring for his familia and would literally annihilate anyone who harms them. There's more characters but I doubt I'll be able to explain everyone's quirks and traits.


Enjoyment:
Dorohedoro is nothing short of but a masterpiece and is definitely one of my favourites of all time, if not my most favourite manga. It's got a fantastic plot filled with dark humour, gore, nudity, mystery and occasionally some action. The artsyle is absolutely gorgeous (in its own way) and portrays the underlying tone and theme of the manga. The cast are eccentric and quirky, with both strong male and female leads and are enjoyable to watch. I highly recommend this manga to everyone who loves seinen or just wants a fun read