Sep 4, 2022
Don't overthink this. People may throw many many interpretations to Kami no Kodomo as a great and mature work of art. But what lies beneath is just edgy and shock factor material, that doesn't bring anything substantial to the table.
The story follows "Child's God", a kid who had a disturbing and lonely childhood, and grows to be a twisted adult years later. From property damage and killing to beating witnessing and abusing, Child finds himself surrounded by minor boys, whom learn "loving" through his visions, which of course, isn't nowhere to be find in the normal and sane area.
After a series of disturbances
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across town, he gets arrested by the same boys, along with one who escaped and had his girlfriend beaten by Child's orders. He then is murdered and eaten by hogs, disappearing from earth.
As stated previously, the manga relies heavily on poor shock symbolism because, you know... being gruesome is profound in the vision of a edgy Slipknot fan who uses Johan Liebert icon on twitter. It's just meaningless and becomes dull every time it tries hard to get itself serious. When actually very few interesting events actually occur in Kami no Kodomo.
The art isn't really outstanding, but it is good in creating a schizo atmosphere. That works, but not in the right way. The chapters are short, so that this manga can be completed in a course of 1-2 hours, depending of one's pace. After ending, a sense of weirdness comes. No deep messages are shown, but if you think about it in the child abandonment and violence critic, it can be something interesting. It doesn't last long though, since it just goes to the edgy side, and it becomes more and more evident as the chapters pass in story.
If only it had better use of its imagery, Kami no Kodomo could be way different. But if you like this kind of work, have a good read.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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