Saito is focused on the shell of a snail on the wall. Kirie attempts to greet him while heading to school, but instead, she receives no response as Mr. The first spiral-obsessed individual Junji Ito has readers encounter is Shoichi’s father, Mr. For example, certain spirals appear tunnel-like and immediately reel in the naked eye. Whether it’s on an image online or a painting in-person, spirals have had the ability to change someone’s perspective. These swirling shapes have always had a connection to being used to reel in and draw someone’s attention. Our first encounter with the obsession of spirals reels us in through a typical format that most people associate spirals with, hypnosis. The manga format helps the story flow episodically, allowing for scenarios to unwrap right before the reader’s eyes with every flip of a page. The use of spirals increases as the story progresses. In this first instance, one can admire the beauty Ito can illustrate through his work as well as the horror he provides readers throughout the story. While nothing horrific is presented on the first page, one can admire Ito’s illustrations as he shows us Kirie walking on her way to school through a field filled with spiral-shaped grass and plants. 2001.įrom the very first chapter, Junji Ito introduces us to the spiral. While the story primarily follows Kirie, some of the chapters in “Uzumaki,” do follow other characters in the town, showing the impact of the curse which Kirie ultimately encounters as the story unfolds. Kirie is a teenage high schooler from a family of four and also in a relationship with Shoichi, a male high schooler who is already paranoid of his hometown and has always sensed something wrong with the area. In “Uzumaki,” Ito has readers see the town of Kurouzo-cho spiral into its downfall under the curse of the spiral through Kirie. After reading “Uzumaki,” Junji Ito is sure to intrigue readers to explore his other works. The scenarios Ito presents his readers are creative, mindboggling, grotesque, and are sure to stay embedded in the readers’ minds. While spirals may not necessarily inflict fear directly onto people, Junji Ito uses storytelling and illustrating to manifest fear from this inanimate object. In “Uzumaki,” Ito takes the town of Kurouzo-cho, a fictional city, and makes it become victim to a curse involving spirals along with its community. The three-volume series originally released in 1998 is an instant classic that should hold shelf-space in any horror or horror manga collector’s collection. To many, September is the start of “Spooky Season,” so what better way to get in the horror spirit than exploring the work of Japanese mangaka Junji Ito, and specifically focusing on the author’s second publication “Uzumaki.”
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