Spirals, bodily transformation and impossible obsessions turn everyday life into horror in Junji Ito’s manga. Uzumaki follows a coastal town gradually consumed by spirals appearing in objects, weather and human anatomy, while Tomie centres on an apparently immortal young woman whose presence provokes obsession, murder and replication. Gyo turns a foul smell and mechanical walking devices into grotesque biological horror, and many short-story collections begin with a simple visual premise before pushing it beyond logic. Ito’s black-and-white art is meticulous, especially when revealing bodily transformation or impossible scale. Those qualities place the books near Japanese horror manga, body horror, cosmic horror and surreal short-form terror. Read more Less
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