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79. Variante - Requiem for the World (15.5 points)
Nominated by: Wicklebee (3/5 remaining)
https://imgur.com/gallery/ilTgPpo

Importance: 2.5
Fear: 6
Snake: 7

Variante is a great manga and a great piece of body horror that explores what it means to be human, invoking the greatest films in the genre like Hellraiser and The Fly. The story goes Hosho Aiko, a normal young girl who comes home one day to find her entire family slaughtered by a strange monster, is then killed herself. This is when things start to get weird however, as Aiko is brought back to life with a strange new ability in her arm, leading Aiko to struggle with her identity and cope with her dangerous new power. The artwork in this series is incredible, and it gets especially creative with the design of Aiko's arm, which grows more grotesque and otherworldly as the manga progresses. Aiko is a great character and it's easy to empathize with her, as she grows stronger throughout the story and becomes less of a pushover and people-pleaser due to her circumstances. Yet, Aiko is tragic and glimpsing her past memories and attempts to rejoin society makes her an inherently sad character.

Besides the ending feeling a little rushed, Variante is a great read throughout with awesome body horror, fun twists, and flawed characters that make always make for the best horror stories.
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http://tinyurl.com/zqwzc9a - https://imgur.com/a/OcdhKKR