440https://i.ur.com/BcPhOTC.png Ibitsu is a horror manga by Haruto Ryouhttps://anilist.co/staff/104384/HarutoRyou. Its not a mystery its not a thriller its not psychological its just straight up horror. In the sense that there is a horrifying monster and the entire purpose or goal of our characters is to succeed or fail in escaping its murderous rampage unharmed. This is without a doubt not a unique story at all. Theres a creepy person hanging around at night. Oh now that Ive interacted with them they seem to have become obsessed with me and started stalking me. I sure hope this doesnt escalate If youre looking for an original or interesting story with well developed and fleshed out characters... I have some bad news for you. 440https://i.ur.com/JZYpREn.png This is a slasherhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slasherfilm. And I should add that it is completely unrepentant about it as well. Like I could just go ahead and spend this entire review going... No person would actually respond to this woman. They would immediately run away at full speed on first contact. The police are completely fucking flippant and basically tells two teenagers to fuck off when they try and actually get help because a murderous psychopath is stalking and attacking them. Why would they ever think going to an abandoned mental hospital in the dead of night is a good idea? Why was the cell phone unable to send a message if there was reception and how did the monster woman know about it? But with things of this sort you just need to shut your brain off about that sort of thing. If youve read any of my previous reviews that may or may not come off as incredibly hypocritical since I tend to deconstruct and tear entire series apart via questions like those but... again this is a fucking slasher. You dont sit down and view a slasher for the plot. 440https://i.ur.com/iGw0T2H.png For the record the thing where the monster character is like RIGHT next to the character thats hiding and is forcing to keep themselves from screaming is probably one of my favorite things. Usually you sit down to watch the slasher terrorize and murder these characters. Probably the best case scenario is actually being interested or wanting to see the tables be turned on the slasher or the very least one or more of the characters actually escaping safe and sound. The execution of Ibitsu is basically its saving grace. The gothic lolita little sister is a massively tall and intimidating presence. She oozes creepiness. Its a cheap and almost stereotypical creepiness but it works nonetheless. Shes weird shes creepy shes disgusting and she is a psychopath. And of course as a slasher she is fully equipped and prepared to carry out her purpose. 440https://i.ur.com/v7MtUCo.png It all depends on the execution and in my opinion it more or less is pretty great. The gores efficiently horrible and usually disgusting. Like the stuff that tends to usually get to me is more the bloodless stuff. Over the top explosions of blood are more fun than anything else for me at this point. But the thought of someone taking a sledge hammer and taking out my knee the exact moment I walk towards them... or like the part where she only hits JUST the side of the girls foot with the sledgehammer. Yeah no thanks Ill take decapitations severed limbs and blood explosions any day This is of course humorous hyperbole I genuinely would rather not be decapitated either. 440https://i.ur.com/htR6AVR.png But yeah if you want to read something pretty entertaining and your idea of being entertained includes getting disgusted and viewing a bunch of horrific gore and violence I would certainly recommend Ibitsu. Ultimately some stuff didnt work for me and I think that final chunk of the story would have worked a lot better if it had been extended... Ibitsu was surprisingly enjoyable for what it is. And apart from the generally enjoyable creepiness or chase scenes there is some stuff I really love in this thing. I give Ibitsu a 7 out of 10. Its not amazing but its not bad. Its fun. And to be frank I could do with some more fun horror if Im gonna be honest. A sledgehammer wielding murderous little sister who gets by on a diet primarily consisting of dog soup. Im down with it 440https://i.ur.com/Y45X2AG.png