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A masterpiece of horror manga, now available in a deluxe hardcover edition Kur zu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in everything from seashells and whirlpools in water to the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father and the voice from the cochlea in our inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kur zu-cho are pulled ever deeper into a whirlpool from which there is no return
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Ito, Junji
- ISBN: 9781421561325
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.45 x 1.79
- Number Of Pages: 648
- Publication Year: 2013
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Like Falling Asleep to Lovecraft
Reed D. - 1 year 6 months agoJunji Ito's "Uzumaki" is a horrifying jaunt down the drainpipe of the body-horror genre, so fans of Katsuhiro Otomo and David Cronenberg take notice. The plot follows a small seaside town that has been cursed with the "spiral," a force of unknown origin that twists every aspect of the residents' lives into unrecognizable horrors. The primary characters, Kirie and her worrisome boyfriend Shuichi, attempt to ignore the progressively stranger occurrences until the power of the spiral becomes unavoidable in the form of slug-people, tornado gangs, and sentient human-hair monsters among other odd mutations. Mysteriously unable to leave the town, the situation devolves as Kirie and Shuichi struggle to survive the chaos, resulting in a consistently tense narrative pacing. The unnerving visuals that are a staple of the body-horror genre highlight the growing sense of dread that keeps the reader alongside Kirie, desperately grasping for any way out. Somehow, Ito manages to turn the grotesque into something beautiful with an innovative use of the spiral pattern and dedication to its theme in both the narrative and the visual aesthetic. Over the course of the story the spiral begins to elicit a Pavlovian response of unease in the reader, and as the world of Uzumaki descends into the whirlpool we cannot help but wonder what lies at the bottom.
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Fast paced horror manga
Melissa G. - 4 years 11 months agoFast paced horror story with fantastic graphics. I am definitely going to read more from Junji Ito, and I recommend this graphic novel to anyone who is looking for something bizarre and well told. For people not familiar with manga, like myself, I think this is a great way to get into it.
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Stunning Horror Manga
Chris G. - 5 years 2 months agoSome of the most astonishing horror artwork you'll ever see. Tremendously eerie and unsettling, this is a masterclass from Ito. This collected volume is also incredibly attractive and beautifully bound. I'll never look at snails the same way again... #SpringPicks
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One of Junji Ito's best
Mark H. - 5 years 10 months agoOne of Junji Ito's best! Beautiful and disturbing.
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Best horror graphic novel out there
Travis D. - 6 years agoThis book sucks you in. The story is a spiral in and of itself. Perfectly crafted stories that lead up to the final conclusion. The ending was interesting, and not what I thought it would be like. But the book makes up for the ending in every other way possible. Perfect illustrations. #SummerReading