Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection

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The imagery or the stories are never scary though - Ito’s horror is so absurdly over the top that it’s too silly to take seriously. Especially all the schoolgirl suicides - they all just happen to carry box cutters and they all decide to kill themselves within moments of the beautiful boy telling them a dumb fortune? It’s dark humour but that to me is more comedic than horrific. Despite the stupidity of it, I was still initially hooked. However, as I kept going on, the story eventually became very repetitive and annoying. Some of the dialogues were also really cringey to read. The Séance was my favourite of the two, and these stories do go to dark places, but I just cannot connect with the characters of the siblings. Something about them annoys me. I love all things ghostly though, and Ito’s signature style, so will give these stories 3 stars.

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Oct 20 Final Fantasy XVI Producer Naoki Yoshida on the Game's Anime Influences and Design Philosophy Ribs woman Wires were used in place of ribs to make music, and the picture of a woman revealing her ribs will stay with me for a long time. (4 stars) Another standout collection by the king of horror manga… Junji Ito. While collections are naturally hit or miss, I overall really enjoyed this one. Another couple of stories fill out the book, including an especially weird one about a boy who is in constant pain, the pain being part of the house he lives in.I love Junji Ito, in case you haven't been following along, and having any complaints about getting hardcover editions as nice as the ones from Viz feels a little like the very definition of looking a gift horse in the mouth but also the decisions that Viz keeps making about what, exactly, the bring out remain frequently perplexing. The main character Ryusuke told a woman’s fortune at the crossroad when he was asked as a young boy. That ended in tragedy and he is haunted by the guilt. Especially as he grew up to know her niece. But, is the past still haunting him at the crossroads?

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Horror Manga-ka Juni Ito is remarkably productive. This is just one of several short story collections out in English translation in the last couple years alone. I might say that the ten stories here are not appreciably better or worse than other collections (so, 3 stars?) but the art continues to be amazing.Published in North America by VIZ on April 16, 2019 as "Smashed" - omitting "Greased", likely because it was also recently published in "Shiver". Mimi's Ghost Stories is based on Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro (怪談新耳袋), a story anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama. Lately, school children have been following the custom. Sadly, some of those children have also been committing suicide - supposedly after having their fortunes told by an ethereal, dark haired, beautiful boy.

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I did quite enjoy The Strange Hikizuri Siblings. A short story about a very creepy and dysfunctional family. Every sibling gave off an uneasy vibe, and watching each one of them unfold until they displayed their psychotic side had me on the edge. It was definitely entertaining. Based on "Kokka no Wana (Trap of the State)", the autobiography of ex-diplomat and political writer Sato Masaru. I really like the story "The Mansion of Phantom Pain", there is hardly anything gross in the story but the plot and the plot twists work out so well!!!Released by VIZ as Remina for North America, omitting the extra story Billions Alone, likely because it was recently published in Venus in the Blind Spot. The Mansion of Phantom Pain is also a decent story about a young man who gets a job at a rich person’s house where he has to relieve the man’s son’s pain that has somehow, invisibly filled the mansion. This one’s a good example of Ito’s unique imagination - it’s something only he could come up with. I was hooked waiting to see where he’d take the story, and it was mostly interesting, though, again the ending is weak. Based on Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro (怪談新耳袋), a story anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.

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The Kafkaesque autobiography of a diplomat who compares himself to Grigori Rasputin, and what happens after he gets caught up in a political purge during the early 2000s. Written by Nagasaki Takashi, art by Junji Ito.Oct 28 NBA Star Rui Hachimura Gets Animated and Possibly Saves the World in New Crayon Shin-chan Episode