"The Voices That Call Me" is a one-shot that defines the term 'abysmal'.
It is one thing to create a story with horrible artwork, dialogue, characterisation and themes, but it is another to marry your turd with morally reprehensible scenes which exist for no reason but to shock and appal the reader. By the end of these worthless thirty pages I certainly felt shocked, but not because of the rape, castration and murder-- but because I couldn't understand why anyone would think it OK to publish such a pile of shite.
Allow me to explain the deep, intricate story found in the torturous thirty pages
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Alternative TitlesSynonyms: The Voices That Call Me Japanese: 呼ぶ声 InformationType: One-shot
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: 1
Status: Finished
Published: 2000
Genre:
Mystery
Theme:
Psychological
Serialization:
Manga Erotics F Authors:
Yamamoto, Naoki (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #191452 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #12967
Members: 1,219
Favorites: 2 | Reviews
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Your Feelings Categories Aug 25, 2013
This is the first manga I have ever rated a "1" so far. I love psychological stories and, while I know they are often confusing and do not always have clear conclusions or lines between reality and make-believe, "The Voices That Call Me" just has absolutely nothing going for it. It is very confusing, has an extremely open ended ending with almost absolutely nothing having been accomplished, has a lot of pointless philosophical banter that goes on for about 6 or 7 pages, and it's also kind of a hentai.
Let me rephrase that for anyone quickly skimming through here, this one shot is extremely explicit ... Jan 16, 2017
A brief and entertaining one-shot for those who understand firstly that this is bizarre and explicit. Other reviewers seem to feel that there's nothing going for the story meaning-wise to justify, in a sense, the goings-on. It's one thing for a manga to entertain through strange happenings, but when a manga attempts to directly philosophize it and bring meaning to it, the audience suddenly shrinks. I'd actually wager that if the mangaka took a more subtle approach it might've connected better with people, as while we all understand words on a basic level, we don't all understand things well through the same use of them.
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