Reviews for The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins

What originally began as an intriguing memory loss mystery thriller premise with a 7 Deadly Sins motif quickly degraded to a monotonous repetitive torture porn entirely relying on shock factor and nonsensical volatile plot twists. While I didn't particularly like Takopi's Original Sin overall, the emotional gut punches there were at least coherent & to the point with somewhat llkeable protagonists. Ontop of comically evil school kids, there's not a single likeable character here or ANYTHING even worth remembering. The only thing that will remain in your head is the snot cheese tears that the author loves to draw whenever a character is even remotelysad. Taizan has this gifted ability of presenting you with a scrumptious-looking burger only for you to bite into it - realizing human feces were in between the buns.

>Tsubasa wakes up from a "dream"

>Tries to find out what his family members are doing

>Sota gives ominous and cryptic dialogue

>Random nonsensical plot twist

>Convoluted mess gets messier and more convoluted

>"Woaahhhhh peak fiction"

>Repeat for every chapter; even towards THE VERY END.

I despise this manga for undermining any emotional connection with the characters. The predictable and relentless stream of problems robbed the story of depth and impact, making it challenging to empathize with any character or plot point. Taizan's rushed storytelling and a relentless quest for shock value left me feeling overwhelmed and disenchanted. The blame partially falls on the rigid structure of weekly serialization, but the primary responsibility rests with the mangaka's inability to maintain a balanced and engaging narrative. The potential for exploring deep themes about family was squandered, leaving me frustrated and disappointed. The author's previous success in a more flexible format Jump+ highlights the challenges of weekly serialization. While some may hope for improvement in the future, the damage is already done. In the end, Ichinose failed to live up to expectations, and the blame falls on both the author and the constraints of the weekly publication schedule. It's a story that could have been so much more but ultimately left readers feeling disillusioned.

Undoubtedly one of the most aggravating weekly experiences ever.

I'm still yet to process my thoughts on this manga, but time hasn't given me an answer. I've read every Taizan-5 work (except a miscellaneous one-shot), and I've come to grips with his narrative style, his themes, and his way of telling stories. Purposeful messiness, as I like to call it. “Ichinose-ke no Taizai” was easily the best the author had to offer up to this point. A narrative that messes with your head, purposefully putting you in a confused state, in which you need to piece together “What the hell happened to this family?”. It had comedy, tragedy, themes about family, friendships, and howit all helps one cope with a sad life that doesn't reign any fruits. It was stellar, and I still feel that it was stellar, even until the ending. Nobody seems to like the ending, and even state it was Axed, but that doesn't make any sense. The story came to an end, and the mess the family got into was resolved, even if it wasn't satisfying.

The story, as most Taizan-5's works, is about an innocent blindness. The eyes of somebody who doesn't know reality, and is kept in the dark because of a million reasons. Amnesia, a whole family, a seemingly broken home, with a framing of Inception. It was a banger, the entire time, wondering what was real, what wasn't, or if it mattered at all. How are the dreams connected? How is any of this happening to begin with? Why isn't this person here anymore? It answered with what you wanted, and another question, while still revealing REALITY. That's the point of this story. It wasn't about a cathartic ending that solved every question, but one that gave motive to the madness. The real story, is about learning why we're here, and going back to how things are.

I compare this story to “Sonny Boy”. A masterful story that delivers a thematic, even if abstract, gut-punch because of how hard it is for characters to change. It wasn't entirely well received, even called pretentious, or stupidly complicated by the community. Stories like this need to exist. Tales about the realities of escapism, about recognizing the faults in one-self, and sure, it wasn't perfect. Some parts left me more confused than intrigued, and once I got what it meant, it still didn't make sense from a logical standing. Some of these stories get abstract, and some parts get changed to fit a newer direction, which it did greatly.

The characters and art are probably what I loved the most here. Everybody has such a big motive to be where they are. The generational pain, how families push the members into becoming terrible versions of themselves, and how even by recognizing that, nothing gets fixed… yet. The art has this playful, but deceivingly disturbing aspect to it, where you feel that it could all go horribly wrong at a flip of a page. As if I anticipated a jumpscare, or a flip that could destroy me, similar to “Takopi's Original Sin”. It's so beautiful, with such detail in the eyes, and the shine on them. Extremely expressive, beautiful, with some beautiful spreads, and thematic meaning to every panel.

I love this manga, which is something I realized while writing this. I didn't wanna be the weird guy who gives it a positive review when everybody seems to hate it or be mixed on it after the ending. Don't care. This manga is a damn near masterpiece that talks about family in one of the most realistic ways I've ever seen. It isn't a series of tragic events which fragments it, it's a matter of personalities, and negative aspects carried by the past. Will a little trip fix it? No, but it's all you need, a step in the right direction. I'll miss the family, but specially Tsubasa. One of my favorite protagonists in recent memory.

9.3/10. Again, it does have some faults that can't allow me to give it a 10/10, specially how some aspects weren't used for the ending. Still, I wish for people to give it a chance. Taizan-5 is an incredible author.

• PREFACE Mangaka Taizan-5 debut in our beloved Weekly Shōnen Jump was received with high expectations. The young author began his career with ''A Story After Everything Went Well'', a one-shot published in 2020, and soon afterwards published two other good one-shots;''Hero Complex'' and ''Kiss Shitai Otoko''. But it was in 2021 that he achieved his first success, in his very first serialization, the excellent ''Takopii no Genzai''. His fantastic art style together with his engaging narrative ensured the young author's initial success, and his new publication in Japan's biggest comics magazine was a sure bet by Jump's editorial staff, who seemed to have found anoutstanding talent, it was unlikely to turn out wrong. Unfortunately, that's what ended up happening. Due his incapacity in some aspects, in others because of external circumstances beyond his control. What went wrong with Taizan-san's new work, and why did it go wrong? Is Taizan-五 a deceptive farce and its stories were never any good? Was Ichinose Family a horrible, shitty work that past the damn time to be canceled? Perhaps editorial and public pressure has hampered the progress which has been treated unfairly? I don't know, maybe we'll find out. And before you, the spoiled and immature reader who treats your favorite story as a personality trait feel offended, I'm going to give you a trigger warning:

I DON'T LIKE Ichinose-ke no Taizai.

