The enigma draws public attention and news crews begin to report on it. Soon enough, people are coming from all over to see the human-shaped holes for themselves. Once again I am convinced that Mr. Ito has been drawing his home life all along through his career... This is his imagination working in remarkable ways. It also best showcases his uncanny ability to draw the human face in the most terrifyingly expressive ways.

The planet Remina is an entirely unknown entity; it seems to be alive, conscious, devouring planets and everything else on its way to Earth. Unlike other popular Japanese writers like Haruki Murakami, whose debut works are often overlooked today, Ito’s earlier works are still treasured. The name Uzumaki literally translates to ‘spiral’ and that is exactly what the story is about. Junji Ito manga is often defined by one single idea. It’s an ordinary tale; the kind of thing that has happened to many of us (when I lived in Shanghai, my partner one day brought home two tiny terrapins she had rescued. Suddenly, they were our responsibility). As an example of creative use, via the Torture Sommelier Shigeo Ijuin, there is actually a YouTube channel dedicating to everything about torture, its many ways of infliction and whatnot that feels like a road trip diving into YouTube's great unknown of entertainment that is seen by the few and hardcore. And adding to that, the magnificent casting of Tomokazu Sugita and Yui Ogura as the main couple, with some unknowns like Professor's VA Hidenari Ugaki adding into the mix, and you'll have one fine web comic that has unlimited amounts of creativity at whatever it desires to showcase.

And since my grandmother had shrunk with age, and so had Yoda, any human who lived to 900 would eventually turn green and have elf-like ears. This is a story found in one of Ito’s earlier short story collections, known as the Slug Girl Collection (named after one of the book’s stories). The way Ito draws himself, his wife, and the cats makes them all seem like characters in a horror story. And yet, nothing frightening is happening.

Apparently Dazai’s style was autobiographical fiction and I’ve never read the original book (nor ever will) so I can’t say how much of this is directly taken from the book or whether Ito added in biographical elements from Dazai’s life. But the book opens with an alcoholic writer and his young girlfriend committing suicide by drowning, which is really how Dazai died. This is another story found in Shiver. I should mention that one of the cool things about Shiver (as is common with many manga tankobon) is the inclusion of little notes and anecdotes from the author. They’re often about what inspired the story to begin with. The second is his adaptations. In recent years, Ito has chosen to (or possible been asked to) adapt a handful of classic novels by Japanese and Western writers from prose into manga.

Nise Seijo!? Mira no Boukentan - Tsuihousaremashita ga, Jitsu wa Saikyou na no de Second Life wo Tanoshimimasu!

Ito’s manipulation and contortion of the human body into something impossible and monstrous is his most infamous skill as an artist. This is the story in which the fashion model originated, and she is exactly what you’d expect her to be. The story is told by a nervous and twitchy young man who is working with an amateur film crew. This curse builds up a mind-shattering state of paranoia and obsession that, eventually, leads to death. Junji Ito manga comes in three distinct forms. The first is his longform graphic novels. These are longer stories that tell extended, interconnected horror stories. Almost all of these Junji Ito manga short stories can be read in his magnum opus Shiver, a collection of Ito stories that is near perfect.

This town is affected by a curse involving the symbol of a spiral. It’s a story that plays on the impact that symbols have in both modern and ancient societies, especially in Japan. However, in spite of that, Honoured Ancestors still stands tall as one of Ito’s coolest concepts for a horror manga short story. The story follows a teenage girl who is brought home to meet her potential boyfriend’s dad. Prior to doing this, she has been haunted by dreams of a giant caterpillar. Many of Ito’s tales are inspired by Japanese folklore and tradition ( Weeping Woman Way and The Spirit Flow of Aokigahara are two great examples, both found in The Liminal Zone).

Discussions

In fact, it’s one of the few Ito short stories that would probably work just as well as prose rather than manga form. There is no body horror here; no abstract terror. This is a story of slow, strange, creeping dread, demonstrating Junji Ito as a master of tension and dread. Honoured Ancestors Still I can't help but root for him. If you've undergone a spiritual malaise just like our lead, you'd understand the prodigious effort it takes to rise from all that weakness and pain. There's one point where it seems like he really had a chance. Question is - will his Beatrice be able to save her Dante? I think the show would benefit from a shorter episode run time instead of the standard 20-22 minutes to speed up the pacing and make each episode more engaging. Series like “Pop Team Epic” and “The Way of the House Husband” which also used minimal animation benefited greatly from this approach and their episodes felt more like fast-paced comedies rather than drawn out and full of exposition with a few gags thrown in. It is hard to watch literal static, wooden characters talk for 20 minutes about things when most of the time there's nothing to focus on. Even the Junji Ito manga that doesn’t fit neatly into the horror genre still has elements of the uncanny and the unsettling in its illustration.

When Dazai took his own life, he left behind a baby daughter, Yūko Tsushima and she grew up to be a famed author in her own right, having penned novels such as Territory of Light and Woman Running in the Mountains. Madonna is the second story from Junji Ito’s The Liminal Zone; a collection of four standalone tales that were unrestrained by the magazine format and therefore as long as he wanted them to be. No Longer Human is a novel inspired by Dazai’s own life, experiences, and behaviours. It shows us a man who feels as though he exists outside of the human experience. As of the most recent chapter (13), Human Algorithm is the best piece of Ghost in the Shell media to come out in recent years. The plot so far is a breath of fresh air while also feeling completely fitting for the franchise. It’s no secret that Junji Ito’s writing, art, and, design style have all been heavily influenced by the mind and works of H.P. Lovecraft.Junji Ito’s Cat Diary is unique within his body of work for several reasons. First: it’s a piece of narrative nonfiction. Or perhaps autofiction is a better term? Or, as the name outright states, a diary.