Contains Some Spoilers. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show, also known as Shōjo Tsubaki or Midori, shouldn’t be read unless a person is comfortable with the bizarre aspects of horror manga.It isn’t necessarily all blood, gore, and scare tactics, but rather, horror manga tends to abandoned reality for its own twisted set of rules. Suehiro Maruo - Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show This is perhaps the most popular work of all Suehiros mangas. The plot to me felt like an really sad desperate romantic tale (despite that this is ero-guro genre). Arashi's Amazing Freak Show Shoujo Tsubaki (Japanese) 地下幻燈劇画少女椿 (Japanese) Creator: Suehiro Maruo: Genres: Drama, Horror, Psychological: Age Group: Adults Only (Contains explicit sexual content) Vintage: May 2, 1992 Status: Completed: Summary.

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Synonyms: Midori, Camelia Girl

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Chapters: 8

Published: Sep 13, 1984

Authors:Maruo, Suehiro (Story & Art)

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The series is about an orphan girl named Midori, whom is taken in (enslaved) by a traveling freak show. The freak show includes such unsavory characters as a mummyman, a snake woman, and a drooling man with no limbs. The owner of the freak show, the eponymous Mr. Arashi, is a strict man who allows his freaks very little freedom or joy in life. He is especially cruel to Midori. Midori works, not as a freak since she is normal, but as a sort of caretaker of the freaks.
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Shoujo Tsubaki was published in English as Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show by Blast Books on January 14, 1993.
The manga was adapted into a Japanese live-action film directed by TORICO that was screened on May 21, 2016.

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Midori

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Wonder Masamitsu

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Tokkuriji, Muchisute

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Kanabun

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Snake Woman

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Jirou

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Midori's Mother

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8 of 8 chapters read

DevilManKaz(All reviews)

9 people found this review helpful

Surprised this manga doesn't have more reviews.
Read this manga if you fall under one of these categories-
1. You like to explore weird stuff
2. If you like ero guro.
There is nothing else here, absolutely nothing. It is a weird, revolting, and horrifying story that hooks you in till the end. It left me traumatized, but man do I want to read more of this mangaka. Personally, I like exploring the works of controversial figures, so I'll definitely check out his other work.
If you're like me go ahead and give this a read, but be sure to have r/eyebleach on the side. You're gonna need it.

8 of 8 chapters read

Sailorsakuramew(All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

Before you decide on reading this manga, just be aware of some triggers that are present within the story:
1. There is a r*pe scene (the chapter ends before the reader can see anything but, I feel it is important to know).
2. In almost all the chapters, one can clearly see acts of gro*ming and ped*philia.
3. It is very gory from the beginning.
At the end of the day, it is a horror manga, however, still, take this into consideration before going into it!
(Personal review)
Story-wise, if you decide that this manga is not for you, I am happy to inform you that you are not missing out on much. The story is shallow and it is;t particularly interesting nor scary. In the end, it will leave you with more questions than answers and an extreme need to bleach your eyes.

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There is no question; Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show is only for the experienced horror lovers. It can be quite hard on the readers, quite graphic and there are some pretty triggering scenes as well. Midori, a young orphan girl is taken by Mr. Arashi, the owner of a traveling freak show. She is not really kept in desirable conditions.
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