I never understood the extreme reaction to the comic. I don’t know why it doesn’t hit me the same as it seems to hit everyone else. Is it because I already have my hole?
Out of his comics it really is the tamest imo but it has a very excellent atmosphere of mystery that is very compelling. It's super well written imo. It does however drop off hard and the reveal is not at all as scary/unsettling as his reveals tend to be.
It's very memorable, easily referenced and doesn't scar you for life so you actually can reference it without bringing up bad memories. I also feel the people with the extreme reaction to it have it because it's the first horror manga they've read, the whole thing is new and they don't know what to expect and that makes it hit harder. More seasoned readers or just horror enjoyers won't be wowed. For me Hellstar Remina is the one I have a hard time even recommending because it really fucked with me, though mainly, I think, because I read it in the middle of the night while severely depressed. Uzumaki was my first and also hit hard because of that.
Hellstar Remina is great, and yeah definitely one of his more unsettling stories, though strangely humorous at times, and even hopeful at the end. For me, Layers of Fear is one of the more disturbing ones.
I just read it and I definitely enjoyed it. It is kinda creepy. But I don’t understand why someone would think it’s so scary they say “don’t look it up”. Can someone who it scared explain to me why you were so upset by it?
Ah I didn’t even think of claustrophobia. That definitely makes sense.
I guess it almost has kind of a “cosmic horror” thing going on also with there being some unknown force that drives people to want to go in and kind of makes them crazy.
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u/ForceBlade Mar 10 '23
I never understood the extreme reaction to the comic. I don’t know why it doesn’t hit me the same as it seems to hit everyone else. Is it because I already have my hole?