Anne Freaks

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I was intrigued by the cover and decided to give Anne Freaks a try and it was well worth it and it's encouraged me to read some of Yua Kotegawa's other works.

The opening definitely drew me in as it introduces Yuri Kitagawa burying his mother which is definitely a good way to get someone to keep reading to find out his motive for killing his mother, while Yuri is disposing of his mothers body a mysterious girl (Anna Todou) offers to help him if he promises her to kill her father and as the story progresses we learn more about the characters and the cult ... that her father belongs to (The Kakusei Group) it's a decent plot and doesn't get boring as you read on but it's nothing ground-breaking which is fine due to it being short.

Due to Anne Freaks being quite short a lot of aspects such as character development and the plot feel a bit huddled together but it's not a bad thing because while reading I was still enjoying it regardless of it's small but not major faults.

The art is quite good as well which is an added bonus.

As I continued to read I found myself getting invested in the characters and their revenge against the Kakusei Group and the plot remained interesting throughout and I really enjoyed it for what it is.

There's also some humour thrown in as well although sometimes it works well and other times it feels slightly out of place.

If you want a nice short interesting read with a bit of romance, violence and psychological aspects Anne Freaks will deliver and it's worth the read.

This manga does not disappoint, the story will get you invested fast just like the authors other work. While I wished for another ending, the story is quite well written and it never goes off the main story arc, and when it does it shows you the stories of other characters and what their intentions are, well sort of, since you are let to guess until the very end if there would be a double crossing. One thing that I liked, is the fact that even though it deals with murders and violence and crimes, you have an easy time to read it, so you'll ... get to question yourself like why are you enjoying something like this? But don't think that you won't be shocked or moved by the actions in this manga. The characters are a interesting as you witness their descent into madness and a false idea of revenge. But the humor the author tried to put in this manga didn't click with the overall atmosphere. But still for me it's a solid 9 for a psychological thriller(since this isn't really a mystery) manga. It's isn't comparable to Kimi no Knife, which I consider the author's best work and one of the best manga's ever written, but it's still unique as it's more reality based then any other psychological thriller that usually goes into supernatural.

Ugh why did the ending have to be darn abrupt?!?! 😡😡😡😡

Anyways it’s about a “bae” murderer Anna who pretty much partners up with a guy Yuri who drops out of school and Mitsuba who’s family got killed by a certain cult called the Kakusei Group , joins in her rampant killings. That also includes the pastor (ex cult member of that group) and Moe (who loved her mother and trained Anna from an early age). I have to say character development in this old skool manga was good enough but I think I have to give huge credit though to the character Nishikama cause my ... god, she is a badass inspector that I hardly see in cop action stories. I just wish though that the whole manga wasn’t rushed because I see it as a potential to be something that any action genre fan would enjoy!

Regardless it is worth the read for anyone who isn’t afraid of gore to check out!