I have several problems with its narrative and I intend to elaborate on them in the following paragraphs. So if you're someone who gets frustrated at discovering that other people don't share your tastes and can only absorb positive things in your life as a poor, helpless little baby, avoid reading what I have to say. Now, if you don't like Ichinose Family, here you'll find refuge, come with me on this fun and enjoyable adventure that is talking shit about things.

• The First Sin - Overdrama

You see, my life is already a drama. It's extremely dramatic, I don't have any money, I don't have a car, no bitches, I haven't finished college yet, I'm not 1.90, I'm not famous and I was born Brazilian, it's not easy. I don't need more drama than necessary. Everyone loves a good dramatic and engaging story that you feel compelled to continue, chapter after chapter, and Ichinose's debut delivered just that, a promising world, art with personality and an interesting mystery to be solved. We see from the very first chapter that this close-knit family isn't all that close-knit, and that even before the accident and the loss of their collective memory, they already had a ton of problems and were far from being a happy family. And knowing Taizan-san's former work, it was nothing new to expect heavy themes and a family drama in the middle of this whole mess. And that's fine, despite the drama of my life, I still have more room to appreciate the drama of other lives, I love stories with heavy drama, everyone does. Now, there's a limit to everything, just as my personal drama is supported by my routine, I couldn't bear to see my problems tripled and repeated, again and again, without interruption. What I don't want for my life I don't want for my stories, and it's a narrative waste to destroy an entire dramatic construction by delivering one problem after another, without pause, and with more and more layers of problems interspersed.

I UNDERSTOOD, I must be sad Ichinose-ke no Taizai!!! I'm supposed to cry at this point, I'm supposed to be shocked, YES, SHIT, I didn't expect a story that delivers a different Plot Twist in EVERY chapter and escalates the protagonist's problems non-stop, to deliver another Plot Twist and another problem in the next chapter, you've really got me with my pants down this time. The biggest crime that an unpredictable story can commit is to become predictable, to naturalize the unexpected in such a way that everything becomes absurdly obvious. You know that nothing matters because every discovery is going to be emptied soon after by a different problem, you don't have time to breathe and internalize the problems that the story solves, because as soon as it's over you're faced with a new problem, even worse, more abrupt and even more confusing, and that's not the problem in itself, the problem is knowing that this new problem, which was the amplification of the past problem, will become outdated in 7 days with the release of a new chapter, which will make the urgency of this new situation pointless, because now I have another concern in front of me, which will also soon lose its validity, in another 7 days.

See that character? His life is sad, you have to care!!! See this situation? Look how bad it gets, look how bad it gets in the next chapter! Look at the incessant, artificial and infinite suffering imposed on our suffering and poor protagonist, our 2d poor soul, suffer with him I beg you pleaseee. That's what Ichinose-ke no Taizai tries to do every single chapter. It's not going to happen bud. I'm like a spoiled child who only does the opposite of what's asked, if you try to convey a message through insistence, it gets lost due to annoyance. I learned this when I was blocked by my ex-girlfriend who couldn't stand receiving anymore of my messages saying that I miss her.

• The Second Sin - Overplot-twist

We understand Ichinose's first major problem, the destruction of all immersion and empathy for the characters through overdrama, which stupidly naturalizes problems in such an idiotic way that any conflict delivered becomes extremely predictable and with no impact. Now let's discuss an aggravating factor, the overplot-twist. As if it wasn't enough to annoy me by pushing dramas with no weight on a weekly basis, Ichinose likes to spice things up with another annoyance, his twists.

Okay, now I don't have my memory, okay my brother is behind all this, no no, it's actually my grandmother, no, she's doing it only for my grandfather, it's my mother who's behind it, no no, it's actually none of those, it's someone else, okay now I'm actually dreaming and I'm in a coma, ok now I'm out of the coma but actually my coma was shared with the dreams of my life and everything was real, ok now I know that someone is manipulating my coma and my family's memories, ok my brother actually has another family, oops, this family is fake and they split up, let's go back to our real Souta family. STOP, LET ME BREATHE. My man writes as if his life were on the line, racing against time, afraid of being axed, and that fear will catch up to him. I can't keep up with you Ichinose (the story and the character), my CPU can't process information at this speed, it's old, I no longer know what to be surprised by because there are too many surprises, my birthday has passed and I keep getting presents nonstop, it used to be fun to be surprised, but it's become inconvenient, I don't want to anymore. What I DO know is what NOT to be surprised by, and that's this story. Once the whole mystery thing is trivialized, once the unexpected becomes routine, why in the hell should I care? It doesn't matter anymore.

• The Final Sin - Fucking Weekly Shōnen Jump

If the two initial problems were the only ones, I wouldn't be writing this review. I've had this same problem several times with other stories that have similarly irritated me with their overdrama; Hanebado, Violet Evergarden, Kiznaveir, Hyouka, I could name movies, series, books, games, there's no end to it, the point is that my patience for whiny people is short, I'll only care about your problem if it's a real problem, not one specifically fabricated to make me empathize. My suspension of disbelief is here, but it's fragile. For me, this kind of story is like watching bad acting, you see the actor crying, but it's so fake and poorly executed that you become disconnected from the story. This has already been covered in the other two problems, my final problem is structural, it's the foundation that sustains the ills of this story and thousands of others, that is the Weekly Shōnen Jump and its outdated and archaic weekly model.

Naoki Urusawa (you have to know him, that's the minimum) has already said in an interview, and I quote:

''Every chapter needs to compose its own story, with a beginning, middle and end, being able to be enjoyed to its fullest, by itself as an individual story, without depending on its connection with the other chapters''.

