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Junji Ito 3 Books Bundle
Junji Ito Collection 3 Books Bundles Set Titles In This Set UZUMAKI 3-IN-1 DLX ED HC GYO 2IN1 DLX ED HC Tomie Complete Deluxe Edition Description UZUMAKI 3-IN-1 DLX ED HC Kurouzu-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 According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. GYO 2IN1 DLX ED HC The floating smell of death hangs over the island. What is it? A strange, legged fish appears on the scene... Tomie Complete Deluxe Edition Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself.
- GenresManga
Hardcover
Published January 1, 2017
About the author
Junji Ito
238 books15.7k followersJunji 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.
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.
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November 30, 2019
Not my favourite book by Junji Ito but still not entirely devoid of its points of interest. A small town in Japan has its citizenry going insane/undergoing horrific transformations due to an obsession with spirals that take it over entirely.
Soon, the citizens are coiled around themselves in the few houses that offer the illusion of safety. Or as food runs out, prey on their former friends - but is it really cannibalism if you are eating a human-snail hybrid?
The art - as per norm - is stomach churningly graphic.
Uzumaki starts well but it is unable to keep up the grisly energy of Gyo or the insane inventiveness of Tomei. Some of the plots like the young lovers in a feuding family are sort of foolish; others like Jack in the Box stand head to head with everything else Ito has written.
The conclusion is a surreal mindfuck, but the road to get there is not always the best. If you are just starting out, pick Tomei or Gyo before you get around to this one.
Soon, the citizens are coiled around themselves in the few houses that offer the illusion of safety. Or as food runs out, prey on their former friends - but is it really cannibalism if you are eating a human-snail hybrid?
The art - as per norm - is stomach churningly graphic.
Uzumaki starts well but it is unable to keep up the grisly energy of Gyo or the insane inventiveness of Tomei. Some of the plots like the young lovers in a feuding family are sort of foolish; others like Jack in the Box stand head to head with everything else Ito has written.
The conclusion is a surreal mindfuck, but the road to get there is not always the best. If you are just starting out, pick Tomei or Gyo before you get around to this one.
May 29, 2019
This took me an incredibly short amount of time to read the first two thirds of this manga and waaay too long to finish.
I'm not a fan of manga in general, but I would have given the first half of this three part set five stars, but by the end, honestly, the concepts got old. The horror of it was slightly dimished by my desire to just get it over with. When the world was still somewhat sane, the horror of the spirals stood out starkly. Who would next fall prey to the maddness of the spiral? When it was inevitably, well, everyone, it just grew monotonous.
That being said, I think this is the only book that has ever made me shriek, which was absolutely exciting. The art style is incredible, but the ending wrapped up a little neatly for horror.
I'm not a fan of manga in general, but I would have given the first half of this three part set five stars, but by the end, honestly, the concepts got old. The horror of it was slightly dimished by my desire to just get it over with. When the world was still somewhat sane, the horror of the spirals stood out starkly. Who would next fall prey to the maddness of the spiral? When it was inevitably, well, everyone, it just grew monotonous.
That being said, I think this is the only book that has ever made me shriek, which was absolutely exciting. The art style is incredible, but the ending wrapped up a little neatly for horror.
July 24, 2020
The best book that ive ever read! Please try it!
July 21, 2022
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THESE MANGAS... THEY CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER AND I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR BEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE WHILE READING JUNJI ITO'S WORK! I started with GYO... then TOMIE, SENSOR, FRAGMENTS OF HORROR, REMINA, SHIVER, DESERTER, CAT DIARY... until there was just one story left to read, UZUMAKI! I saved the best for last. Now I don't have anymore Junji Ito stuff to read until Liminal Zone comes out. This really was a beautiful journey and I will never forget this past couple of months binging through Ito's masterpiece's.
January 28, 2022
Full disclosure, this is only the second manga I've ever read. How can I describe it? It's repulsive and spellbinding at the same time. Wonderful and weird elements creep up throughout only to then morph into something nauseating. It sure left an impression on me. Now to get some Gravol.
April 7, 2024
after finishing these 3 mangas i rank them as such: uzumaki was by far the best giving it a 4.5/5, tomie was good but fell dull and repetitive at times giving it a 3.5/5, and gyo started off really well yet fell off towards the end giving it a 3/5.
September 5, 2019
Loved the art, very creepy. Got a little too weird (almost silly) at the end with the gangs and the snail people, but still loved it.
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