Junji Ito Manga Reviews
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Waterfall Basin (Tomie part 8)
A strange salesman is ran out of a local village by its inhabitants. He throws the contents of his briefcase over a cliff edge and into the lake below. Soon after, strange things begin to happen. Young men start to throw themselves off the same cliff, offering themselves to some strange entity beneath the water.
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Revenge (Tomie part 7)
On a harsh snowy mountain, three hikers discover a naked body sticking out of the ice. Surprising to them, the girl they have found is still alive. She introduces herself as Tomie, and things then begin to go from bad to worse.
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Mansion (Tomie part 6)
In the third and final part of the “Tsukiko Trilogy”, Tomie lures Tsukiko back to her mansion home with the promise of seeing her friend Yamazaki. However, she isn’t prepared for the nightmares that are contained within.
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Kiss (Tomie part 5)
Tsukiko attempts to nurse an injured friend in her blood-stained apartment. The blood remains from the horrific events of the previous chapter, Photo. But Tomie’s presence in that place is still holding on through very gory means.
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Photo (Tomie part 4)
A photography student is asked to get some pictures of Tomie – another student at the school. However, the developed photos uncover something strange beneath Tomie’s beautiful exterior.
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Basement (Tomie part 3)
Following on from Morita Hospital, there seems to be some strange things happening in the Hospital Basement. A mysterious growth is beginning to take a familiar form.
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Morita Hospital (Tomie part 2)
A young girl awaiting a kidney transplant meets the mysterious Tomie through a friend of hers. But after a warning by Tomie to stop seeing that friend, it seems she has much more to give the patient than just threats.
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Hanging Blimp
A young woman is found hanging from a telephone wire outside her apartment. Soon after, a strange vision of her head is spotted floating over the night sky.
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Tomie
Tomie kicked off what was to become one of the most engrossing and enjoyable horror manga series I have ever read. Not only that but this, its first chapter, kicked off the career of perhaps the most well known and celebrated mangaka, Junji Ito.
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Protected: Dissolving Classroom
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Fashion Model
After seeing the modelling photos of a strange — almost demonic — woman, a film student starts getting nightmarish visions of her. Not long after, that same model is hired on his current film and things begin to take a turn for the worse.
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Used Record
A musical record has a strange, hypnotic effect on those that hear it. The music tends to be calm and soothing to those who listen. But it can also trigger a rage in those who will do anything to take it for their own.