Kurouzu-cho has been decimated by hurricanes being pulled in towards Dragonfly Pond. And there seems to be some strange children with the power to weaponize the hurricanes.
I’ve been rescued… but She came… but I don’t need the meat anymore… Moriguchi wants the strange woman to leave him alone Blackbird — Synopsis In Blackbird, we join a young man who is bird-watching alone along a beautiful stretch of a mountainous forest. This man’s name is Kume. Along his walk he comes across…
In The House, Kirie and family must move home after theirs is destroyed in a storm. But their new home hides a deadly secret and a body-altering disease.
A young woman has a dream… to be dissected. Something inside her yearns to be cut open and studied…
In The Storm, the question as to whether the spiral is actually targeting Kirie is pretty much answered. She is pursued by the eye of a deadly storm…
Ghosts of Prime Time introduces us to one of the strangest double acts I’ve ever seen. This double act is a comedy duo, two young women, known together as Tasogare Kintoki.
The Human Chair begins with a lady asking a furniture maker about buying a chair for herself. After a passionate talk about the importance of a good chair, the Salesman takes her into a back room to show her one particular chair — a chair with a strange past.
In The Umbilical Cord, Kirie Goshima must come face to face with the aftermath of the massacre she witnessed in Mosquitoes. An aftermath 9 months in the making.
In mosquitoes, Kirie must survive an horrific night in the hospital when she comes face to face with blood-thirsty pregnant women.
Fun Summer Vacation tells the story of a family with an evil younger son. That son is none other than Junji Ito favourite, Souichi.
The Black Lighthouse sits on the coast of Kurouzu-cho. Although thought to be abandoned, it suddenly begins emitting a strange swirling light every night at sundown. People decide to investigate…
Anything but a Ghost tells the story of a woman who is discovered by the side of a mountain road covered in blood. But when that woman revisits the one who found her, she reveals that not everything is as it seems with her.
In The Snail, we meet a school boy named Katayama. He only comes to school when it’s raining โ and today it’s pouring down.
In Summer time graduation trip, an eerie bathhouse beneath a picturesque inn hides a mysterious secret.
Mountain of Gods is one of the chapters in an anthology of manga stories about mountain demons called Yama Kaidan. Yama Kaidan roughly translates to “Mountain Stairs”.
Kirie’s admirer is just like a Jack in the Box โ he keeps jumping out at her at inappropriate times. But what happens when he takes it too far?
Flesh Colored Horror focuses on the suffering of a young boy at the hands of his twisted and skin-obsessed mother.
In Medusa, Kirie becomes directly affected by the town’s Spiral curse. And it is through a very strange means โ her hair.
In Tomio Red Turtleneck, a young man cheats on his girlfriend and almost loses his head.
Family reuinions and creepy puppets. Junji Ito delivers a strange and enjoyable story with Marionette Mansion.
In Twisted Souls, Junji Ito brings into the town of Kurouzu-cho a Romeo and Juliet kind of story. Except with a little twist.
In The Firing Effect, Kirie’s father is producing some very strange, twisted pottery. This isn’t surprising when we find out where he gets his clay from…
In Wooden Spirit, Junji Ito takes us on a strange journey of love. Specifically, the love between one woman and a house that she finds desirable…
In The Scar, we focus on a high school friend of Kirie’s โ Azami Kurotani โ who has a strange connection with the spiral.
In Love as Scripted, Junji Ito explores a very strange relationship between a young woman and a would-be Casanova.
In the second part of the opening two-part story, The Spiral Obsession, we follow on from the shocking events of Shuichi’s father’s cremation. Things are about to get much darker…
In the first part of The Spiral Obsession, we are introduced to the three central characters of Uzumaki โ Kirie Goshima, Shuichi Saito and the Spiral pattern that haunts them.
Often seen in nature, the spiral could represent mystery and infinity. But in this series it also represents horror and cursed flesh.