After School Nightmare, Volume 8

Title:  After School Nightmare

Volume:  8 of 10

Author: Setona Mizushiro
Type: Manga

Publisher: goComi!

Genres:  Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance

Age Rating: Older Teen, Age 16+

Public Libraries - Location Suggestion

This probably depends on your library and where you feel comfortable putting it.  I believe this title would work very well in a YA collection.  However, due to some of the issues the characters deal with, if your community is a bit more conservative the best place to put it would probably be in Adult.
 
School Libraries - Location Suggestion

Elementary - Not recommended

Jr. High/Middle School - Not recommended

High School - Possibly, be aware of your community
 
According to the Publisher - What the Age Rating Means

Mild Language, Moderate Violence, Mature Situations
 
Parental Eyebrow Raisers 
Language
- It's possible there was use of language in this volume, but it was scattered enough to be unnoticeable

Violence/Gore
 - A parasite appears on a character's hand and another character cuts it off with a sword; blood is shown
 - Several characters are run through &/or sliced up by a sword; blood is shown

Sexuality/Sexual Themes
 - The main character, Mashiro, is a hermaphrodite; male on top and female on bottom
 - It may bother some that the main character is being romantically sought after by both a guy and a girl
 - The main character accepts his feminine nature and confesses his feelings to a male classmate
 - Several instances of the main character and the male love interest making out
 - Incest is implied but not shown
 
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After School Nightmare, Volume 7

Title:  After School Nightmare

Volume:  7 of 10

Author: Setona Mizushiro
Type: Manga

Publisher: goComi!

Genres:  Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance

Age Rating: Older Teen, Age 16+

Public Libraries - Location Suggestion

This probably depends on your library and where you feel comfortable putting it.  I believe this title would work very well in a YA collection.  However, due to some of the issues the characters deal with, if your community is a bit more conservative the best place to put it would probably be in Adult.
 
School Libraries - Location Suggestion

Elementary - Not recommended

Jr. High/Middle School - Not recommended

High School - Possibly, be aware of your community
 
According to the Publisher - What the Age Rating Means

Mild Language, Moderate Violence, Mature Situations
 
Parental Eyebrow Raisers 
Language
 - It's possible there was use of language in this volume, but it was scattered enough to be unnoticeable

Violence/Gore
 - A face grows out of the back of one of the other characters
 - A character is chopped in half by a sword
 - Unidentifiable bodies are shown, all of them run through with umbrellas
 - Images of a husband beating his wife are shown
 - A character is bitten on the hand by a parasite living in his arm; blood is shown streaming from the parasite's mouth
 - A character is shown with blood running from her eyes and mouth

Sexuality/Sexual Themes
 - The main character, Mashiro, is a hermaphrodite; male on top and female on bottom
 - It may bother some that the main character is being romantically sought after by both a guy and a girl
 - The main character begins to experiment with the idea that he might be more feminine than masculine by dressing in girl's clothes
 - Incest is implied but not shown
 - Scattered sexual references throughout the volume
 
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After School Nightmare, Volume 6

Title:  After School Nightmare

Volume:  6 of 10

Author: Setona Mizushiro
Type: Manga

Publisher: goComi!

Genres:  Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance

Age Rating: Older Teen, Age 16+

Public Libraries - Location Suggestion

This probably depends on your library and where you feel comfortable putting it.  I believe this title would work very well in a YA collection.  However, due to some of the issues the characters deal with, if your community is a bit more conservative the best place to put it would probably be in Adult.
 
School Libraries - Location Suggestion

Elementary - Not recommended

Jr. High/Middle School - Not recommended

High School - Possibly, be aware of your community
 
According to the Publisher - What the Age Rating Means

Mild Language, Moderate Violence, Mature Situations
 
Parental Eyebrow Raisers 
Language
 - It's possible there was use of language in this volume, but it was scattered enough to be unnoticeable

Violence/Gore
 - A character is crushed to death by a giant hand and blood is seen streaming down afterwards
 - A character attacks and then stabs two swords through the chest of another character; spattered blood is shown
 - A character's hand is torn off at the wrist; blood and ripping skin/muscles are visible

Sexuality/Sexual Themes
 - The main character, Mashiro, is a hermaphrodite; male on top and female on bottom
 - It may bother some that the main character is being romantically sought after by both a guy and a girl
 
Reviews
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After School Nightmare, Volume 5

Title:  After School Nightmare

Volume:  5 of 10

Author: Setona Mizushiro
Type: Manga

Publisher: goComi!

Genres:  Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance

Age Rating: Older Teen, Age 16+

Public Libraries - Location Suggestion

This probably depends on your library and where you feel comfortable putting it.  I believe this title would work very well in a YA collection.  However, due to some of the issues the characters deal with, if your community is a bit more conservative the best place to put it would probably be in Adult.
 
