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Garrett
Shoujo Tsubaki. So bleak it’s almost painful to watch, the anime follows a young girl through a series of horrific circumstances at a circus of horrors. It’s not so much a story that can be described in terms of ‘plots’ and ‘twists’, more Midori’s fight to survive in a vicious world. And the anime adapts the manga wonderfully, some scenes beautiful in their dark, disturbing horror, others grim and surreal. Perhaps most significantly of all, it’s a really powerful, and somewhat unpleasant, exploration of just how far art can be pushed.
I saw Shoujo Tsubaki as part of my search through the more avant-garde ends of the anime world and found it to be fascinating and repulsive in equal measure. Here the various performers in the carnival can stand as metaphors for the social ills of the world. Knife-throwing for the magician, and ringmaster as exploiter of others for example. Heike Monogatari was powerful and emotional, but also hopefully; in contrast, this is a dark and bleak fable of human vulnerability, and I would only recommend it to those with an interest in more extreme films, and even then with a healthy dose of warning.
2026-02-06
Logan
I recently managed to track down the obscure anime Shoujo Tsubaki, which left a lasting – albeit extremely mixed – impression on me. The story of this anime revolves around the life of Midori, a young girl who was sold to a traveling carnival troupe of performers by her mother. The performers are largely abusive, and offer little kindness. However, there are moments of extreme kindness, that last for only a short time. Based on Suehiro Maruo’s manga of the same name, the anime looks extremely ugular, and many scenes are extremely disturbing.
There’s so much to remember from the film. Of course, the most memorable is the exploration of losing innocence and of human cruelty. But mainly because of how it has been brought to life, through its unique style of animation, it has been portrayed through an exaggerated form of characters through their facial expressions. The whole film has had a dark tone to it throughout, which to me has felt like a real sweat drenched, fevered up dream. While I think everyone should get to see this quite unusual story, I do have to advise of the very extreme content throughout.
2026-02-09
Avery
The story of Midori in 'Shoujo Tsubaki' follows her downward spiral into madness set to carnival music in a beautifully distorted and surreal anime. As Midori is abused by after abusive performer of the carnival, the effort to portray suffering is original and this obscure movie has become a cult classic. I may not watch this again, but it was definitely effective.
2026-02-11
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