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Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Kurozu-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 According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the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 small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Notes:
Includes the extra chapter "Uzumaki Tokubetsu-hen: Ginga", which was included in editions later released.
Chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009. (Vol. 1)

Tags: Tragedy , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Seinen , Survival , Female Protagonist , Gore , Episodic , Lost Civilization , Philosophy , Rural , Cannibalism , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Suicide , Curses , Bullying , Demons , Unrequited Love , Cult , Yandere

Jisatsu Circle

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological

Jisatsu Circle is a manga based on a movie of the same title, written and directed by Sion Sono. At first, the manga was intended to follow the same story, but Sion Sono asked Usamaru Furuya to adapt his own story to it, which resulted in a plot much easier to understand.

The story begins with the same opening scene, where 54 girls commit suicide by jumping in front of a moving train. However, one girl survives (Saya Kota) and opens another Suicide Club, with other victims. Her best friend, Kyoko, fears for Saya's future and begins to search for the strange secrets surrounding the Suicide Club to try and save Saya and the other girls from committing such a tragedy again.

Tags: Suicide , Denpa , School , Cult , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Gore , Bullying , Nudity , Primarily Teen Cast , Police , Crime , Seinen , Trains

Itou Junji Jisen Kessakushuu

Also known as Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Including nine of Junji Ito's best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary. It also includes one all new, previously unpublished story.

1. Used Record (from Ayatsuri no Yashiki)
2. Shiver (from Namekuji no Shoujo)
3. Fashion Model (from Souichi no Noroi Nikki)
4. Hanging Blimp (from Kao Dorobou)
5. Marionette Madness (from Ayatsuri no Yashiki)
6. Painter (from Tomie)
7. The Long Dream (from Tunnel no Tan)
8. Honored Ancestors (from Kao Dorobou)
9. Greased (from Voices in the Dark)
10. Fashion Model: Cursed Frame

All chapters except for 4 and 10 have been adapted by Ito Junji Collection.



Tags: Gore , Body Horror , Anthology , Seinen , Philosophy , Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Demons , Ghost , Curses

pupa

Also known as Pupa.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Psychological

The "life-and-death sibling" story follows Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa, a boy and his little sister who find themselves all alone. One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister.



Tags: Body Horror , Gore , Tragedy , Cannibalism , Shounen , Incest , Nudity , Shapeshifting , Rural , Estranged Family , Survival