Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection

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The Kafkaesque autobiography of a diplomat who compares himself to Grigori Rasputin, and what happens after he gets caught up in a political purge during the early 2000s. Still, despite the seemingly unavoidable crap (literal in one instance here) that crops up in every short story anthology, this was one of Junji Ito’s better collections. Like many popular artists, Ito has a complex bibliography where the same or related short pieces appear in various volumes of different names. The Beautiful Boy is similar to Itō’s siren Tomie — a stunning icon whose physical perfection leads admirers to violence and destruction.

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This story was unsettling, disturbing, and altogether really enjoyable, with an ending I didn't quite see coming. The characters themselves need a bit more depth than merely being victims of supernatural phenomenon beyond their control. The next two tales are about "The Strange Hikizuri Siblings," a weird and off-putting family of nasty and spiteful orphans. The siblings have intense, psychotic personalities, making it one of the most dysfunctional families I've ever encountered in fiction. Written and illustrated by Junji Ito, the series was serialized in Nemuki from May to November 1996.And I don't think anyones deep dive explanation into this one is going to change my mind about how I feel about this one. Lovesickness takes place in a town obsessed with fortune-telling, where citizens ask strangers at the crossroads what their fate will be.

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If the event happens to be tragic, the human response will be a lot stronger, sometimes even violent. Lovesickness’ is especially galling in this respect, as it spends a whole multi-story arc creating a detailed and intriguing world, only for much of that to be waved away with what’s effectively a deus ex machina. Nine scary stories that really happened, drawn from the famed collection of urban legends Shin Mimibukuro (New Earmuffs), and adapted into manga by horror genius Junji Ito!It's a new set of spooky tales in the Mieruko-chan Anthology Comic, including works from Michiru Noroi, Yakan Nabeya, Aki Mizuki, and more!

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It doesn't take long for Ryusuke's life to be turned upside down once the town residents are convinced he's the mysterious bishounen. As a Junji Ito story, it offers greater introspection on the harmful nature of popular trends and the deadly consequences it has on human behavior. In “Lovesickness”, as in all of Itō’s greatest spirals, no misery or heartbreak is ever left behind. It’s hard to avoid the feeling that the guiding principle was, ‘hmmm, ‘Lovesickness’ is a bit short to publish by itself, what else can we cobble together to make this a full book?I love Junji Ito, in case you haven't been following along, and having any complaints about getting hardcover editions as nice as the ones from Viz feels a little like the very definition of looking a gift horse in the mouth but also the decisions that Viz keeps making about what, exactly, the bring out remain frequently perplexing. The entire atmosphere of the main story is what really held me; it was eerie and unsettling in a very subtle way, with brief bursts of that in-your-face horror some people love. Ryūsuke is convinced the ghost is responsible for a string of suicides laying waste to his female classmates.