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殺殺草紙 大江戸無残十三苦
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Jul 27, 2006
7.0/10
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This could be the quintessential Shintaro Kago manga. It's got all his standard fixations - violence, sex, surrealism, body horror and dark humor. There's some grisly and disgusting stuff in here for sure, but it's framed in such a way that it's rarely disturbing; Sometimes, the author inserts something anachronistic (like a mangaka struggling to meet a perpetual deadline) just for the sake of a laugh, or draws an unnecessarily detailed diagram of sewing techniques. That's how Kago manga is: Scenarios are taken to their most extreme, absurd conclusions and it's sometimes funny in a surreal or tragic way. Good example: the first story hasa woman horrifically disfigured into a ghostly mass of vaguely-humanoid viscera and from that point on, she just shows up in the background, acting casual. This is sort of a sequel to the other Korokoro Soushi, but really only in its shared setting (Edo period Japan) and themes. But yeah, with Kago, you'll feel disgust, shock, confusion, cringe and maybe even laugh, but you won't get bored.
13 short tales located in ancient Edo. 1. Iwa to Iemon (Iwa and Iemon) 2. Curse of the Sparrow With its Tongue Cut Out 3. Soubei's Garakapon 4. The Secret of Mutsuma Shikitei 5. Ruthless Sewing 6. Dreadful Patchwork Hell 7. The Biggest Invasion in History 8. A New Dawn 9. Old Man Gegetto and Hinnochio 10. Iemon-sama's Cruelty 11. Kansai's Jurnal 12. How He Dealt With the Problem of the Old Man 13. The Nature of Trendy Fashion