He obviously didn't say it in those words and I don't have the source to assure you that he said this, but that's the idea, trust me, he did say it. The weekly structure allows a comic to be organized in a totally different format from the conventional one. The Japanese comic's production doesn't allow the same flexibility that a novelist or a book writer, where their story is thought out with a beginning, middle and end, with time for several revisions until the conclusion of their complete material. A Japanese weekly manga doesn't have this freedom, it lives by a goal where you establish a beginning, a direction of what you're aiming for, and a vague and distant ending that you may reach in God knows how many years, all of this only, of course, if your story isn't axed. What the conclusion will be like and the path to that distant end is often not even known by the author himself, weekly manga are nothing more than a thematic controlled-freestyle. It has its benefits, its variations and its problems, which are quite a few. Obviously, it's a system that considers countless variables, they take into account possible abrupt endings. They think, and they think A LOT about everything. But the thinking and organization are outdated, obsolete. The only reason Oda hasn't finished One Piece yet is because he can't, he's been trying for 10 years to produce an ending that hasn't yet been theorized by the fans, if it weren't for that we wouldn't have this thousand-year-old story still being published, I'm sure of it. Not to mention that I'm deflating the issue of weekly serialization to a narrative problem, as if the problem were solely the quality of the story, when actually there is a bigger problem, which is the maintenance of the authors' health. We have the recent example (2023) of Black Clover, which was removed from Jump due to the health of its author, as well as other mangaka who put down their pens and never returned simply because of the trauma of living through years of inhuman suffering on a weekly basis. This format is not exclusive to Shōnen Jump, but without a doubt, the country's largest magazine has enough responsibility to dictate trends in the industry, thus influencing the best way to produce manga, or in this case, the worst way.

The same man who produced Takopi's Original Sin produced Ichinose-kun. Everything he managed to do well and with quality in his previous story, which, by the way, was published in Jump+, was only possible because of the more flexible structure in terms of publication and pages that the author was given, a much healthier format for both authors and readers. It's not surprising to realize that only 26% of the top 50 mangas in anilist are weekly stories, and only 6% of the top 100 are Shounen Jump stories, many of your favorite stories are stories that have not always been published weekly, and when they have, they have been kept away from Jump eyes. Of course, the biggest hits came out of there, Death Note, Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, it's not for nothing that it's the biggest magazine in Japan, but for every one of those hits, another 50 authors died on the beach, it's a totally cruel and unfair filtering, imposed by an broken formula that makes no sense to still be maintained. Is it the one that makes the most money and is the most successful? That's exactly right. And it's also the least likely to ensure the quality of the story. If you don't want to be radical and break up the weekly rhythm, simply introduce a rotation system, establish obligatory breaks throughout the month (Like Shonen Sunday). I don't know, it's not my job to fix it, my job is to complain. DO SOMETHING

This review has been written taking into account the first 40 chapters and ending with those 40 chapters, the show is still at enormous risk of being canceled and has a good chance of ending before it even reaches the one-year mark. If that doesn't turn out to be the case and the story improves from here on it, I don't care, im not reading and i doubt it. A team that loses the first 30 games of the season only to win the last 8 games continues to be relegated.

Taizan-五 has already demonstrated his competence, he has a fantastic artistic style capable of carrying a story on its own, but it's a pity that this time it wasn't enough. May the author return soon enough with a new story, this time treating me less like a complacent, ultra-empathetic idiot, and for his own sake, i hope that he can free himself from the shackles of the damned butcher named Weekly Shōnen Jump.

This manga started out really intriguing. There was a lot to like about it. The characters were solid, the premise was interesting, and there were lots of mysteries to unfold. Unfortunately, a little over half way through, things became repetitive and the narrative began to suffer. There were moments of decent insight into familial relations but they could not overcome the fact that the manga needed to move towards its ending with a plan instead of petering out until Jump decided to cancel it. The ending is a bit of a let down, but it at least closed things somewhat. It makes me wish thatwe could know if this was the original plan for the story of if there was a different ending in mind.

I cannot recommend this series, but I also wouldn't say that I wouldn't recommend it depending on the type of reader asking. I think if you're the type of person who likes to study writing, it'd be a good piece to look at and analyze it for the things it did well and the slow slide into mess. However, if you're looking for something that will feel satisfying when it ends, this probably isn't the manga to read, though it will be a quick read.

Ichinose-ke no Taizai's first twelve or so chapters do an outstanding job at tricking you into believing it will be good. The art is fun, the dialogue poignant and the mystery interesting above all else. I won't get into deep spoilers as the point of this review is not to waste the time of those who already know just how magnificently this manga declined, but to instead save the time of those who are lucky enough to have never had any hope in it in the first place. Of course, that means I can't say much past chapter one, but so be it—I would muchrather it just remain a memory anyway.

At first, the story of Ichinose-ke no Taizai presents itself as an exceedingly simple one. Following an accident, a family of six all wake up in a hospital to find themselves riddled with amnesia. The character we mainly follow is one of these six—Tsubasa Ichinose. And to give the manga some credit, the dynamic between him and his family is one of the few things I did enjoy even in its more recent chapters.

However, that simple plot quickly becomes convoluted. Favouring twists over sensible storytelling, I left every chapter feeling more annoyed than the last; whereas a good mystery will have me asking questions, I can't do that with Ichinose-ke no Taizai as I just know it will give me a migraine. I'm not even sure what the end goal is anymore. And so instead of checking back every week with pain medication in hand—unsure as to how long the author plans on making me suffer—I will be dropping this for now.

The series started extremely strong, got weird in the middle and then it was over. I would say reading it wasn't a complete waste of time ... but yeah. It's such a let down, the whole story was a trip to nowhere. My OG review: This manga is about a family who wakes up with amnesia after a car crash. I really enjoy the concept of discovering the truth of the family members past. We do this along side the son who also tries to solve the problems, so their family can be happy together. It's definitely a dark manga and the themes can be triggering for some.As of now (ch. 9) we had bullying and underage dating.

The art is nice and detailed. It's a bit incosistent but the artist is really good at conveying certain emotions, especially horror (it's not graphic, no gore, nothing explicit).

I'm anticipating every new chapter but I don't expect the manga to last very long based on how things are progressing at the moment. If you want to read it in one go, come back to it in a year or two.

