Y'all I am RIPPING through these, currently on volume 8 as I update this. Boy it is sad though.Y'all I am RIPPING through these, currently on volume 8 as I update this. Boy it is sad though....more
I really enjoyed this one. Loved especially Yamada's linework and minimalist facial expressions (the eyes!), the loose gesture, the hair styling of thI really enjoyed this one. Loved especially Yamada's linework and minimalist facial expressions (the eyes!), the loose gesture, the hair styling of the main character, the framing, and gentle loveliness. Most of the stories--all slice of life moments--are snapshots of little joys, frustrations, triumphs, and reflections. The 80s were not so long ago but it's still wild how it SEEMS that "we've come so far" from those days (we haven't). The struggles of the main character and of Yamada Murasaki herself in unfulfilling bad marriages bore a lot of similarities to my own mother and her first marriage to my father, with differences. I wonder about the impact of stories like this on people who haven't seen or experienced a dysfunctional, culturally embedded archetype of a marriage before, who haven't grown up knowing that your dad was awful to your mom and that those sorts of things were ordinary "back then"? I sense that some readers would be bored with this story, particularly its leisurely pace and journey of internal growth. But I got a lot out of it, even if I wasn't crying or wringing my hands. It was a cool story with cool art and a hopeful ending, and it had something to say....more
Main story was shockingly dull despite the subject matter and I had loved the Netflix series by the same writer Kim Eunhee. The artist seemed like a bMain story was shockingly dull despite the subject matter and I had loved the Netflix series by the same writer Kim Eunhee. The artist seemed like a bad match, his style was just not my vibe. He obviously has immense skill but everything looked overwrought. Everything was a speedline. Men's mouths just wide gashes. Everyone yelling half the time. Few characters are relatable or worth empathy. Oh and the side story... Definitely more to the artist's taste, a total gore fest and still boring at that! However, it was slightly more interesting because the two main characters had a somewhat believable relationship, if a rivalry between a cannibal and a sadistic human experimenter can be called that. Felt like X-rated One Piece tbh and not even as funny smh....more
Scattered and a bit thin at times but has some really great "Oh now that's just gross" moments that made me slap my knee and laugh out loud. Some concScattered and a bit thin at times but has some really great "Oh now that's just gross" moments that made me slap my knee and laugh out loud. Some concepts here are well-trod Junji Ito fare (the hair, the magnetic young woman, the odd little village, the obsessions), but what IS new is an unexpected religious angle and an element of... dare I say hope? That took me by surprise! It's not Junji Ito's most impressive work, but I'm still thinking about it, and I had fun. Good ol' cosmic horror....more
Very good! More impactful than Tombs and definitely more shocks and scares. So many gaping laughing mouths! Junji Ito is such an amazing artist. I lovVery good! More impactful than Tombs and definitely more shocks and scares. So many gaping laughing mouths! Junji Ito is such an amazing artist. I love always the details in his facial expressions, his charming heroines and equally remarkable villains, the vaguely 80s fashions, and the buildup and power of his punchlines (always humorous, ironic, and distressing!). There are 3 connected stories in this volume that feel a bit like an indulgence haha (man is obviously in love with the nail shooting gag), but there are some others that made me go "wow". Thesis in this collection seems to be that cycles of grief and pain are hard to escape, if not impossible. Good stuff....more
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