Ranked #7055

Uroboros no Wa (Manga)

I bet you've already received a letter or e-mail that sais send this to your friends and this and that will happen, you'll be happy, get what you want or you'll be sad, unlucky, loose your money. Uroboros no Wa is about a letter like this, what you should copy and give it to two of your precious friends or you'll be cursed.

Story 7: This is a quite good story to begin with. A cursed letter, what if you don't send on, you'll be cursed.
But if you received a letter, who would you send on to or why? Because of jelousy, anger, revange or just to selfishly save your own life even if you have to sacrifice your best friend?
If you read the synopsis you would think this must be a good horror manga, but then you'll be disappointed. There are just a few bloody scenes and the plot isn't really concerning about how the victims are cursed. I missed the terrifying parts very much or some more supernatural parts. In spite of this, the story wasn't that bad, just it could have been better.

Art 9: The art was great, the best part of the manga. Female hair are beautifully drawn just flowing softly through the scenes, also the backgrounds are well made. Girl are cute boys are handsome so there isn't anything that I can complaing about. But I just gave it a 9, because there were some parts that weren't the same quality as the rest.

Character 6: Just as always, the boy, who is in love with his childhood friend, but haven't told her yet. The girl, that lives the next door, just satisfied by being close to the boy she likes. And the girl's best friend who is secretly in love with the boy. They have to solve the mystery around the curesed letters. There isn't any impressing part in them.
Ops... I forgot the young and clever teacher who acts like a big brother to everyone, especially with his real brother, the main boy...

Enjoyment 6: I did enjoyed it at some point, but I read it at night,and it wasn't scarry at all, so I only give this a 6. But still liked it, because mangas with great artwork always make a big impresson on me. I don't really know why. But after reading it, I'll rethink about reading suspicious e-mails sent by an unknown person.

Overall 7: Well who expect a scarry, horroristic and bloody manga, I'll have to disappoint you. But if you like shoujo romance you will find yourself enjoying this 6 chapters. read more

There isn't really a lot to say about Uroboros no Wa. No one takes chain letters seriously anymore. Can you do that for a manga about them? Well, let us elucidate a few things first.

First of all. it's not six chapters. It's two volumes, of six chapters each. Each volume is a stand alone story, with a single character connecting those two. Secondly..Horror? You'd be disappointed. Shoujo? Why, yes. Especially the second volume's romance is rather decent.

Talking about the first volume, you can't really expect some real character development in a six chapters story. There's a girl surrounded by bishounen's. She's into her friend who's always there for her, but she isn't too reluctant to make out with -someone- else in the meanwhile. There are people who get jealous. And there is a cursed letter. If you receive it, you should pass it on to a couple of friends; or you'll be cursed, and this time it's real. Personally, I would have liked the teacher character to be the voice of logic, instead of readily accepting the existence of such things as curses, but oh well. You don't need me to spoil what lies beneath the cursed letters. If you've seen any japanese horror movie (or something like that), you should know.

The second volume takes us a year later. This time around, Masami-kun, the youngest of the three bishounen brothers, is the main character. He's still the headstrong teen that will go after the girl he likes, no matter what. The artwork is the strongest point of this manga. And Shiori, the girl with the overprotective male around her, is really pretty. As Masami and Shiori get drawn together, they will have to deal with another curse. Only this time, the curse isn't used to fail in scaring us. It is making us sympathise with the young lovers instead. It is emphasising their feelings for each other, and Uroboros no Wa inches further closer towards the shoujo genre. Hooray.

Is it enjoyable? Sure, if you like short stories that involve romance, love triangles, some bullying. As for the "scary" moments? It will be as easy to forget them, as it is to delete a chain email. read more