I felt like F. Scott Fitzgerald was just making this up us he went, and I'm all for itI felt like F. Scott Fitzgerald was just making this up us he went, and I'm all for it...more
you know me, give me a weird little book in which barely anything happens and I'm all yours you know me, give me a weird little book in which barely anything happens and I'm all yours ...more
‘I agree,’ I said. ‘I’ve lived with several men, but there’s always a point where it falls apart. We’re supposed to be family, but they expect me to b‘I agree,’ I said. ‘I’ve lived with several men, but there’s always a point where it falls apart. We’re supposed to be family, but they expect me to be both a woman and an understanding friend, which is a contradiction, isn’t it? I’m supposed to be wife, friend and mother . . . I would much rather live as brother and sister.’
'You do not,' cried Giovanni, sitting up, love anyone! You never have loved anyone, I am sure you never will. You love your purity, you love your mirr'You do not,' cried Giovanni, sitting up, love anyone! You never have loved anyone, I am sure you never will. You love your purity, you love your mirror—you are just like a little virgin, you walk around with your hands in front of you as though you had some precious metal, gold, silver, rubies, maybe diamonds down there between your legs ! You will never give it to anybody, you will never let anybody touch it—man or woman. You want to be clean. You think you came here covered with soap and you think you will go out covered with soap—and you do not want to stink, not even for five minutes, in the meantime.' He grasped me by the collar, wrestling and caressing at once, fluid and iron at once, saliva spraying from his lips and his eyes full of tears, but with the bones of his face showing and the muscles leaping in his arms and neck. You want to leave Giovanni because he makes you stink. You want to despise Giovanni because he is not afraid of the stink of love. You want to kill him in the name of all your lying little moralities. And you—you are immoral. You are, by far, the most immoral man I have met in all my life. Look, look what you have done to me. Do you think you could have done this if I did not love you? Is this what you should do to love?'
When I first started reading this manga, I didn't know what to expect. But I immediately fell in love with the art style, and it took me less than oneWhen I first started reading this manga, I didn't know what to expect. But I immediately fell in love with the art style, and it took me less than one volume to fall in love with the story too. Or, should I say, stories; since almost every volume collects four stories about humans and weird pets/monsters they buy from the shop. I say almost every volume because some of them don't follow this structure and instead choose to develop various side plots with the characters. Even though I'm aware that the manga has to have a cohesive plot to develop the main story, those turned out to be my least favourite. However, I really loved how the story wrapped up in the end and the count is my new book crush. Overall, my rating of this series is as follows:
Art: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2
With some full five stars volumes. Absolutely recommended to all vintage manga and horror lovers!
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