Portus was the first Horror manga I ever read. Maybe that is the reason why it was so impacting on me. It's a one volume book and the storyline is extremely unique. It is a story about revenge, friends, love, and despair.
A lot of the time I could feel the character's fear as I read it. The facial expressions were drawn with such fine detail.
The horrific images that the characters see can disturb you even though they are just simply drawings. I feel that the author did a great job in bringing this story to life. There is only so much you can show
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: ポルタス More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 11
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 5, 2006
Demographic:
Seinen
Serialization:
Young Sunday (Weekly) Authors:
Abe, Jun (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #182512 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #3808
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Mar 18, 2012
Portus was given to me by a friend who bought it on a whim because the front looked like something I'd enjoy. Upon unwrapping it and reading it I found out that judging a book by it's cover is a bad bad thing.
While the art was interesting and the story was fairly complex, it just did not hook me into it. I ended up abandoning it several times and picking it back up after forgetting why I stopped reading it. The ending was somewhat expected on my part, while I wont give away any spoilers. Let's just say about mid way into the story you could ... 
Jul 8, 2020
Strongly disliked this manga.
For some reason I expected a lot from this one. I remember it was hyped very hard in the horror manga community when I was in high school (or at least I remember it was) but I hadn't read it until now. I was very let down. I feel like I must have been mixed it up with something else or everyone who hyped this has shit taste. Not sure if I'm stupid and the plot was too complex for my small ADHD brain or if the plot just didn't make much sense at all. It did not keep me engaged. Found it ... 
Dec 11, 2022
Portus is essentially one of those "cursed video game" creepypastas but in a manga format. At least, it starts like that. But explaining the story would be no good. Suffice to say it was quite enjoyable, with good pacing, and better than what I initially expected.
Art-wise, the scenarios are detailed and eerie, with a cinematic quality to them. The... let's call them ghost photography parts of the illustrations... are disturbing but in a nostalgic way for horror enthusiasts. They're the kinda found footage editions you see online for SCP objects but because this is all in an almost realistic manga style, they sell the idea ... 
Feb 9, 2021
I have a very boring experience from reading Portus.
As mentioned in another review, the story seems overly complex because the author mixed too many themes and plots together. I think the narrative appears elaborated but it's actually a very simplistic story. In other words : it's artificially complex. Some events are completely forced to try to shock the reader but oh dear it's not shocking at all, when it happens you just wonder why suddenly the characters act like that. Drawings are bad. Very bad. If you have a few notions of drawing, or at least used to look at good art, you'll see ... |
