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ISBN:
9781974726837
Series Statement:
Junji Ito
Content:
" Ryusuke returns to the town he once lived in because rumors are swirling about girls killing themselves after encountering a bewitchingly handsome young man. Harboring his own secret from time spent in this town, Ryusuke attempts to capture the beautiful boy and close the case, but...Starting with the strikingly bloody Lovesickness, this volume collects ten stories showcasing horror master Junji Ito in peak form, including The Strange Hikizuri Siblings and The Rib Woman Rating:T+"
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Biographisches: " Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. His titles include Tomie and Uzumaki, which have been adapted into live-action films,Gyo, which was adapted into an animated film,and his short story collections Fragments of Horror, Frankenstein, Shiver, Smashed and Venus in the Blind Spot, all of which are available from VIZ Media.?Ito's influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo Umezz and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka Tsutsui and H.P. Lovecraft. His collection Frankenstein won the 2019 Eisner Award in the Best Adaptation from Another Medium category, and he has received critical acclaim for his spectacular long-form manga adaptation of Osamu Dazai's 1948 novel No Longer Human." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from April 1, 2021 Ito ( Remina ) again proves himself a master of modern horror in this collection of 10 stories. Five of the stories depict a town's descent into chaos after the suicide of a woman who practices an ancient custom of waiting at a crossroads to ask her fortune from the first person to pass by. It's revealed that the woman was compelled to take her life by an ethereal black-clad boy who bears a striking resemblance to a teenager named Ryusuke. The boy becomes the object of unwanted attention that quickly escalates to frenzy and builds to a gruesome climax. Ito reveals a talent for macabre humor in a pair of tales starring six ghoulish orphans who only pause their torment of one another to attack unsuspecting outsiders. Of the remaining stories, The Rib Woman proves the most memorable, blending body horror and supernatural mystery when a teenager considering cosmetic surgery, to change the shape of her torso, is plagued by strange music that only she can hear. VERDICT Ito's boundless imagination and his skill for evoking dread and visceral terror are on full display in this collection, which is sure to be embraced by his wildly devoted and rapidly growing fanbase. Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: May 15, 2021 In the almost-quarter-century since his manga debut, Ito has undoubtedly ascended to world-renown for his prolific tales of horror. Translated into English by Allen, who also translated his Eisner-winning Frankenstein, Ito's latest imported collection opens with the five-part titular Lovesickness. In relentlessly foggy Nazumi, the strange, ancient Japanese folkway practice of crossroads fortunes involves standing at an intersection and asking the first passing stranger to answer a question about future love. Middle-schooler Ryusuke's return to Nazumi quickly causes debilitating tension, as he is convinced that his six-year-old self caused a desperate pregnant woman's death. Eight years later, an irresistible specter in black is inspiring multiplying suicides, and Ryusuke fights for survival. In the two-part The Strange Hikizuri Siblings, a parentless family wreaks supernatural torture on others--and themselves. Three shorts conclude the collection, about a boy whose pain controls the family mansion, the fatal perils of addictive cosmetic surgery, and a fleeting obsession with fake (or not?) feces. Readers will want to turn pages swiftly, not only to see what happens next,once seen, Ito's images--startlingly addictive and terrifying both--can't be unseen. COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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English
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