Junji Ito: Uzumaki (Portuguese language, 2018, Devir)
Paperback, 656 pages
Portuguese language
Published July 16, 2018 by Devir.
Kirie Goshima e Shuichi Saito vivem na pequena cidade de Kurôzu-cho, que se vê repentinamente assolada por uma estranha maldição: os seus habitantes tornam-se obcecados por objetos com a forma de espirais (conchas de caracol, remoinhos e padrões) e acabam por morrer misteriosamente. Kirie and Shuichi elaboram um plano para escapar da cidade, mas os seus esforços não têm sucesso e no regresso acabam por descobrir qual é afinal o centro da espiral.
Best when you go in blind, as I did. Now I'll forever look at manga in a different light
Best when you go in blind, as I did. Now I'll forever look at manga in a different light
A classic horror for a reason. I picked up the manga after watching the film adaption, and loved it.
Surreal, calm horror at its best. Fantastic art and situations.
An absolute gem of cosmic horror. Junji Ito manages spectacularily to hold the mood throughout the entire book. It starts weird and gets just weirder, presenting the reader with unsettling things one after another, without ever feeling stale or somehow forced. I really enjoyed the ending.
For any fans of H.P. Lovecraft, and I kinda found something similar here as in Strugatsky brothers' Roadside Picnic, which I completed just recently, in that regular people get caught in something inexplicable and alien, looking for answers and closure.
An absolute gem of cosmic horror. Junji Ito manages spectacularily to hold the mood throughout the entire book. It starts weird and gets just weirder, presenting the reader with unsettling things one after another, without ever feeling stale or somehow forced. I really enjoyed the ending.
For any fans of H.P. Lovecraft, and I kinda found something similar here as in Strugatsky brothers' Roadside Picnic, which I completed just recently, in that regular people get caught in something inexplicable and alien, looking for answers and closure.
first off I'd strongly advise against reading this (or any of Junji Ito's works, probably) if body horror is a big problem for you. that said, Uzumaki is really good! the art is amazingly done, and the slow escalation from relatively self-contained (and occasionally kind of silly) spiral-based phenomena to... the stuff that happens at the end... is just fantastic.
first off I'd strongly advise against reading this (or any of Junji Ito's works, probably) if body horror is a big problem for you. that said, Uzumaki is really good! the art is amazingly done, and the slow escalation from relatively self-contained (and occasionally kind of silly) spiral-based phenomena to... the stuff that happens at the end... is just fantastic.
It's been ages and I still remember it was terrifying. Giving it four stars, not because I "really liked it" but because I have to acknowledge it's a good horror manga. There's just that I hate horror things, but I was a fool and gave it a try.
It's been ages and I still remember it was terrifying. Giving it four stars, not because I "really liked it" but because I have to acknowledge it's a good horror manga. There's just that I hate horror things, but I was a fool and gave it a try.