Edit: After reading chapter 10, I just want to say that you shouldn't get to comfortable. My last sentences about the progression can basically be ignored.

Edit 2: I'm at chapter 33, this series leaves me baffled with every new chapter. You think you reach some sort of clarity and on the last few pages it gets thrown out due to another plot twist. It was fun at the beginning but I'm just getting more tired and confused because of it. I will continue to read but I don’t even know what is going on anymore.

It strays away from your typical shonen format and tries to be different and acts as a breath of fresh air in a sea of repetitiveness, its the first time I've been this excited for a manga to come out with its next chapters. I wouldn't recommend this for newcomers as its quite dark in some aspects of its story, so I would suggest stuff like 'Mount Hua Sect' or 'Return of the Frozen Player' which are easier to digest. Also if your trying to look for a wholesome manga about family then definitely try something else as there's quite alot of surprises which I won't spoil.

It starts off following with the amnesia trope, where all the characters have to figure out who they really are and recover their memories. We eventually start to discover each of their past personalities as well as the family themselves. There is some "dark" stuff involved like bullying and underage dating but all at a low level. Art is pretty good, above average but not outstanding. However, I strongly suggest you take your time to read each panel, as some characters' designs may confuse you, and it may take some time to adapt to the panel's structure as some are actually memories and may behard to differ from the current events.

The story leads you to feel comfortable with the phasing and even seems like it's gonna be short and predictable until ... Chapter 10 happens...

We're up for a ride boys.

As of 28 November 2022, there are only 3 chapters currently available. Nevertheless, it looks to be quite a fun yet deep and thoughtful ride, so here I am! This series starts off with the Ichinose family, comprising of a son (the main character), daughter, mother, father, grandad and grandmother, of whom all lost their memories in a car crash. From what the story has set up so far, it looks like this manga will be these characters discovering their pasts and ‘sins’ (as the name suggests), so if you’re into amnesia plots and finding out who you really are, this is just the manga foryou!

There are some mildly triggering themes, like bullying, and the details in the panels can be quite disturbing sometimes (not graphic, you can just see the horror of the situation. It’s not body horror or anything, just imagine backgrounds and stuff), but I would still recommend to those looking for a dark amnesia story :)

The art’s a little inconsistent but it reminds me of Haikyuu!! In a way, so take that as you will. It will probably grow on you.

I won’t delve into any more details, for fear of spoiling (even though there’re only three chapters, but it still takes away the mystical experience of reading it with no knowledge), but I will just say so far? It’s looking really, really good. A dark story with some light hearted scenes? Brilliant.

Of course, this series is still updating so you never know; maybe it won’t be any of the stuff I mentioned, or it’ll turn out to be mediocre. Take what I say with a grain of salt, BUT this does seem like a very intriguing and unique manga. I, personally, recommend you to read this if you want a dark, yet hopeful (?) manga.

(This is based on little content so I can’t say it’s accurate, but do give it a read)

I came upon Ichinose after reading Takopii and loving it. I think a lot of people missed the point here - I believe the confusion and the lack of direction is on purpose. We have seen from Takopii that Taizan is capable of a storyline, capable of character depth. This work could have had so much potential as a seinen psychological manga because it captured severe mental illness in a way where the reader is pulled into it. You experience his confusion and and dread first-hand whilst knowing the threat of blind optimism. And yet you begin to cling to it as well. Despite someparts being rushed, it was so well done. Where the more you thought about it, the worse it got. It implores you to adopt the same mindset and just accept what's happening. Because it feels so much better to not make sense.

Taizan (across both Ichinose and Takopii) uses ignorant optimism incredibly well - which is furthered by the art style and focus on children as protagonists. The contrast of severe mental illness and hopeless cheer offers a sense of desperation that just tastes so good but so sickening to read. The way Taizan is able to express how family issues and childhood trauma cause mental illness feels so disgustingly raw and real, all whilst being able to keep the idea that children are innocent - though at times exaggerated, children are a product of their environment. Which contributes to my belief that the story and structure of this manga was honestly genius. To also give innate happiness to a character who has descended below rock bottom - Taizan has so accurately grasped the delusions of uselessly trying, hoping to be worth even the smallest amount, anything to justifying remaining alive and staying around despite an overwhelming need to end it.

Another aspect I really enjoyed was the correspondence of the 7 deadly sins to each family member. This may seem obvious, but I believe the translation of the Japanese title sounds something more like 'Stay with the Ichinose Family' rather than the actual English title: 'The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins' and it's a shame the author was unable to flesh this out further, because the way they combined each deadly sin with actual mental illness or deterioration was so good and could have been great.

Unfortunately, it was serialised in Shounen Jump and ended prematurely.

Overall, it's not going to be an enjoyable read. It's not even going to be a good read. It's going to leave u feeling worse - especially if you make it to the end and you get the most incredibly flaccid last chapter.

But if you've read my whole review, it sounds like you might just be interested enough to give it a go.

Ichinose-ke no Taizai tells the story of a dysfunctional family. The manga's premise was interesting, making me excited for the next chapter. The characters were unique but I suppose I wanted more depth in their characterisation for something was lacking during each character's story, especially the grandparents, the father, and the sister. Even with the confusion of the plot, it still maintained my curiosity. It had a remarkable start. The first half kept me on my toes even when the author decided to throw one plot twist after another from the beginning. However, things started to get less interesting. The author kept the plot twistseven until the end. I'm good with plot twists, like "Give me more of those", but the plot twists were all the same. They had the same flavour and weight.

The fast-paced narration added another element to the confusion which should be fine in its way. But, there was too much confusion that sometimes it was hard to keep up with the story so I decided to go along with the waves. Then, it all boiled down to those unending and similar plot twists.

The ending was decent. I have no objections about it for in the entire manga it was demonstrated how many times they tried to work it out but everything of it failed because they tried to fake things out and manipulate the household. In the end, the best way to resolve this was to stay true to themselves and stick together as a family.

