The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel;トンネル奇譚; Ton'neru kitan

by Junji Ito, 伊藤潤二

The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel is the fourteenth volume of the Horror World of Junji Ito series. It was originally published in Japan in 1997. Long Dream is the only one to be officially published in English as part of the collection Shiver.

Stories collected:

Long Dream
The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel
Bronze Statue
Floating Particles (Drifting Spores)
Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village

Genres: Manga, Horror, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Comics, Short Stories, Japanese Literature

234 pages, Comic

First published November 1, 1998

About the author

Junji Itō (Japanese: 伊藤潤二, Ito Junji) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his horror manga.
Ito was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1963. He was inspired to make art from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's horror comics. Until the early 1990s he worked as a dental technician, while making comics as a side job. By the time he turned into a full time mangaka, Ito was already an acclaimed horror artists.
His comics are celebrated for their finely depicted body horrors, while also retaining some elements of psychological horror and erotism.
Although he mostly produces short stories, Ito is best known for his longer comic series: Tomie (1987-2000), about a beautiful high school girl who inspires her admirers to commit atrocities; Uzumaki (1998-1999), set in a town cursed with spiral patterns; Gyo (2001-2002), featuring a horde of metal-legged undead fishes. Tomie and Uzumaki in particular have been adapted multiple times in live-action and animation.

Reviews

[P.E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tunnel vision

The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel ****

Also see:
The Enigma of Amigara Fault - see Gyo, Vol. 2
The Colour Out of Space
Desperation
Annihilation
Roadside Picnic
The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies


The Tunnel dream in Kurosawa's 'Dreams'

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Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village ****

[Review to come]

Also see:
La Montagne Morte de la Vie - M. Bernanos
The Colour Out of Space - H.P. Lovecraft

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

💭 Long dream :- 3 stars
🚇 The Story of mysterious tunnel :- 2.5 stars
🗿Bronze Statue :- 2 stars
🍃Drifting spores :- 3.5 stars
🩸Blood sickness of the White sands village :- 3.5 stars

Overall :- 3 stars

[DeAnna Knippling · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one nailed it. All four stories are mwah.

[Nisa Greennnpanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3 stars

The Itou Junji Kyoufu Collection 14 is a collection of horror short stories with various characters.

For those who are interested to start reading Ito's horror mangas, this is a good start.

[Razor · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
these stories were really interesting!! the only one which I had read before was The Long Dream which is one of my all time favorites of him. The Bronze Statue and Drifting Pores were both really fun but the one that caught my eye and disturbed me the most was definitely Blood Sickness of The White Sands Village. the amount of blood in that chapter was unnerving. I cannot believe I finished all of these volumes in around 2-3 days. I feel sad having finished earlier than I meant to 🥲

[Lanzz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buku ni memuatkan 5 komik seram pendek karya Junji Itou.
1) Mimpi yang panjang
2) Kisah terowong misteri
3) Patung gangsa
4) Spora yang melayang
5) Penyakit berdarah

Seperti biasa, komik2 karyanya tak seram mana pun. Plot2 komiknya lebih kepada misteri dan 'mind blow'...

[Silver Lining · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed almost every story (except for the second one, it was just 'meh'). 'Long dream' is my absolute favorite! Guess i'll never sleep again :)))

[Diego Boucher · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5!

[Aatish Shinde · Rating 5 out of 5]

Blood sickness is one of the finest mystery stories I've ever read! Incredible collection.

[Romane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow the chapter Bronze Statue was great.

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Chapter: Drifting Spores

Well I super like this one. Seems like a combination of horror and Shoujo.




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January 25, 2022 — review for re-read


The Junji Ito Horror Manga Collection #14


Chapters:

• Long Dream

• The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel

• Bronze Statue

• Drifting Spores

• Blood Sickness of the White Sands Villiage

[Suica · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story 'Long dream' was very good!

[Greg Kerestan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, but not ideal, this collection of Ito stories tends towards the rambling. "The Mysterious Tunnel" has some interesting twists and turns, plus a final few images that will surely stick with the reader. "Bronze Statue" is another standout, constantly developing new directions but lacking any extremely powerful images or disturbing moments. "Blood Sickness," however, feels like somewhere we've been before- too many elements felt like Ito retreading earlier stories.

[Ahmed El-Sharawy · Rating 3 out of 5]

*Long Dream* 5 stars this one really carried the whole collection

*The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel* i liked it but it wasn't scary 3 stars

*Bronze Statue* 2 stars

*Floating Particles* 2 stars

*Blood Sickness of the White Sands Villiage* 3 stars

[on storygraph (macclown) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really, really enjoyed this collection especially the first story, Lond Dream. I think the idea behind Drifting Spores was great as well, could have been improved with a bit more "drama" I think. All in all a solid volume!

[Hafeez · Rating 3 out of 5]

• Chapter 1: Long Dream ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Chapter 2: The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel ⭐⭐⭐
• Chapter 3: The Bronze Statue ⭐⭐⭐
• Chapter 4: Drifting Spores ⭐⭐⭐
• Chapter 5: Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village ⭐⭐⭐

Quite interesting. But most of the ending not satisfied me.

[Irene Lázaro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me encanta lo wtf que es todo.

[Nour Kadry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Favorite stories: The long dream - Drifting spores

[nobody · Rating 3 out of 5]

(3,5)

[xenia · Rating 3 out of 5]

passageways; dreams, tunnels, rumours, vessels; memories stored in blood, sleep, and concrete; the dead labour of histories repressed and returned.

[PedroFN · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3.16

Individual Ratings:

Long Dream ⭐⭐⭐
The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel ⭐⭐⭐
The Bronze Statue ⭐⭐
Drifting Spores ⭐⭐⭐
Blood Sickness of the White Sands Village ⭐⭐⭐

[Shea Chen · Rating 3 out of 5]

伊藤潤二肯定有一股“創意之泉水”，要不然這種奇異的點子是從哪裏來的？！

[Zuli · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kind of stories I enjoy...

[Judith · Rating 4 out of 5]

First time trying Junji Ito’s horror short stories - are you ok love?

[Oo · Rating 5 out of 5]

真好看，最喜歡白沙村血譚。最後黑澤清寫的評論也很好，只要恐怖的東西是現實，人就不得不面對它。

[Dre Scott-Urichen · Rating 5 out of 5]

long dream is so scary on so many levels its great really reminds me of stephen kinds jaunt

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un excellent recueil d'histoires délicieusement perturbantes et malsaines. Décidément j'adore ce que fait Junji Ito, c'est toujours très original et on ne peut jamais deviner où il va nous mener. De plus l'édition est de tes bonne qualité avec une superbe couverture en relief.

[hien · Rating 5 out of 5]

yes yes yes i love junji ito… i specifically love his short story "Long Dream" in this collection! it freaks me out (people who know me personally and know what happened to me psychiatrically in January 2024 might be able to understand why :3 )

[Tabitha · Rating 4 out of 5]

A ton of uncomfortable, 'whaaaat??' going on here. Loved it.
Only one or two of the stories were even partially predictable (for me) and even then it was taken a step or three further.

[صاحب الظل الطويل · Rating 3 out of 5]

best one was blood sickness of the white sands village

[Carolina · Rating 3 out of 5]

:( esperava um bcd melhor I'll be real