10-02-2017, 03:42 PM
For the month of October, I've designed to read two manga that have been in the backlog for some time, Franken Fran and Pet Shop of Horrors.
Currently on the third volume of Fran and I'm kinda surprised. I was expecting a horror manga with body horror elements (which, yes it does have in spades). What I got was this plus some black comedy and some touching moments. One minute, Fran will be turning a girl that got ran over into a caterpillar and splitting another girl in two to stop a love triangle (which goes on to a sequel story where the girl just keeps multiplying). Later, Fran will be giving an entire school cosmetic surgery and trying to save a little boy who needs a miracle. There's also a reference to Saya no Uta (I believe it is at lest) as well as an ongoing story based on the first three series of Kamen Rider. The series does get scary sometimes, but I think it's more disturbing from all the disfigured bodies and implications that come from sewing an entire family together or becoming a big blob of cancer cell.
Currently on the third volume of Fran and I'm kinda surprised. I was expecting a horror manga with body horror elements (which, yes it does have in spades). What I got was this plus some black comedy and some touching moments. One minute, Fran will be turning a girl that got ran over into a caterpillar and splitting another girl in two to stop a love triangle (which goes on to a sequel story where the girl just keeps multiplying). Later, Fran will be giving an entire school cosmetic surgery and trying to save a little boy who needs a miracle. There's also a reference to Saya no Uta (I believe it is at lest) as well as an ongoing story based on the first three series of Kamen Rider. The series does get scary sometimes, but I think it's more disturbing from all the disfigured bodies and implications that come from sewing an entire family together or becoming a big blob of cancer cell.