Category Freaks: Volume 1

by Sakurako Gokurakuin

Book Overview

From the creator of Aquarian Age comes a dark and occult adventure. Asagi Nanami is the director of Nanami Paranormal Investigations, where his supernatural assistants Naoki Amano, Tokiko and her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588993000
• ISBN13: 9781588993007
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Dr. Master Productions Inc.
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

For those of you with sensitive eyes...

I picked up this book, hearing some wonderful stories about it, and I have not picked it up since. The story is okay, I think the artwork could have been better (my book felt like it was printed on newspaper paper; was that only mine?) and when it says 18+, it MEANS 18+. I would not recommend this for anyone younger than 18, for sure. The author even joked in the back (I don't remember if it was this book or the sequel) about how much nudity there was. I think it would have been nice to know just what the rating was before I bought it!!

beautiful horror

It's really hard to rate this book, because if you read it by itself, it makes little sense and comes across as a hodgepodge of different stories mashed together that just happens to have the same main characters. It wasn't before reading Volume 2 and 3 that I really came to appreciate the first, because they began to reference the first book. If you look at it in the tradition of Japanese Horror, you'll enjoy it much more for its lack of coherence, and after reading the other books, you'll begin to wonder what else will have significance later. This manga is not, in any way, appropriate for younger readers, especially in the next volumes. It is, most certanly, a beautifully twisted story.

LOVE IT

i love this manga ^_^ its like a horror mystery kind of thing. there is a little bit of adult content and its not made for lil kids but any one who liked 'The Wanderer' or 'Vampire Princess Miyu' could like this. in fact it reminds me of 'The Wanderer' if nothing else flip through it and dont let the lil brother get it :D

Some people are delusional

I get the impression that I and the person who wrote the first review were reading two different books. Sakurako Gokurakuin is probably best known for JUVENILE ORION: Aquarian Age, and not yaoi/shounen-ai. This is not hentai AT ALL. There is some nudity and allusions to sex, but not enough to be called hentai; not even close. This manga is, however, extremely bloody and violent, so parents should pay attention to the age rating. I, for one, love Sakurako's artwork and recommend this as a thoroughly enjoyable NON-HENTAI, horror manga.