Junji Ito Manga Reviews
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The Scar (Uzumaki part 3)
In The Scar, we focus on a high school friend of Kirie’s — Azami Kurotani — who has a strange connection with the spiral.
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Love As Scripted
In Love as Scripted, Junji Ito explores a very strange relationship between a young woman and a would-be Casanova.
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The Spiral Obsession part 2 (Uzumaki part 2)
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…
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The Spiral Obsession part 1 (Uzumaki part 1)
In the first part of The Spiral Obsession, we are introduced to the three central characters of Uzumaki — Kirie Goshima, Shuichi Saito and the Spiral pattern that haunts them.
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Uzumaki by Junji Ito
Often seen in nature, the spiral could represent mystery and infinity. But in this series it also represents horror and cursed flesh.
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Demon’s Voice
In Demon’s Voice, a group of fishermen are out on the open seas in search of Tuna. However, when they hear strange voices from across the ocean, very strange and disturbing things begin to happen.
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The Bully
The Bully is one of those rare Junji Ito mangas that features no physical horror or gore. Instead, it’s horror is depicted through the bullying inflicted by the central character, Kuriko.
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Futon
Futon is the first, and shortest, story in the Fragments of Horror Collection. It centers around a man who refuses to come out from under his blanket, for fear of the invisible spirits around him.
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Honoured Ancestors
Honouring the memory of one’s ancestors is something that most people try to do – at least I like to think so. So it seems fitting that in Honoured Ancestors, Junji Ito should take this very human trait and turn the dial up to “weird” and give us a flesh and blood representation of ancestry.
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Fashion Model : Cursed Frame
Fuchi the model is back in this short manga story, included with the excellent Shiver collection. A timid new model crosses paths with Fuchi with very violent and creative results.
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Frankenstein
Junji Ito takes on one of the most well-known horror stories of all time. He injects his signature style and atmosphere into the classic tale of man playing god.
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The Sad Tale of the Principal Post
One of the shortest of Junji Ito’s manga stories at just four pages. Included with his famous Gyo series is this little gem about a man who has some trouble with the supporting beam of his family’s home – the principal post.