I don't write reviews much but I feel like I should explain why I gave this the rating I gave it.

I'm keeping this short and simple. This was horrible. Not because of the gore itself, not because of the r4pe, not the p3dophilia, none of that. It was horrible because there was nothing to it. At all. Reading this for the story is like watching child porn for the plot. WHAT FUCKING PLOT?? You just watch a girl get harassed and assaulted by pedophiles just to find love and comfort IN ANOTHER PEDOPHILE while ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS HAPPENING IN THE ACTUAL PLOT.

I enjoy disturbing, crazy, fucked-up horror of all kinds but this was a just bad. I understand the era it was written for but let me explain:

1. This story has no depth or substance AT ALL. There's nothing happening, nothing really going on, we were just following the horrible life of this 12 year old who was kidnapped by a circus. It was basically like a horror slice of life except slice of life mangas usually have a plot.

2. The characters are ok, theres was no development (again, because there was no plot) and I just don't enjoy reading something that has characters that are just there. No significance.

3. It was gore-y and "disturbing" solely for the sake of being so. I understand the argument that it was written in the ero something era blah blah blah but that doesn't change the fact that the dark topics it was portraying weren't significant at all.

Final thoughts: If you are someone who enjoys reading horror and disturbing manga that actually have a plot and bring some usefulness to the dark topics being portrayed, this is not the manga for you. If you just like dark things and don't' care for plot or actually well written stories, then fuck it. Go read this. But reevaluate your taste after cause stories like this aren't enjoyable, they're not even disturbing, just disgusting.