Social isolation, paranoia, and agoraphobia, made even more relevant in this The stitch murders, which are becoming more brazen, stitching entire groups ofįive, six, a dozen, and even more, people together. Protagonist uncovers rumors that the mysterious Army of One is responsible for 'Army of One' which is recruiting new members. At the same time, a plane drops flyers for an Since the protagonist is a hikikomori, one of the socially isolated Murders' they appear to target groups of people. Given how unpleasant tickling can be, this story can getĪ series of grotesque murders begin plaguing Japan, namely Yet, wherever they go, they get huge laughs.thanks to This manzai duo consists of two women who are as unfunnyĪs they are strange. Standup comedy, where one performer acts as a straight man and the other as Graded on a curve, so it's still pretty creepy. One of Junji Ito's lighter stories, which has to be Next door is a horrific sight and she's getting closer and closer to his Strange neighbor, who wants nothing more than to pay him a visit. This creepy story shows that there are fates far worse than death.Ī teenager is awakened in the middle of the night by a Misaki is not all she appears to be and is hiding a dark secret - namely, sheĮats ghosts. But Misaki is persuasive and the two begin an affair. Unfortunately for her, Shigeru is married withĪ baby on the way. A few days later, Misaki shows up to thank him and even wants to pursue a

Taking her to the doctor, it's revealed that the blood isn't Also, don't try popping these balloons either unless you want aĪ man named Shigeru comes across a young woman named Misaki,Ĭovered in blood. 'people' and hang them on their noose-like strings. Like other people’s faces begin to hover over Tokyo.

Even stranger, the balloon is an exact duplicate of just her face, with a noose dangling where the ballon string should be. When a schoolgirl commits suicide by hanging herself, people begin seeing her ghost as a bizarre floating balloon. Stories and not one continuous arc with numerous adaptations and, The problem is, Tomie always risesįrom the dead, continuing her curse. Tomie's beauty is so powerful that men become obsessed with her, but alsoĭrives them to murder her. One of Junji Ito's first works, Tomie is the story ofĪ beautiful Japanese schoolgirl, who also happens to be an evil succubus. Powered by a toxic gas, the fish begin toĬhange people, mutating them into things far worse than corpses. Revealed to be an experiment by the Japanese Army during World War II, and Loaded with enough body horror to make David Cronenberg squirm. This sounds like a 1950s sci-fi B movie, but Gyo is Revealed to be rotting fish, but these fish have mechanical legs and swarm on Okinawa when she's assailed by a terrible stench that won't go away. Tadashi and his girlfriend Kaori are vacationing in Save the town from its spiraling, cosmic curse. However, theyĪll combine to tell an epic story of Lovecraftian terror in which nothing can

Such horrors as people devolving into snails, a spiral devouring a girl's head,Īnd mosquito babies demanding to be put back into the womb. Each chapter is almost episodic, dealing with From whirlwinds to the shape of your inner ear, once people begin to Japanese word for spiral, and this town, and life in general, has a lot of If that sounds funny to you, then you'll learn howĮasily Junji Ito can turn the mundane into something horrifying. Often considered Ito's magnum opus, Uzumaki is about a

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