The title was certainly intriguing. It makes you wonder how heavy the "sins" of the family members are. However, it was also misleading. The author never revealed what led to the sister's actions sucking up to an old man. The grandma simply loved her husband more than the rest of her family. Sota's fake family members, except Tsubasa, were sort of nonsense. Kenta ran away from home after his mother was hospitalised while the girl was just spending an extended summer vacation alone and her parents never contacted her even once.

Anyway, the reason why the rating I gave came up as much as that is because it was good halfway, half of the characters were interesting, and there's a lot to learn and to realise in the story that we could use in our lives.

Ichinose-ke no Taizai is an utterly confusing, albeit extraordinary, manga. This manga is not for your casual reader, and you should be prepared to think critically, or else this manga will just go over your head. Although it's a very difficult read, this manga is genuinely unique and is somewhat fresh if you want a manga that brings something new. SPOILERS WARNING So let's break down Ichinose-ke no Taizai into simpler categories. World Building: 2 / 2 While this world is extremely chaotic, it is without a doubt extremely thought through. When you are introduced to everyone's bedrooms, you can see how someone's mental health can affect the areathat they occupy. Not only that, but even when they get out of the dream, every single location that they go to is important towards not only the characters but also the plot of the story, and you start to feel suffocation or joy by how the area is depicted in the manga. It is extremely thought out.

Characters: 2 / 2

Every character is flawed in this manga; however, that was the author's intention, and it makes each character extremely individualized. Watching how each character hides their own flaws and interacts with the other characters is so interesting that it honestly can just be a story by itself. Everything about these characters is described to the smallest detail and leaves you with the masterpieces that make up this family.

Plot: 1 / 2

This plot is extremely confusing. The main idea is there, and it does a great job at building towards the suspension of the manga. However, if you miss even one frame of detail, you can miss out on something that will completely affect your ability to understand what's going on. The plot of this manga is just really complex, but it is all tied together towards the end.

Pacing: 1 / 2

There is a constant pace in this manga when you look back at it in hindsight. When reading it, however, you can get lost, as it may seem the plot is jumping all over the place, making this manga frustrating to read.

Bias: 0.5 / 2

This may just be me, but this manga is just much too complex. Not to say it needs to be dumbed down, but unless you read this manga with the intent to look deeply into every minor thing going on, it's just really hard to understand.

I gave this manga a 4 when I first read it, and that's really because this manga is just much too difficult to read, and it really isn't fair to this manga. This manga is honestly fantastic, but personally I still really dislike this manga.

One of the best Mystery Manga out there! The art is incredibly expressive. Taizan-5 nails the emotions throughout the story, from subtle glances to messy, violent moments. Tears, blood, milk, messes on the table, the detail is very profound. The paneling amplifies the tension quiet or violent moments brings out the right affections The story is messy and morally complicated as it shows each characters hide a private life or past and the author mercilessly shows how tiny slights and overlooked moments can destroy a family. It screams ignorance from each family members towards each other. One craves to be heard, another lived a fallacy past, theother had Alzheimer's but no one noticed. The author is poetical!

When Kenta yelled, "Does everybody you feel bad for have to be a good person?!", it definitely hits. When we thought Sota is the person who kept the family alive, it was him who shatter the family apart. People you want to sympathize with reveal deeper impulses and the story shift when you least expect it.

I’ve never been this confused after finishing "Ichinose-ke no Taizai" — in the best way. The story makes the reader go back in chapters to make it clear. After each reveal, questions are definite to pop up. While the plot is fuzzy, it'll definitely get people hooked to the story.

The ending is emotionally satisfying but also a little underwhelming. I'm glad that they all finally come to terms and finally live as a real family again but I felt like Taizan-5 could've added more cheese lol.

This story balances tender, domestic character moments with bleak, cynical twists — family drama that frequently pulls the rug out from under the reader. Suitable for readers who prefer mysteries that are emotionally messy and character-driven rather than flashy plot-gimmicks, this manga is an unsettling but memorable ride.

9.8/10 - Love the mystery. It's perfect. Again, ending is underwhelming.

The Inchinose family's deadly sins is a cryptic manga written by Taizan5. The peculiarity of the author is that he has to make his readers create hypotheses, which are constructed for an entire volume and then completely destroyed in the following volume. The story starts from an accident that caused all the family members to lose their memories. We see Kakeru, the protagonist, and his relationship with his schoolmate, Kakeru's sister and dating a boy many years older, showing us dysfunctionality between family members and unhealthy behaviors. I found the most interesting arc in the character of Sota, who tries to rebuild a dream family, among people whobarely know each other, people who are fleeing their current family to build another.

This new happiness found in a fictitious family, however, is ephemeral, in fact at the first problem this illusion is shattered and the substitute family crumbles.

The moral of this arc is interesting, which is that rather than walking away from problems, the best solution is to face them. There is no point in hiding dust under the bed. Problems help us deal with people and mature on situations.

The aim of the work for me is to tell in an original way, a story told through the eyes of a boy who, through the various loops/parallel worlds he experiences through dreams, sees his family in different perspectives.

These dreams are a search with the ultimate conclusion of discovering the value and true meaning of the family, that is, an indispensable place where despite all the defects there may be, that place always remains one's home.

I was very nervous to continue reading the manga after the reviews were horrid. But I don't regret it. it was a wild wild journey and there were so many points I was rightfully confused but it all did come to payoff, they did reveal everything slowly and it did like 90% make sense at the end. If you want me to recall the story piece by piece of course I can't but the author definitely drew home his themes. I completely can understand his thesis on families and generational trauma affecting each single person and passing down. How the weird dynamic can affect everysingle member and cause them to inflict more hurt. Each character played up a type of cope that was so authentic to the family dynamic. I also really like how they crafted Tsubasa's character and his growth. Everyone seems to hate the ending but idk why, it worked for me. Yeah it's kind of unresolved but that's life, you confront your problems doesn't mean it resolves itself. It worked with the theme of family is never perfect, you just gotta accept and try.

