I Read A LOT Of Junji Ito Manga...

I read every Junji Ito manga I could find available. Let's talk about it.

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[butwhy]

Alternative title, “I’ve decided I’m never gonna sleep again”

[MICOXD]

Fun fact: Junji Ito’s Frankenstein is an adaptation of the original 1817 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Based on how the masked man reviewed Ito’s adaptation you’d think that Ito wrote it when in fact it was actually a faithful adaption of the original novel.

[abraamdemyan]

The mother in Uzmaki trying to get rid of her ear spiral still haunt me

[sukamadik]

Junji Ito's next manga is about a masked man who looses his sanity after reading a certain authors mangas. In his delirious sate of Insanity the masked man unknowingly uploads a video that condemns countless others to his own fate.

[mellow]

The Enigma of Amigara fault is EASILY my favourite Junji Ito story, I still think about that last image years later

[TheAutistWhisperer]

I would like to see Junji Ito do an adaptation of Dracula or some of Lovecraft's works, I know he's inspired but them, but I wouldn't mind seeing his interpretation.

[bensmythe]

Junji Itto is the rare case where the quality of the writing isn’t about the characterization and the coherent plot but the quality is how well he executed whatever fucked up concept he has decided on

[nightmarishcompositions]

Ito has such an addicting serialized style of horror and weirdness that makes you feel like you need to keep reading more and more and more of his stories until you've completed every single one haha.

[nicolle]

is it weird that my favorite junji ito manga has been his cat diary? it's the one that really touched me on a personal level and made me cry at the end (one of my own cats passed away around the time i discovered the cat diary)

[valkilmerscareer]

The way ive always described Junji Ito to my friends is oddly Courage The Cowardly Dog. While that show demonstrated how this tiny dog saw horror in everything around him Ito finds ways to turn the most most mundane everyday objects and concepts into Nightmare fuel.

[oleksandrbyelyenko]

My favourite is still Tomie. And his more modern chapters of Tomie were as good as classical. I would love to read more stories about her.

[Channel-s]

I commend you for the ride of shock and fear while reading the embodiment of terror and mindfuckery which describes his format and or writing style.

[SamTheGumMan]

I've only read a handful so far into my Junji Journey but I think the way he does body horror and makes the most mundane things terrifying is scary as hell sometimes also going to sleep must be harder than surviving NonstopNutNovember

[im_that_randomguy]

You should really read "Enigma of Amigara Fault" and "Long Dream" it's some of his best works

[KDebnam]

I found out about junji after reading his adaptation of “no longer human” which is already a depressing book, but his take brings so much more dread, easily one of my favourite authors

[lalas]

I'm so glad you read Lovesickness! It's one of my favorites, and I feel like it's pretty underrated as far as Junji Ito stories go.

[pras]

0:50 I like how's there a creepy sound effect from Batman Arkham Asylum

[angstqueen]

I'll be honest.
Junji Ito is my first venture into actual horror. I was the type of kid who was too scared to pick up a Goosebumps book. The Jimmy Neutron movie scared me. I had nightmares after seeing the opening cutscene of Disney's Epic Mickey.
I've been horrified of it. I had a nightmare after reading Remina the second time, though I can't remember what it was. But I keep going back to that shelf in the library, hoping to find more, despite everything.
His works are my gateway into horror. And honestly, I really needed that. I've always had an interest in horror in the way of thinking it's interesting-- I love watching stuff like FoundFlix and Dead Meat-- but his stuff is the first time I've actually went and consumed any horror on my own, with nothing else there to temper it. Wild.

[Muneeb]

As someone who is gung ho about horror Junji itou's legendary horror collection has never let me down especially his works like tomie, shivers, uzumaki. As of now I am waiting for the adaptation "tales of the macabre" it's highly anticipated from my side

[whiteroseee]

He's the reason why I fell in love with Japanese Horror manga. I love his stories especially the one-shots and I spent all of my highschool days searching the internet for scanlations of his mangas (it's hard to find a physical copy of his in my country and it's extremely expensive). I love all of his works except one: I hated "Tomie" with a passion. lol I really cannot stand that story so much that I don't read it at all.
My all time favorites are the Vol.3 "Flesh-Colored Horror", especially the story "Headless Sculptures", Vol.15 "Lovesick Dead" and his "Cat Diary: Yon & Mu" manga is really cute too. Him and Kazuo Umezu has similar styles in their artworks (funfact: Junji is a fan of Kazuo), I love how much detail he puts in each artwork for the stories that it borders between horrifying and beauty.
I hope you can cover "Portus" by Jun Abe, "Manhole" by Tetsuya Tsutsui, Kazuo Umezo or Kago Shintaro, though the latter might get the vid banned though (his style is horror gore w/ a hint of pr0n, he has decent stories but some are just down right 🤢).
Anyways, I love the topic! Looking forward to your next video. Thank you!❤️