Rabbit Doubt Review.
Rabbit Doubt - also simply known as just ‘Doubt,’ is a psychological horror manga written and illustrated by Yoshiki Tonogai. The story follows a cellphone game known as ‘Rabbit Doubt’ - the rules of the game being there are a group of rabbits and amongst the rabbits there is a wolf. Each round, the Rabbits must guess who the Wolf is before the whole colony gets eaten.
Six players who arrange a meet up, mysteriously find themselves trapped in an abandoned facility - and find themselves in a real life version of the game, Rabbit Doubt. With one player already murdered - the five remaining players conflict with each other, accusing one another of being the Wolf. Eventually working together to find a way to escape - as they get picked off one by one.
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I stumbled across this manga by chance, I was intrigued by the front cover -psychotic rabbit head masks - not exactly your normal front cover. I haven’t really read a psychological horror manga before so I decided to give this manga a go and to be honest, I’m quite glad I did.
This story is amazing, the way how the artist illustrates and pace the story - I was shuddering with anticipation and had to read more. Many times, I could actually feel the atmosphere of the situation, which in general is quite rare in manga. It has a Saw -esque feel to the story and despite having some really gory panels - I did not feel the need to laugh my ass off - something that usually happens when I encounter gore. The gore felt natural - not like in Kill Bill where you get a tiny cut and blood comes pouring out like a fountain - and sometimes, somewhat creepy.
Like most shounen mangas, the artwork is quite a pleasure to look at. As far as I am aware, the mangaka also illustrated one of stories for Ryukishi07 (the author of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni).
I’m afraid I can’t actually say much without spoiling the story. The only issue I had with the story - mainly due to the fact I over analyze things - I easily figured out who the wolf was and most (if not all) of the major plot-twists. Though despite this, I was on the edge of my seat and really enjoyed reading this manga.
Similar Manga: N/A (Sorry haven’t read many manga’s of this genre); Judge (written by the same mangaka)