The huge theme of a perfect family is carried out wonderfully to the multiple dream and reality cut changes because what is a perfect family if not a dream? The multiple iterations of perfect they try all fail because they are impossible to hold up without acknowledging the mistakes of people. Especially one of the section with Souta and his side family. Goddamn that worked.

Is the manga confusing? Yes. Is it a bad thing? no. I mean I found it easier to understand that whatever the fuck is going on with Jujutsu Kaisen (like I unironically had to have someone explain some of the newer stuff to me). Do some things not have a good payoff yeah. Its a bit annoying and probably my only mild flaw. Tsubasa's friend never really gets a clear payoff to me with the bullying and shit, its just a bit confusing.

I fully stand by the fact that we need mangas like these. That commit to the themes of what they're trying to say, rather than needing a atsraight linear storyline. I like a bit of a challenge what can i say?

I dove into this blind, avoiding looking at the genres, rating, author or anything. Thus, when I saw the absurd premise revealed, I assumed it would be a funny gag manga with eccentric and goofy characters - not to mention the round and cartoonish character designs to go along with it. But over time, I started to realise what the manga really was. I noticed that the characters weren't that eccentric and there was no barrage of jokes. On top of this, the artist begun to look familiar... On the surface it all looks nice and pretty but we are fed slight hints to an underlying truth. The bedrooms,the nuanced body language and just a feeling of uneasiness. It creeps up on you until it rears its ugly head and reveals what it's really about. The Ichinose Family's deadly sins is about a filthy, despicable and selfish set of characters slapped together under the guise of a family. And it might be one of the best stories I've ever read.

What initially caught my attention was the art. It succeeds in doing so much from evoking intense poignant emotions, depicting inconspicuous yet meticulous and nuanced expressions and lulling you into a false sense of security with its fluffy and whimsical nature at times. In the beginning, the characters have the biggest smiles on their faces, with eyes sparkling and everything seeming good and jolly. Perspective is used to add a comedic touch, making certain reactions to silly situations very exaggerated and almost slapstick. But the contrast is stunning. This vibrant and lively style is ripped down to the ground with intensely disturbing scenes, like Tsubasa having trash dumped on his face and shamed in front of his entire class, or seeing his room flooded with the word "die" written on his walls. The characters we initially saw smile from ear to ear are seen at rock bottom, bawling and ugly crying. The characters wear these stressed and exhausted expressions that make the tension of the room stiflingly palpable.

It's rather counter-intuitive but I think the simpler the character design, the easier and more effective it is to depict emotions on a character's face. And this manga absolutely makes the most of that. The intensity of every feeling felt by the characters is so powerfully conveyed in every scene. But perhaps even more impressive is the accuracy of the emotion. Every frame carefully choosing a particular emotion to convey and, even if only slightly noticeable, will show it through the tiniest facial hints. This is extremely effective in humanising the characters and emphasising the drama.

On top of this, the incredible art extends outside of the characters. There are plenty of scenes - like in the characters' bedrooms or in the main living room - where there are small items of food, clothing and cutlery scattered everywhere. The mangaka manages to pack so much detail into these small areas to accentuate the feeling of claustrophobia and make the family feel as suffocating as possible, even through their environment. Perspective is no longer used to emphasise goofy reactions, but to bolster the dramatic tension of scenes, zooming in on the key elements of the shot.

Moreover, the paneling is masterful. How each part of a page is used is often overlooked but hard for me to ignore in this manga. It's creative with its presentation in the way it builds up tension with nuanced expressions, gets you to read faster, and then on the next page have it all burst out in a single climactic shot. There are pages solely dedicated to a character's expression and with the next page will immediately showing the stark opposite emotion for effect.

The only issue I have with the art is that it is perhaps overly intense. The characters are seen crying in 90% of the scenes so it's not saved up for any emotional climaxes. It's great to maximise the intensity of scenes and their emotions but is rather overused here. Still, the art is some of the best I've ever seen.

Oh man, this is gonna be the hardest thing to write about: the story. Where do I even begin?

For starters, let me say that the manga is EXTREMELY story heavy and is 95% of the reason you'll want to keep reading. But how do I unpack this...? Its like if you were to ride a roller coaster but there is no slow section and the track is invisible. The speed and force of the coaster is crazy, you'll have no idea which direction you're going in so you can't prepare yourself and it never lays off the gas until the very end. Weird analogy, I know. But I think it works.

It's an expert dance of creating expectations and then flipping them on its head. In the first chapter, everyone is super cheery. We then get tricked into thinking what the drama of the manga is, with Shiori being upset but then quickly comforted. Our expectations are low. Then we slowly get suggested something creepy and menacing with the ominous rooms. But it only gets brushed over. After, we're thrown into the deep end with Tsubasa's extremely severe bullying and then, we realise what we're in for. Tsubasa has an arc about the bullying and his relationship with his friend. Subsequently, we move onto his sister. His sister seems to be getting groomed by an older guy but says she doesn't want Tsubasa getting involved. Through realising his genuine concern and love for his sister, Tsubasa musters up the confidence to stand his ground and help her. Turns out she was really uncomfortable after all, so the strength of their bond and the power of family prevailed. Okay, so I guess at this point we can guess the structure for the rest of the manga, right? We slowly find out about the rest of the family and through their love and because of how beautiful family is, Tsubasa will help them out one by one and that will be the end. Simple. So then his dad drives the entire family off a cliff, they all wake up with amnesia again and his dad has been replaced by a man we've never seen before... WHAT?!

This happens countless times throughout the manga; the author will make you think the story is going one way and then the roller coaster will jolt in the opposite direction, making your heart drop. So then we get an arc with the mum. She finds out her actual husband was having an "affair" so she takes the kid of the other woman. But upon realising that she still actually loves him, she accepts it, confronts her memories and moves on. So then she gets completely erased from everyone's memories, her room vanishes from the house and she's gone... WHAT?!?!? This manga gave me that reaction more times than I can count.

Okay, but maybe that's just a crazy one off plot twist. The story continues and we get to the grandpa who has been a background character so far. He explains that he's experienced a time loop of them waking up with amnesia 2000 times. *Rereads sentence*. He...experienced...Time loop... 2000... WHAT?!?!?!?!