School Libraries - Location Suggestion

Elementary - Not recommended

Jr. High/Middle School - Not recommended

High School - Possibly, be aware of your community
 
According to the Publisher - What the Age Rating Means

Mild Language, Moderate Violence, Mature Situations
 
Parental Eyebrow Raisers 
Language
 - It's possible there was use of language in this volume, but it was scattered enough to be unnoticeable

Violence/Gore
 - A character is sliced to pieces by a multi-bladed device
 - A character has a huge hole shot through his chest, but no blood is seen
 - A chamber filled with spikes, blood spatter, and bloody hand prints is seen
 - Another blood-spattered wall is shown
 - A character sets off a trap which causes a spiked block to crash down on top of her; nothing graphic is shown except for blood pooling out from underneath the triggered device
 - A blood-covered key is shown in several panels
 - A character is doused in oil and set on fire
 - Unidentifiable bodies are shown, all of them run through with umbrellas

Sexuality/Sexual Themes
 - The main character, Mashiro, is a hermaphrodite; male on top and female on bottom
 - It may bother some that the main character is being romantically sought after by both a guy and a girl
 - The main character, who asserts himself as a guy, is almost raped by another male character, who gives up halfway through
 - Incest between a brother and sister is implied; they are seen in bed together, one on top of the other, unclothed from the waist up, but nothing graphic is seen
 - The main character has sex with his girlfriend; nothing graphic is shown, but it's obvious what they're doing
 
Reviews
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Heart of Manga
Kuriousity 
Mania 

After School Nightmare, Volume 4

Title:  After School Nightmare

Volume:  4 of 10

Author: Setona Mizushiro
Type: Manga

Publisher: goComi!

Genres:  Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance

Age Rating: Older Teen, Age 16+

Public Libraries - Location Suggestion

This probably depends on your library and where you feel comfortable putting it.  I believe this title would work very well in a YA collection.  However, due to some of the issues the characters deal with, if your community is a bit more conservative the best place to put it would probably be in Adult.
 
School Libraries - Location Suggestion

Elementary - Not recommended

Jr. High/Middle School - Not recommended

High School - Possibly, be aware of your community
 
According to the Publisher - What the Age Rating Means

Mild Language, Moderate Violence, Mature Situations
 
Parental Eyebrow Raisers 
Language
 - It's possible there was use of language in this volume, but it was scattered enough to be unnoticeable

Violence/Gore
 - One of the characters uses some sort of telekinetic power to attack another character, slicing them again and again; blood is shown
 - Lots of spattered blood when one of the characters is attacked by a long-armed creature
 - A character has tree limbs that shoot out of her body; a little blood is shown

Sexuality/Sexual Themes
 - The main character, Mashiro, is a hermaphrodite; male on top and female on bottom
 - It may bother some that the main character is being romantically sought after by both a guy and a girl
 - The main character, who asserts himself as a guy, allows himself to be kissed and touched multiple times by another male character
 
Reviews
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Heart of Manga
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Mania 

After School Nightmare, Volume 3

Title:  After School Nightmare

Volume:  3 of 10

Author: Setona Mizushiro
Type: Manga

Publisher: goComi!

Genres:  Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Gender Bender, Romance

Age Rating: Older Teen, Age 16+

Public Libraries - Location Suggestion

This probably depends on your library and where you feel comfortable putting it.  I believe this title would work very well in a YA collection.  However, due to some of the issues the characters deal with, if your community is a bit more conservative the best place to put it would probably be in Adult.
 
School Libraries - Location Suggestion

Elementary - Not recommended

Jr. High/Middle School - Not recommended

High School - Possibly, be aware of your community
 
According to the Publisher - What the Age Rating Means

Mild Language, Moderate Violence, Mature Situations
 
Parental Eyebrow Raisers 
Language
 - It's possible there was use of language in this volume, but it was scattered enough to be unnoticeable

Violence/Gore
 - One of the characters attacks a long-armed creature, beating it repeatedly; blood is seen flying around and spattered on the ground
 - A character is stabbed in the back my multiple sharp-tipped umbrellas
 - Two characters struggle and one pushes another out into "dead space"
 - The walls drip briefly with blood
 - A giraffe is attacked with a sword, no blood is seen

Sexuality/Sexual Themes

 - The main character, Mashiro, is a hermaphrodite; male on top and female on bottom
 - It may bother some that the main character is being romantically sought after by both a guy and a girl
 - The main character, who asserts himself as a guy, allows himself to be kissed by another male character
 
Reviews
Graphic Novel Reporter
Heart of Manga
Manga Maniac Cafe 
Mania