8.1: Yamada Yuusuke Gekijou

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The first thing I noticed when I started on this series was the quality of the artwork- the artful usage of strong contrasting worked perfectly to bring out the main focal points of each page- something I haven't seen in the mangas I've read. The art-style is very bold and minimalist- a nice combination that makes reading pleasant on the eyes.

Character-wise, I cannot say much since at point of writing, only 2 chapters have been released.

Because snuff film-esque plots are always eccentric and depraved, it also means that such a niche area would prove the worthiness of the authors to show whether they can ... make or break it to produce a quality piece of work.

Overall, this is definitely an anime that's right up my alley- I already anticipate further situations imposed by the council of sadists; they'd be perfect intellectual fodder for my psychological dissection needs :P

This review was written the day before a final exam day, so please do forgive some errors.

After I got back from the library, I decided to read some new manga. I was looking through some random manga until I saw 8.1 Yamada Yuusuke Gekijou. This manga looked promising, and it got me hooked.

Story
Story looks all right. Its similar to psychological manga except there is no use for the brain (so far). A couple gets into some twisted game with many other people, and chaos begins.The people subjected to this game are placed in ridiculous situations that practically ensures their deaths. Although it is too early ... to tell, a plot that introduces such elements (guaranteed death) must mean there is some way out. And the reason for the existence of the said 'game' is what keeps me interested.

Art was really good. This was one major factor why i decided to read this manga.

Enjoyment
I got up twice with tears in my eyes because of how epic this was.

Overall
All in all this manga is pretty damn good. I got hooked, and i dont regret it.

I did not expect this manga to be... like this, I know the Author but I haven't even read any of his manga's I only have couple in my plan to reads, so this manga was solely based on the discription that I didn't finish reading, I just saw the words horror and roller coasters so I thought maybe just main characters will be stuck there for days trying to survive or something with no way out, but it was different.
8.1: Yamada Yuusuke Gekijou is a compilation of 5 stories

First Story: (4/10)
After reading the first one, not gonna lie I was kinda disapointed it was ... really generic and open ended, after reading you will get what I am saying, it was generic and kinda anticlimacting but still a fun read

Second Story: (3/10)
Yeah the second one was I would say bad, it was just a nothing burger, we just got straight to the story and it completely changed it's horror aspect, like from the death game it went to ghost story, and yeah it's fine ghost stories can be great, but this one was just....nothing

Third Story: (4/10)
Some might enjoy it more, but to me it was, I don't know maybe way too quick, like it had a cool concept, but it couldn't deliver.

Fourth Story: (7.5/10)
Could have been a lot higher, if it continued, I really liked this chapter, the main character was weird but interesting, there was mystery, and suspense, the main problem I have is that, at the best moment it just, ends, and when you expect that the chapter sixwill be it's continuation you get....

Final Story (4.5/10)
It was not bad, I was hoping for the ending of fourth story but whatever, the concept was interesting, but I didn't care enough for the characters to feel anything, the ending seemed cool, but we don't get any explanation on....anything so yeah, not bad, but again, nothing special.

Overall (5/10)
It was a nice read, with good potential, unfortunately most of the authors works aren't translated, but if there are some, I am looking forward to read them as well.