But... okay...I guess its a time loop then... so they try breaking out of it however they can. Then the replacement dad says it's all actually Tsubasa's dream and he's been in a coma for 4 years... HUHHHH?!?!?! (okay ill stop now).

You know, the more I write, the more I realise how good my invisible roller coaster analogy actually is. But I hope you see what I'm getting at. I could throw about 20 more examples of moments that gave me that reaction and the ones I did give you were back to back to back to back. The story is ever dynamic and constantly subverting expectations. To think that the author expanded such a simple premise into this grand and complicated of a plot is impressive to say the least.

Propelling all of this forward is the mystery. With each plot point and twist, they build upon the questions created and create even more of them at the same time. The "accident" and the family's "past" is constantly referenced as we're drip-fed information to keep us on edge. The mystery is also dynamic with how it affects the characters too. Initially, they are all friendly and affable but as the mystery is slowly uncovered, our perceptions of them change - the characters develop alongside the mystery as they are the core of the mystery.

The use of foreshadowing is also very effective. There are subtle hints dropped in the form of seemingly meaningless objects or vague flashbacks or even cryptic messages and this starts from the very beginning of the story. Although, I do think that some of the foreshadowing was a little on the nose, making me think 'oh, so that's going to come up later'.

I've realised recently that one of my favourite concepts for a plot is a reality made from a character's imagination. From this you can be as creative you want, bending what is possible in the real world, making it fun and interesting. But it maintains it's thematic relevance and prowess as it's interconnected with the character's psyche. So overcoming obstacles in that 'world' overcomes the character's psychological struggles in tandem. This manga uses this concept to its fullest by creating this dynamic and mind-blowing plot to do with dreams, time-loops and whatnot but still keeping it closely tied with the character's for it to remain dramatic and emotional.

However, I still had some issues with the story. To begin with, this roller coaster has no cool down period - it is full throttle all the way through. Sometimes they'd throw a plot twist right after another plot twist, almost giving me motion sickness. I understand that the plot is very intense and it's intended to be that way, but I'd have liked there have been more low tension conversations where we really get to learn more about the characters. And I also know that would go against the nature of the show since it relies on not knowing much about them, but silly things like Shiori and Tsubasa bickering or small things like them driving in the car as a family, I just kind of wish we got more of that. Moreover, I think it ended rather abruptly. For how fleshed out and meaty the story was, we never got one big climax or one final reveal with a slow and satisfying ending. I still had quite a few questions by the end of it and, although I think it ended well thematically, I think there's more to be desired in regards to emotional satisfaction. But despite all this, it has one of the most exciting plots I've ever read in a manga and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire way through.

Moving onto the characters and themes, these stand out almost as much as the story. The prevailing theme that every one of the characters pertains to is escapism. The whole idea of them all having amnesia comes from them not wanting to face their problems - so they repress their memories. They wrap themselves in self-delusion, ignoring the truth right in front of them.

It's really interesting how this is presented in the manga: for example, the story is told from Tsubasa's perspective, and throughout the story he is deceiving himself to make him think that he has amnesia when really he is just ignoring his memories. There are subtle hints to this such as him never asking about himself and his quick acceptance of losing his memories, without any stress or worry. Other characters pick up on this and confront him about it. But what I find interesting is how, because it is told in first person, we don't know about his self-delusion, just like he doesn't know; he deludes us just like he does to himself.

But it's not just him. The entire family is self-delusional. No-one wants to face the truth and so they do anything to avoid it. The dad even goes as far as drugging his entire family so they can stay in the dream. The whole family is a mess - fragile and broken. The glue that stuck them all together, Souta, was taken for granted and left them guilty, shattered and ashamed. But rather than taking responsibility, they evade it. They don't speak to each other, aren't around each other or even pretend to be a happy family with fake and awkward smiles instead. The grandma then falls into a coma and the family falls apart further. This weak and frail family doesn't know how to handle adversity and work things through, so they lash out and rip apart. When Tsubasa wakes up from his coma and asks about Souta, his mom grabs him and slams him on the table, snapping it in two saying "Don't talk about Souta infront of me!". Despite Souta leaving being entirely their fault, they completely ignore it, afraid of the pain and responsibility. This escapism is embodied by the dreams and is strongly linked to the heavy plot.

The family is made up of self-centered, inconsiderate and unloving people. All of them did something to be frowned upon. And when they come together, they can't help but recognise this and harm each other for it. They get angry, then get angry about getting angry and never get along. Eventually, they give up, thinking that they simply can't get along and that it's a lost cause.

In the arc when Tsubasa goes to Souta's "family" made up completely of strangers, we see a loving and wholesome household. Souta says this is because they are not family, claiming it is because the Ichinose's are family that they don't get along. But then, Souta's made up family fights - just as badly as the Ichinose family. This eventually gives Tsubasa the realisation that that is just how people are. They will fight no matter what. It's not a consequence of being family, and it's not that their family in particular just can't get along. It's because they're human.

So they return back to the house. But return to the dream immediately. Souta gets the recognition and approval that he always wanted from his family, his family has the glue that they wanted back in Souta and everyone seems happy. But Tsubasa knows it won't last. Because that's how humans are. The mum will get moody, Shiori will talk back, the grandma only cares about the grandpa, the grandpa will lose his memory because of Alzheimer's and everyone will get bored of Souta. It will fall apart. So, instead of living in that temporary contentment within the dream, Tsubasa looks forward and leaves it. The reason for him being such a dynamic and powerful main character is because whilst everyone is stuck in their eternal escapism and cowardice, he changed and he looks forward.

They leave the dream, confront the dad who forced them into it and are finally at peace.

The whole time they were trying to be an ideal family so whenever they fought it was inevitable that it would make them all upset, knowing that they never could be the perfect family. That doesn't exist. What matters is that they are family.

