God's Child by Kyoudai Nishioka

Me+ Muscle relaxers = Zzz. Which makes it hard to read manga, you kind of have to be awake to do it, after all. I found a really interesting one this time, though I can't say I truly liked it now that all is said and done. 




God's Child by Kyoudai Nishioka

Art and story (c) Kyoudai Nishioka

Genre: Horror, Josei, Mature
Length: One Volume - 11 Chapters



           The art style here is very reminiscent of Victorian woodcuts, and other similar dark and

gothic styles (mostly Edward Gorey, I think). It has a very chilling effect, overall.
Considering that there is hardly dialog in this manga, the art carries most of the weight of the plot and it holds up. The loose and stretched feeling of the body proportions, the fascinatingly pretty hair, the strangely repeating patterns, and the shadowed and skewed backgrounds, all of it really adds to the spooky atmosphere. The eyes convey just as well as the rest of it how strange this story is.
           Take a step inside someone's life, someone who is definitely not normal…
           This basically reads as a FBI profile of a serial killer, or a detached sociopath's rendition of one. Violence and desire all done in the name of simply doing it. As such, only adults should read this manga, and I've reviewed a few adult manga at this point so I'm beginning to wonder if I should put on the content warning for my blog? I try not to share any explicit pictures, or write anything explicit, but we when it comes to

Halloween and I read these spooky and horror mangas I get worried... As far as this particular manga was concerned, even I was a little thrown at the beginning and almost quit, but it was so strange that I went through with it anyway. Just to see what happened with this young man's life. I'm not sure what to rate it, either. It attracts and repells at the same time. What I can say is that as a long time reader of manga, this was interesting in its own, unique way. I didn't like it, per se, but it had a certain charm as well. So, if you would like to try reading a manga full of gore about a sociopath growing up into a cult leader, give it a try but I am warning you now. Its quite haunting.





??/5 If you like horror try it, I guess. It's pretty weird.