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reading junji ito is brilliant because you'll read like a delectably original fucked up piece of work that will genuinely haunt you for ages, then you turn the page and the next story is called 'the little fucked up man' and the story is that there's a little fucked up man

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Happy Valentine's Day! I've had these Junji Ito valentines cards on my camera roll for 2 full years and can no longer figure out who made them! I love them, please help.

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The Junji Ito Obsession

About a week ago my partner showed me a short story manga online called 'The Enigma of Amigara Fault' and I immediately fell into the rabbit hole. I started looking at his other works online during my free time. For anyone who likes horror, you understand the weird fascination with all things freaky and Junji Ito was scratching an itch that normally gets scratched by watching true crime documentaries and youtubers. After a few days, I caved and bought my first Junji Ito book, 'Shiver'. It didn't take long for me to finish, and I had the next book coming the next day, 'Deserter'. It's only been 5 days and I have already added 'Smashed', 'Tombs', 'Lovesickness', 'Tomie', 'Uzumaki' and 'Gyo' to my collection. 'Gyo' is the last I have to read of the ones I currently have and as I opened the first page, I saw the contents, the bonus story for this book being 'The Enigma of Amigara Fault'. I can't help but see I have gone in a full circle and it feels like some weird fate that I should be reading this now. I'm enjoying his works so much, they are my current obsession. My obsessions regularly change but I'm sure whenever he releases a new book in English, I will come back to his wonderful stories.

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Uzumaki (Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror)

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1998-1999

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Junji Ito stories are so fucked up because there’s no good or evil. There’s no final girl. Random fucked up shit just happens and the person you’re rooting for is probably gonna die.

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Shiver (寒気)

Horror World of Junji Ito: Slug Girl (1997)

Written and illustrated by Junji Ito

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Shiver

After reading the odd manga of Junji Ito's online, Shiver was the first book that I purchased and read cover to cover. I read the whole book in a few hours, taking no breaks. That's when I first sensed that my bank account was in trouble. I think some stories stood out above the rest but they we're all interesting and kept my hooked the entire time.

My favourite works from this collection are Shiver, Marionette Mansion, The Long Dream and Greased, I think these stories are considered by most to be some of his best, considering most of them have been adapted into anime or either Crunchyroll or the newest Netflix series. As I read the book, I would rate each story 1-5 and these all received a 5 from me. Although, the story 'Fashion Model' seems to be earning place in my heart, as the more Fuchi is mentioned throughout the Junji Ito Universe, the more I seem to love her character.

Starting with Shiver itself, this features some pretty horrifying artwork, especially if you have trypophobia. The build up of the story was really nice, I got a feeling that I really understood what was going on, which isn't always present in Junji's work but also that the pace was still that of his other short stories.

My next favourite being Marionette Mansion. I love this story, it's a bit slower to get into but the background story is so important to the ending. You really experience the tension throughout the story, seeing people being controlled like puppets, something was bound to go wrong. A brilliant concept that was perfectly brought to life by Junji Ito. (btw, the fear of puppets and marionettes is called Pupaphobia)

Next, is a personal overall favourite. I love The Long Dream, it's one of the mangas that I read online before getting any books and it just cemented the fact that I wanted to read as many of Junji Ito's works as I could. I loved the idea that the person troubled by these long dreams, would show such drastic changes when they wake up and the ending really put the nail in the coffin for me. This would be a pretty horrific story to read for someone with Oneirophobia.

Last of my top rated stories from this collection is Greased. Don't read this is you have Lipophobia. This is possibly Junji Ito's most disgusting story, but that shouldn't make you avoid it because it is incredibly well told and once again hits you with a twist that's unexpected and savage.

Overall, this book was brilliant and was a great starter book for getting into Junji's work.

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𖦹 30-06-2023 𖦹