Characters, including our protagonist, who should have had some significant character development by the end of the story, remained static. Through my examination of Helter Skelter, I hope I have been able to convey the great importance and impact a book of this type can have on the reader both intellectually and personally, as it has had upon me. The features in the characters aren't made to be super pretty and hyped up like in most shoujos where even the regular girls are the prettiest people you could imagine, but like in Flower of Evil and in other joesi and seinen comics where everyone just looks vaguely normal. Shojo is a genre of manga aimed at girls, which had come to be defined almost exclusively by female mangaka.

With her falling health comes a rising desperation, as she begins to lash out at anyone and everything.She’s undergone science-fiction levels of plastic surgery to become a Frankenstein’s monster of beauty. It also analyzes manipulative relationships, ego trips, drugs, promiscuity, corruption (both in a political / economical sense but also corruption of the self). Inferiority Superiority Complex: Ririko is incredibly smug and vain, but she's demonstrated to be an incredibly emotionally insecure wreck. From that familiar cut comes Okazaki’s short but powerfully evocative piece titled ”Helter Skelter”.

Helter Skelter is the story of fading model-actress Liliko, who is desperately addicted to the limelight. This presentation of the female body in art is inherently dishonest, as well as being largely uninteresting.

She noted that some people will find the story difficult to stomach and the artwork "harsh," although the latter helps the story.