EponymousKid
Since: Jan, 2001
11/21/2010 00:00:00
I just don't know. Personally, I have a very hard time... forgetting things. Particularly things that disturb me. Some people really don't have any trouble sleeping after they read a scary story, but me... eugh. That's part of the reason I stopped reading this (though I maintain to this day that I was one of the first to discover it).
Essentially, I think it's a wonderful series and I hardly regret reading what I have of it. It's just not for me.
flyboy254
Since: Jan, 2001
12/06/2010 00:00:00
Agreed with the above comment! You need to be Joker-level nuts to get by a few things in this series!
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Enjoyably disturbing
Even though I had previously deadened my senses to insane amounts of gore and violence through two lovely inventions called movies and video games, I still have to admit the uncomfortable twinges I got from reading this series for the first time. Mind you, I had read violent manga before (Hellsing in all its gory glory comes to mind), but this wasn't played for thrills or perverse humor). Franken Fran definitely falls into the category of horror, and with good reason. The main character is a twisted psycho despite having a drive to preserve life, and she surrounds herself with fantastically grotesque companions and situtations (often of her own design).
The shocks and WTF twists in every chapter are what make this series so enjoyable, because you'll never know when the Outer Limits Twist or Tomato In The Mirror will show up. And even then, it's not sure if it'll be played straight or twisted into a subversion pretzel. After a while the sheer terror of reading chapter after Body Horror-infused chapter wore off, I started to look at the story more, which is really good. Fran has some good relationships with the people she knows, trying to keep all of them friendly, especially with her sister. And even when she tries to help someone, it'll be from a genuinely altruistic desire (lack of medical ethics notwithstanding). And the art isn't bad either. I caught myself looking at a particularly gruesome scene and marveled at how detailed the internal organs looked.
So try and see where it takes you. If you are a hardened jaded shell like me, you might like the crazy story and characters. If you're into this sort of thing, you could get the same perks plus a bonus or two.