Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection

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Next up in this collection are the two Strange Hikizuri Siblings stories, Narumi’s Boyfriend and The Séance. The latter half of the book includes two new stories featuring the Hikizuri Siblings, a sort of "Addams Family" but even more macabre.

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He doesn’t appear in ‘The Boy in White’, which is instead narrated by a man who comes to the city having heard rumours of its multiple suicides. Most people who read my reviews aren't aficionados of horror manga and I'm hoping to convert some of you to the unique and compulsively creepy world of Junji Ito, and to convince you to give his work a try. Crossroads Fortune-Telling" happens on the foggiest days and everyone from school children to adults will wait at the intersections for the first person to pass by and ask them for their fortune.This is just one of several short story collections out in English translation in the last couple years alone. Everyone is bombarded with these questions and they try to answer thoughtfully, but this guy creates mayhem with his answers. This wiki is dedicated to legendary horror mangaka Junji Ito (伊藤潤二), cataloging the artist's art, publications, media, merchandise, exhibits, events, and more! Because of the captivating(lmao) cover and intriguing title, I was looking forward to reading this collection.

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The first story, Lovesickness, started out intriguing with the unique concept where people follow this new trend where they stand on a street corner and wait for the first person to walk by and ask them to tell their fortune. It's no surprise then that Ito's Lovesickness manga (now available in English by Viz Media) follows a similar pattern. The art has so much depth and he is able to transition to just bonkers intense horrifying scenes and concepts after filling you with dread (see Alexander's excellent review for examples of the art).I really enjoyed the main character and his crush as they tried piecing together the clues behind the boy at the crossroads (competent horror leads are the best! The coil or whorl at the slowly revolving center of that book is a good metaphor for Itō’s horror style. Ito’s influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo Umezu and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka Tsutsui and H. It’s not a surprise, then, that several of the briefer tales in VIZ’s new collection Lovesickness come across as hurried or unfinished. The French series Tomié, from Tonkam, now Delcourt / Tonkam, is apparently made up of the first two volumes of this series along with Tomie Again.