I was told this was sci-fi so sort of disappointed how unrealistic it is to what people sell it out to be. I’m kind of confused how some of the characters kind of disappeared after the part one with no explanation. A lot happened that I’m kind of confused about. Read it! Read it! But be warned frights and gore galore! The story is told in the most brilliant way, revealed through found notes and diaries filled with words of despair, whispered words and frightened cries from nowhere and other, even more terrifying ways. Seiko, in particular, quickly grew to become one of my favorite characters she's weird and at times what one'd call inappropirate but so, so sweet and genuine and just really likeable.Īnd the present-day students aren't the only ones roaming the hallways. The characters are made up of a group of students with diverse personalities, among them Naomi Nakashima and Seiko Shinohara, whom the two first volumes primarily centers around. Personally I've always held abandoned schools and asylums close to heart when it comes to the ideal horror story setting - dark hallways, empty rooms with upturned chairs, scratched old blackboards, dripping faucets. The story takes place in an old, supposedly abandoned (really it's supposed to have been demolished, but I prefer the term "abandoned" it sounds way more sinister!) elementary school which was torn down because of the disappearances and murders of both students and teachers. This manga was everything I'd hoped for - scary: Sooo scary, and I've grown rather numb to horror so this was such a great "surprise" - and gory(!) but also funny ((/ω\)) and sweet - it sounds like a very odd combination, but it works so well. I will definitely buy Volume 2 of this soon as I want to read it further. The artist is also able to capture the expressions of horror, fear, and terror perfectly right. The art is amazing, and I really liked it. What more? Mm, well I can't wait to see how the story will go on, and to see if there are some differences between this and the game (of course there are as the game features many choices that can change a few things here and there). :( I guess in the next volume we will see the other 2 again, or maybe other kids. However most of the last part is all about the teacher and what happens to her. The teacher, and 2 others from the class. The last part of the volume is about another group. And you can really feel that feeling while reading. You never know what is creeping up on you in this school. There are also various corpses, spirits, and tricks that the school keeps playing on them (the random earthquakes). :( My heart broke all over again.Īs the girls make their way through the school we see them find all sorts of hints to where they are, and what happened here. I still remember Naomi's and Seiko's parts in the game, it was heartbreaking, and it was the same feeling I had with the manga. She has a boyfriend (who is also somewhere, in some dimension, in this school). She is constantly drooling over Naomi, while Naomi is not seeing Seiko as more than just a good friend. They are best friends, though Seiko wishes there would be more between them. You are both going through the same thing. On the one hand, I can also imagine having a friend might help out. To not be so scared that you will cause your friends grief, or to be possessed (as that can also happen) and hurt your friends. I still remember what happens in the games, and at times it is just better to be alone. I think considering the games the school is playing, I would rather be alone. I don't know what I would rather have, experiencing the horror with my friends, or being alone. The characters are split up, either alone, or in groups. A school full of death, horror, blood, pain. Stuff happens, and quickly they find themselves in horror-festival. It starts off with our group of MCs doing horror stories while at school late, when they decide (with a teacher) to do a game. This release combines the first 2 volumes of the series, the same they did with Higurashi. It is pretty much on par with Higurashi goreness. It pretty much followed the same story, but it was still great fun to see it in this form.Ī little warning though, the same as the games, if you can't handle gore, then don't read this one. So this was as awesome as the games were.
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