Jigokusei Remina

Description

From Brolen:
This is a horror/sci-fi story about a giant planet consuming creature from another dimension that a scientist discovers and mistakenly identifies as a planet. Being given the honor to name it as its discover, the professor chooses to name it after his only daughter, Remina, but when Hellstar Remina is headed on a direct collision course with Earth the world goes nuts and all the people in the city start a witch hunt to kill Remina, thinking she is somehow to blame.

Note: Won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia in 2021. Junji Ito also won the Best Writer/Artist Eisner award for Remina and Venus in the Blind Spot in 2021.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Army of One

Cehennem Yıldızı Remina

Estrella Maligna Remina

Hell Star Remina

Hellstar Lemina

Hellstar Remina

Jigokusei Lemina

Planeta Demoníaco Remina

Remina

Remina - L'astro infernale

Remina: Gwiazda Piekieł

Звезда Ада Рэмина

Реміна

เรมิน่า ดาวมรณะ

地狱星

地狱星Remina

地獄星レミナ

지옥별 레미나

Groups Scanlating

4chan

Brolen

DANIEL.AU

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.Extra (end) by DANIEL.AU 15 years ago

v.1 c.6 by DANIEL.AU 15 years ago

v.1 c.5 by DANIEL.AU 15 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 6.8 / 10.0 (308 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.75 / 10.0

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Last Updated

December 13th, 2024 3:27am PST - 4 months ago

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Genre

Horror Mature Psychological Sci-fi Seinen Tragedy
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Author(s)

ITOU Junji

Artist(s)

ITOU Junji

Year

2005

Original Publisher

Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)

Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (1 Volume - Complete)

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3 Month Pos #3125

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6 Month Pos #4938

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Year Pos #6717

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List Stats

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On 262 wish lists

On 894 completed lists

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Very fun read if you're a fan of cosmic horror!

by sweetdevil
1 year ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This is a very fun story that you can read quickly in one sitting. It's best enjoyed if you go into it more for the concept than the characters, and if you're relatively familiar with the way Lovecraft (who's a huge influence on Ito) constructs his stories. As with Lovecraft, the characters aren't that important (most of his stories have basically the same type of narrating protagonist), and are mostly one-dimensional and serve one purpose: to highlight the idea—which, in this case, is "how would humanity react to a planet-consuming alien organism approaching Earth?"

Of course, Ito puts his own cultural twist on it, with Remina Oguro being paraded around as an idol simply because of her coincidental name (to the profit of her talent agency), and with the cult-like fanaticism born out of both idolization and despair. It helps if you think of her as more of a pretext than a character; while she isn't responsible for the havoc that Hellstar Remina wreaks, humanity does, ironically, entrust her with their fate.

The art is much better than Ito's usual fare, simply because this, like Uzumaki, makes heavy use of landscapes. In general (aside from a few exceptions), Ito has very same-y character models and his backgrounds don't tend to get the spotlight much, but here we have many two-page spreads and separate panels to really take in the horrifying beauty of the Hellstar Remina. Quite the treat!

Once again: heavily recommended if you're a fan of Lovecraft and cosmic horror. I think you'll find it enjoyable, provided you aren't looking for a deep character- or hard logic-driven piece, and just want to see a good ol' insane Ito plot with a Lovecraftian flavor. Basically: don't think about it too hard, just sit back and enjoy the pulpy show.

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Unique

by Choror
2 years ago

Rating: N/A

Even though it's not the best of Junji Ito's works, it's still pretty good all things considered. The basic idea behind this manga is so original it carries the whole thing by itself.

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Jigokusei Remina

by [deleted member]
5 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Story: 4/10
Art: 7/10
Characters: 3/10
Quality Polish Edition: 6/10
Enjoyment: 4/10
Overall: 4.8/10

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Okay for horror fans

by takitogr
14 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Can't say that i didn't enjoy it but it's not a very good manga tbh...
The characterisation is quite bad...the characters feel very one-dimensional and were not developed at all...The way everybody turned against remina was hardly believable and happened too fast...once again junji ito leaves aspects of the plot unexplained not because he wanted the readers to find out the answers but because he's not a v.good storyteller to come up with equally bizarre explanations to the bizarre and otherwordly situations he's describing...

he's disregarding basic laws of astronomy in this manga plus i didn't think the identity of the masked man was satisfying or logical....at times the story feels silly but it also feels scary and gross (mainly due to art) which is good

Don't blame me, i'm a fan of junji ito and love his art which i find scary, haunting and skilled...the facial expressions are always perfect and i always loved the way he draws women but this not something you would suggest to someone...i would give it a 6 but i enjoyed it more than that; therefore the 7

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6 For Originallity

by meowyyaoi
14 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Really... science-fictiony, but definately not a horror, sorry. I was disappointed. There is an extra oneshot included, "An Army of One" and that is wonderfully dark.

Recomended for those who enjoy the apocalypse and sci-fi all around.

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Not the best one out there

by Famas
14 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The author is pretty good in horror genre. However he's better with one-shots than prolonged stories such as this (he can make and exploit one interesting idea pretty well but to write an actual long story with people is a bit beyond his abilities). I can recommend it only to those who already like him from his previous one-shots and Uzumaki.

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