 * Your list is public by default. Alternative TitlesJapanese: ヘルタースケルターEnglish: Helter Skelter: Fashion UnfriendlyMore titlesInformation Volumes: 1 Chapters: 9 Status: Finished Published: Jun 8, 1995 to Mar 8, 1996 Demographic: Josei Josei StatisticsScore: 7.431 (scored by 82238,223 users) Ranked: #364022 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.Popularity: #967 Members: 21,169 Favorites: 560Available AtResources |
Details Characters Stats Reviews Recommendations Interest Stacks News Forum Clubs Pictures Ranked #3640Popularity #967Members 21,169SynopsisJapanese supermodel and fashion icon Haruko "Liliko" Hirukoma leads a posh life, wearing and promoting the biggest brands in the country. She stands at the top of the modeling industry with the beauty she has attained through full-body plastic surgery.However, Liliko's body soon begins to break down due to the extensive surgery she has been through and the medication she has taken. Worse still, her fear of growing old and being rendered useless begins to drive her insane. Helter Skelter is the story of Liliko's struggles to remain in the limelight in a world where people are so easily replaced.[Written by MAL Rewrite]Background_Helter Skelter_ won the Grand Prize at the eighth annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and an Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004.The series was published in English as Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly by Vertical Inc. on August 20, 2013. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora in July 2016; and in Portuguese by Sendai Editora.Related Entries MALxJapan -More than just anime- Characters Reviews  Dec 19, 2024 This manga surprised me. The cover is nice, but the inside of the manga is very bad... Well, it's not too bad, but it's not good either. The content of the manga is the honey of manga. The story, the plot and everything about it is interesting. The story focuses on drugs, beauty and sex. Other points were also worked. The manga show the reality of many things in the industry, especially on fashion. The desire to be beauty, the most beauty on earth goes too far... In addition, show how other people are mentally weak, just accept everything as it is. Liliko's managers are... too passive and weak. Her mother... I try not to show spoilers here, but in summary, read this. The manga is very short, only 9 chapters. The art is not the best, but focus on the content. Reviewer’s Rating: 6 What did you think of this review? Nice 0 Love it 0 Funny 0 Confusing 0 Informative 0 Well-written 0 Creative 0Show all  Nov 22, 2024 Helter Skelter – Spoiler Free – Mixed FeelingsTLDRStory – 5/10 – 5 x 0.275 = 1,375Art – 4/10 – 4 x 0.2 = 0,8Characters – 4/10 – 4 x 0.225 = 0,9 Enjoyment – 3/10 – 3 x 0.3 = 0,9Total: 3,975Story – 5/10Helter Skelter is a manga mainly about the fashion scene seen through the eyes of a model – Liliko. It witnesses the main character’s creation and downfall in fashion. It is a grim depiction of an almost inhuman world filled with the tears of those who suffer in it, affecting both personal and professional lives. In this sense, the beginning of the... manga excels in showing this very reality, but it is then later relegated to a mere secondary position, only to reemerge in the latter stages of the story. The story is stark and raw, allowing the protagonist's despair to be felt throughout the manga. It is also a saddening story about how some fashion models are almost artificially created, condemning those who go through such processes. This is a one-volume manga, having thus fulfilled its purpose as it is, but one cannot say that it is a great and entertaining story. Moreover, aside from the critique of the fashion world, it is bland and uninteresting, with many unnecessary dialogues and interactions. The “Mexican” ending could have been different and was mostly unnecessary, not helping to convey the story's meaning or objective.Art – 4/10 The art is the manga's weakest point. The very minimalistic art style does not help in the storytelling in general, being quite confusing in some panels. It goes without saying that such an art style is anything but a good service to the manga, although its unique allure may entice some. One can also hardly recognise characters from one another, having a bland character design.Characters – 4/10 There are some strong reactions and emotions in the manga, but aside from Liliko the characters are bland and uninteresting. They don't add anything to the story, they don't play a role, and aren't well-developed. Enjoyment – 3/10One cannot give Helter Skelter's enjoyment a high rating. Even though it is a one-volume manga, one wonders when it will end while reading the work, which is not a good symptom for a story: wanting it to end quickly. Moreover, most characters are uninteresting. They don't add value, and their interactions don't create anything worth mentioning. One can almost say that this manga is filler in the form of dialogue. However, it clearly shows the suffering of all those who dwell in such a world; for this reason, Mixed Feeling is more adequate. Reviewer’s Rating: 4 What did you think of this review? Nice0 Love it0 Funny0 Confusing0 Informative0 Well-written0 Creative0Show all  Dec 17, 2020 The most salient aspect of this manga is its strong moral. Superficial materiality and obsession over physical appearance is self-destructive; the perfect beauty is an illusion. I think anyone would enjoy this manga, but I feel like its moral is especially important for young women to hear and for that reason I think its demographic would be women aged 13 - 25. I feel like this was a manga full of good ideas, but was a little half-baked. Essentially, it feels like a solid first draft for a would-be great manga. The plot points are all there, it's just its execution that leaves something to... be desired.The art wasn't the best. The art on the cover is amazing, but that doesn't match the art on the inside, which comes off as a little crude dilettante. It reminds me of the art used in comic books meant for very young girls. Although, the art is also encouraging in the sense that it inspiring to know that if this artwork could be published then perhaps so could one's own. Albeit, it was refreshing to see a different art style in manga, even if it wasn't my favourite.One of my biggest issues with the manga is that it explains plot points instead of just showing them, which nerfs the impact. For example, instead of showing a person getting shot in the head - which would be such an interesting plot twist - the narrator writes in a paragraph that a character was shot in the head, thus weakening the impact of the surprise. Reviewer’s Rating: 4 What did you think of this review? 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