Gannibal by Masaaki Ninomiya Vol. 1-2

    Gannibal by Masaaki Ninomiya is a horror manga that follows Daigo Agawa, a police officer from the city. He's moved from his post in the city out to Kuge village, a small town on the countryside. He was forced to move after an incident in the city that left his daughter, Mashiro, mute and scarred. The previous police officer of the village mysteriously went missing and a lot of suspicion is focused on the Goto family because of their violent nature and odd traditions. Daigo investigates the recent death of an old woman in the Goto family and uncovers more clues about the death of his predecessor along the way. He tries to settle into the village but soon learns how the differently the town runs from normal society. All of this unfolds while a mysterious, cannibalistic figure follows in the background, only jumping in when needed to either stop Daigo from discovering secrets or to protect him from the Goto family. Will Daigo solve the mystery and stop the violence happening in this odd, small town?
    I really enjoyed this book, but I do have a word of caution. As I read into volume two, I was surprised to find an explicit scene from pages 177-178. There are also other gruesome scenes that you would expect with a book of the horror genre. I also found inappropriate language. Overall, just a mature book that you probably don't need to read. With all that aside though, the art is very well done, the world building is great along with the story and characters. I would recommend this book, but only to much more mature audiences.
    The book does a great job building suspense and showing emotion on the characters. The characters make a lot of development that is seen within short periods. The story seems like it may be leading towards a supernatural aspect as the hidden, cannibalistic figure is becoming more fleshed out. I would love to see where this story goes but I'm only about halfway through the third book. Maybe I'll do a later blog post updating on the story. Either way, I like where the series is headed and I think that there could be a lot of interesting ways that this story could lead. I look forward to reading further.

-Alton

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