It's revealed that the grandad put them through the dreams on purpose so they could finally have one big 'family trip'. The issue with the family is that they never sat through the fighting and arguing to the end. They would run away, avoid, forget, and explode. The dreams were an experience they all suffered and enjoyed through, and made it out of together.

The final chapter is maybe my favourite chapter because it really drives home the message. The significant part is that we still see them fighting. They fight and argue no different to before. They blame, criticise, talk back and are rude as hell to each other. But there's a beautiful panel where one half of it is them arguing in the hospital and the other half is them leaving, exhausted but together. No-one ran, no-one gave up, but together they worked through it and came out as a family. Even in the very last panel of the entire manga, they are still fighting. But that's okay. There is no perfect family. But there is beauty and strength simply in the fact that they are family.

Its a passionate exploration of the unbreakable bonds of family and the need to work through your problems together. Escapism is temporary. Instead of rejecting and avoiding the truth, you must accept it and work through it. Through developing these vulnerable and sometimes evil characters, not dissimilar to people in real life, I empathized and really took the message to heart.

This manga really was one hell of a roller coaster ride. With one of the most exciting plots and most heartfelt thematic exploration I've read in a manga, it shoots up as one of my new favourites. Without going into it, the themes really resonate with me and I definitely have a preference for this type of storytelling. I had a few qualms here and there but overall it was an immensely impactful experience that hopefully I won't forget even if I fall into a coma (hehe).

um okay... i have a few words to say about this story. i just want to start by saying that i binge read this in like the middle of the night so my brain could just be like absolutely fried when reading but, half of the time reading this manga i had no clue what was going on. i don't even think i could give a summary of the story because i genuinely had no clue what was going on?? like they kept introducing a bunch of plot points that were huge in the moment then suddenly later on literally nobody talks about it... it's ashame because i really did like the begging and first couple chapters but later on it just started to make no sense and suddenly a whole nother plot point with absolutely no forshadowing no nothing.

all in all it just... started off strong then railed off the track into the ocean, but once in the ocean just continued going forward.

btw sorry if this makes like no sense i wrote this right after reading and its like 2 am rn sorry

Very strong opening, and leaves you hungry for the answers it sets up, but I have to comment that it's extremely miserable after the strong first chapter. The next few chapters are paced like a nightmare you can't wake up from and it's unsettling. I can barely follow what's going on among the panels of similar-looking middle schoolers being forced to wallow in trash over and over, which I did not expect from chapter 1. I almost never write a review for something unless it's finished, but this time I was so baffled I had to write something for those looking to pick thisup. I hope it finds its feet and gets into the other family members soon because a non-stop parade of middle school bullying is not a great read!

UPDATE: It gets interesting again after Chapter 8 - definitely worth looking into based on how the story evolves beyond the above mentioned very off-putting chapters.

This manga both lacks charm and yet is filled with it, it is so difficult to get into but yet keeps you reading by using tricks to make you believe like things are going to happen only for some random plot twist to set us back to square one. Tell me, what is the point of mystery stories? Wheter novelized or cinematic experience? It is to make you question wtf is happening and how the mystery could even occur, it slowly trickles bits of pieces, clues that drive you closer to the finish line and possibly figure everything out even before it is told to youin a satisfying manner.

Sometimes there will be twists and misdirections here and there to add to some curves rather than keep it a straight line but in the end your mind is still building towards the finish line that explains everything

This manga utterly fucking fails at that and delivers way too many twists for any possible satisfaction to occur. Whenever the plot progresses it goes two steps back. Whenever we get endeared to a character it takes three steps back. And whenever it seems like we are getting a clue to explain the mystery it takes a million steps back.

The art style is very nice, and since this was by the same author of Takopi no Genzai I had high hopes. But it is just way too random and constantly resets story progress. It also doesn't help that you CANNOT get attached to any characters considering...well that would be spoilers, but let me tell you there is a certain plot point that really pissed me the fuck off. Especially as I was just starting to get attached to the family members.

Perhaps it could get better, perhaps it is building to a really great conclusion that somehow makes all the nonsense worth it, but I'm not counting on it.

BunnyBaronBarma was right though I'm not as critical as him though regardless of that a have mixed feelings about this. Story 4/10 All over the place you cannot establish reality here or you can but you have to read take notes and cross reference them. Inception within inception and inception multiplied 100X. At some point I gave up, i didn't care. Author is playing with us and basically any "revelation" seems to be fake or can be made fake when he wakes up. It's a soup for me now i simply scrolled through reading but not giving a damn about comprehension. At this pointwhy should I care? Maybe up to chapter 32 he's still dreaming or maybe not or maybe yes.

I'm not emotionally invested to take notes or cross reference, I simply don't care, author overused "Inception" troupe to the point of it being mass produced garbage.

While interesting Ultimately it fails to "hook" me up. BunnyBaronBarma said something about goal....Maybe I didn't understand what he meant but I think the goal of the story is to finally uncover his memories and to wake up? Maybe yes, maybe not. For me it was clear but who knows....

Art 8/10

Not the best not the worst, but kinda ok and maybe even pleasant. Characters have a wide range of emotions a lot of details beside characters and etc. Panels and speech bubbles up to standard.

Characters 7/10

I don't know actually, because of thousands of "Inception" troupes hard to tell, but for the most part a quite colorful representation of struggles, psychological problems, damaged people and etc.

I will not delve to deep since I simply do not understand where the anchor is so by that definition it's hard to understand where character journey starts. Basically people here change and develop but in a warped way going up, back, sideways and through another dimension.

Enjoyment 5/10

Hard to enjoy something that tries to be "intelligent" and "deep" while using a cheap trick. Hey maybe I'm a dumbass or lazy a hole who didn't delve too deep and b*tch about something that i cannot comprehend but nevertheless, enjoyment from eating a soup with nails, chalk, iron and carrots is not my favorite dish.

Overall 6/10

Would i recommend it ? Well it's hard to recommend something like that it has it's charm. If you like something psychological with dark theme behind the curtains with puzzles that you have to solve then yeah might be a good read but if you want to relax and enjoy...Well stay away this manga ain't for you