Mieruko-chan, Vol. 1

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If this wasn’t enough, Mieruko-chan takes the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” and makes it relevant. The main characters might not be so complicated and developed, but that’s not the strongest point. What I can say is that the main girl has finally shown a little bit of progress, but that’s not what I want to talk about. The ghosts ARE the highlights of this specific department. Although they might look scary, some of them have emotions and a story behing their terrific appearance (some of them are also inspired by more famous monsters). Behind their appearances lies a meaning. This is when the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” comes into play. Yeah, they are scary, but some of them are more than that, not every ghost that the main heroine will meet will try to kill her. So, is it a good ghost or is it a bad ghost? That’s something unpredictable and you will only know the answer at the end of the chapter. OGAWA: I'm a big scaredy-cat, so even when I think something could be off, I ignore it. I've never looked at anything straight-on, so I can just barely claim that I've never experienced anything... As always, things go from perfectly fine to perfectly horrific at the drop of a hat and the creep factor is as creative as it ever was. This is certainly one of the most effective PSAs against movie piracy I’ve ever seen and they sure do manage to make a family restaurant the most disgusting place on earth. Miko is an average high school student but her world is changed forever when she suddenly sees and hears gruesome apparitions who manifest normally hidden from the rest of the unaware world. Being a teen Miko is not only not exited but she actively does whatever it takes to avoid letting these monstrous looking entities from knowing she is even aware of them as she does her best to protect herself and to a degree those around her unaware of what hides in plane sight (though even the worse of them do not seem to be corporeal enough to actually harm anyone...yet.)

OGAWA: Due to restrictions around grotesque expressions like blood and guts, we added an aura over the abdomens of the monsters that had their stomachs cut open and made it a little difficult to see the slashed-up sections. The animators draw everything down to the finer details, so I feel bad for them. Also, given that the story is premised on continuing to ignore the monsters, it would become repetitive if Miko ignored them the same way every time. Because of this, we discussed things as a group and took a trial-and-error approach by changing the way the monsters appear, the style of presentation, not making them appear when you think they're going to appear, delaying the timing, and so on. Like all good tales though the more you read the more complex and layered the story becomes. One thing the manga doesn't do though is hold your hand, quite a few locations have had their names slightly changed but in all other aspect are a reference to a real location in japan rumoredThe story is quite simple. Girl can see monsters. Girl tries to avoid monsters. There's some story progress like with Granny and Romm, but for Miko, it's mostly non-existent. In a way, I can say that the ones driving the story are the people and ghosts around Miko. And Miko just wants to have some peace and quiet! In a large lore dump over a meal at the diner, we find out that Mitsue knows about the spirits and that Miko can see them. She promised to help teach Miko how to control her abilities. It seems like the old woman is more than just about prayer beads.... The author is actually also an expert in subversion of expectations. This manga plays with perception in multiple ways. It does focus on perception as a topic, cause the characters have different points of view and abilities to view, which the mangaka uses to create alternative panels (a thing in one pov, the same thing in another pov), and the plot also carefully builds and then betrays the expectations of readers. Enjoyment - Not much to say in terms of enjoyment but the manga is great its good to read on a car/bus ride, library idk man just some place to chill.

These monsters whose origin is still to be determined, are drawn in the most horrifying way possible. The designs are vague, as they are mostly deformed masses of flesh with some eyes and mouths thrown in there for good measure, but they get the job done in two levels: 1) It scares the living hell out of our heroine and 2) they make for an interesting visual contrast between the horrific monsters and the girls that are drawn in the most attractive way possible (and in the first few chapters, with a lot of fan-service thrown there for good measure). MIERUKO-CHAN was originally started as an internet series. When did the concept of “a girl who pretends she cannot see scary ghosts” come to you? so yeah! overall pretty good, seems to update monthly though, so i'm probably gonna' forget about it for a few years before i remember it and catch up again. Of course, a unique idea does not guarantee an interesting story, but this manga does not fail there either. Mieruko-chan being (mostly) episodic works for its own favour very well, exploring a lot of different ideas and settings.

Miko is a high school student cursed with a sixth sense. She has the ability to see ghosts. She tries to live a normal life. But it’s hard when ghosts keep haunting her. She can also see people’s souls. And she realizes that people are real monsters. One “beautiful” day, the high school girl suddenly starts seeing ghosts! She can’t get rid of it. But she tries her best to act as if she doesn’t see them at all. The story of the girl with a sixth sense begins! By the way, they’ve started making an anime based on this manga, and there’s already a thriller. So, we’re waiting for the anime. It’s a great manga, read it. It’s a beautiful drawing, the monsters are really not like the others, the heroine’s facial expressions and emotions are excellent). Read Mieruko-Chan Manga. IZUMI: MIERUKO-CHAN isn't just a horror story but also a story about the girls' daily lives with comedy elements as well, so it's hard to come up with specific examples of works that influenced me, but I think I have been influenced by a lot of things. Other than films and manga, I also love looking at the creature designs in video games. The manga takes aspects of yokai lore, combines it with very creative visuals to create very unique monstrosities with A LOT of attention to detail. The story is episodic in nature. It's not concerned with how the main character got her power to see ghosts, or her progression in skills. It is more like a weekly fill of horror and comedy. Currently it's difficult to judge the story right away since the manga has barely started, but like I said, it's showing potential that it can achieve something substantial even Mieruko-Chain can see the dead. She just chooses to ignore them. She doesn't want them knowing that she can see them. Mostly because she doesn't want them following her around everywhere. But when she goes to school and notices a lot of spirits following her best friend around she tries to find a solution to stop them from showing up so much. Hence we get plenty of funny situations and a rather sad and tender moment by the very end that made me want to read more.