Mashira: Satsuriku no Mura

I'll try to update this review periodically as more chapters are available, but it should give a fair indication if this manga is for you or not. There may be some spoilers of the first 5 or so chapters so that I can give you an informed opinion, but nothing too major.

To preface this review, I'm a sucker for the horror genre as a whole. The terror, the hopelessness, the gore and nudity, and how ridiculously over the top the genre can be sometimes. This manga falls solidly in "the over the top" camp.

We have intelligent killer apes that seem more like monsters than animals (Planet of the Apes meets Ito Junji's style), someone that can talk to animals, someone who gets off on gore, more characters with other zany powers, and a girlfriend that "looks like a grade schooler but we swear she isn't™".

Most people would likely write this manga off after reading the above paragraph, but if you are still here and the above doesn't sound like a deal breaker, I welcome you to another fun read my friends.

Even though the characters have about as much depth as a puddle, some of the archetypes are a lot of fun. The art is really nice and the gore is over the top and awesome.

If you like over the top horror that's sometimes more funny than scary, you'll find a lot to like here. As it stands now I can't imagine this being anyone's favorite manga, but even so it is an entertaining read that will tickle that special spot some of us have in our hearts for absolutely ridiculous horror.