My path: Shiver first, a short-story collection with Ito's own notes on each story. Then Uzumaki. Then Tomie, if you're brave.
Gyo is the wild card: fish with legs. The bonus story at the back, The Enigma of Amigara Fault, is the one everyone remembers.
Amigara Fault ruined caves for me. I think about those person-shaped holes weekly.
Is Uzumaki scary or gross? I can do scary. I cannot do gross.
Both, but the dread is in the slow build. The town getting a little stranger every chapter is the scary part.
Ito's linework is so clean that the horror feels documented. He draws the impossible like a textbook diagram.
Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu is the palate cleanser. Horror art style, wholesome story about his cats.
@Pixie a horror master drawing his cats like monsters is the best thing I've heard all week.
For anime-only folks: the Uzumaki adaptation came out in 2024 on Adult Swim. Four episodes.
Starting Shiver tonight. If I don't post tomorrow, it was the spiral.
Survived. Read "The Hanging Balloons" and now I don't trust balloons.
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