The Strange, Cosmic Horror of Junji Ito's Uzumaki

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[michealmchardy]

I never saw Kirie as a negative, I always saw her as the earliest victim of the spiral, just that she never realized it. She does the same thing over and over, just repeating her mistakes, never once realizing that she's caught in her own spiral.

[nigtfoxdajfox]

Wendigoon not seeing the irony of having a cannibal cryptic as mascot while being most easily upset by cannibalism of all horror themes just made my day

[clairejohnson]

I love how at the end the two of them aren’t looking at the spiral they’re facing each other with their eyes closed. Like a last small insignificant personal triumph against the spiral. It is an immortalization of their love but in the end it doesn’t save them. Ugh so good

[Mr_Wholegrain]

"We need to talk about your son. He's a bit... Slow..."
"You're telling me my child has special needs?"
"No no, I mean your son is a literal snail. Come pick him up."

[justaduck]

I always felt bad for Shuichi, his downfall was that he wasn’t willing to abandon those he loved. If he were a worse person he would have survived.

[acey.mp]

can we talk about how kirie was so concerned about shuichi taking care of himself, that she went to bring him lunch in a HURRICANE. TWICE.

[xeenoe]

I love that Kirie and Shuichi's last moments were a moment of defiance. When face with this massive THING that does nothing but demand their attention and devotion, they laid down with each other and died together, not paying it any mind. Sometimes all we can do in the face of horror is refuse it

[aiden]

A giant tornado screaming "KIRIEE" all night long
Kirie: "MMh it must be the weather."

[oHiddeno]

My favorite thing about writers like Junji Ito is that his stories go for the very simple “Wouldn’t it be fucked up if *weird thing* happened” and just build upon a spooky concept until you have something inexplicable and horrifying. Much like some of the best twilight zone episodes, the horror is left unexplained and therefore unknowable, the best form something scary can take.

[lsd]

shuichi is the standard, if he doesn't stay back for me in a cursed town where we experience horrors beyond our comprehension just to protect me then I don't want him

[Kazrel]

The funniest part of Junji Ito is he's supposedly a pretty fun guy to hang around with IRL. It's always the happy ones that put out the most twisted works. XD

[hanasakuyo]

At first I also thought Kirie lacked character development, but after reading I came to a realization that Kirie couldn’t help but be trapped in her own spiral of fate which was why she could never change

[orynrusset]

1:00:06 “haha bullies, be careful who you’re mean to because one day you may…have children with them” is now in my top 5 wendigoon quotes for sure

[onionarmpit]

A real estate agent claiming people are moving out instead of dying is the most realistic thing I've heard in this book, id love to see you cover more if his work

[tea_time_t]

I love the contrast of Ito being such a positive person irl while drawing horrifying imagery, and Miyazaki being constantly tired and pessimistic while drawing/directing fantastical children's stories.

[afroicarus]

Shuichi has become my favourite after the jack in the box situation. “Ah ffs let’s go graverobbing”

[neverregretbeingkind]

I see the ending as a last act of defiance. Everyone who was down in the pit were made to stare directly at it, the spiral, forever carved in their fake devotion, but Kirie and Suichi looked instead at eachother, turned away from this spiral old god, and instead closing their eyes and laying in eachothers arms. That is their final fight against the spiral curse. A final act of love to eachother.

[coffeedude]

I love how he is completely serious when explaining the hair fight as if it's not an utterly ridiculous concept

[raineteeth]

"If Shuichi is to be believed which he is because we love him and he can do no wrong"
Truest words have never been spoken

[FaiisinHereYes]

Wendigoon: *talks about how some of Junji Ito's psychedelic trip of panels are goofy*
but also Wendigoon: *gets scared over random appearance of paw patrol bandaid*