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Originally Posted by Haggis
Petshop of Horrors... tricky to describe.
The reason I said the artwork put me off is that it's in a Shojo style, lots of flowers, feminine looking men etc. but in a way this makes the deaths seem creepier when they do occur.
Plotwise, it's a bit like Gremlins, you buy a pet and have to follow certain rules like don't feed it after midnight etc. However each pet appears in a human form but still retain their animal nature (like a rabbit appears as a young girl to a couple who have just lost their daughter). So do they get treated as animals or as humans and which is better?
This is where the morals part kicks in, each story presents obvious moral lessons, it looks at the nature of animals, the nature of man, and tries to show how our natures are linked to our fate (it's all a very obvious greed and envy will lead to a bad end, and a good heart will have a happy ending type stuff). A lot of the fates turn out to be pretty bad though which is where the horror bit kicks in. Well worth a look.
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Hmm...sounds intersesting...but there is alot of other manga I need to purchase befor I even touch this...Its soooo frustrating because there is soooo much manga to get and I cant spend all my money, all the time
I actual like shojo art style (except the feminen men thats creepy) Its just that shojo storys are boring. But shojo art mixed with shounen story (and alittle of that gore that I love
) sounds really interesting. Thanks for the recomandation
I think we have alot in common when It comes to anime and manga taste.