In anticipation of Halloween, can we have a Junji Ito appreciation

Apparently not.

Do a storytime, maybe that'll help jumpstart things.

this is why we need a separate manga-only board

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>>148714454
I'll post some scans.
Starting with the enigma of amigara fault.

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Junji Ito is basically just the nip version of pic related. If you find his stuff "scary", it's probably because you're 12.

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>>148713878
>not Uziga Waita

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>>148714621
I would call most of his works unsettling rather than outright scary. Also, I think most people don't read it for the spooks alone, but also for the absurd comedic effect.

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>>148714621
Nah, looking back at it now only the drawings were disturbing but the stories were actually very tame (probably because its a childrens book). I wouldn't say that ito's works are scary more like they're creative, unsettling and interesting.

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>>148716044

Why are Junji Ito's girls so top tier?

>>148714947
How would you even be sure about your own shape?
I mean you view you life from a first person perspective, so it'd HAVE to be a supernatural influence causing you to think the conclusion that something is your shape.

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>>148715974
whats on the back of that man's hand in the third panel?

>>148714621
It's less "scary" and more "unsettling" desu. Also, some of his drawings are pretty creepy looking.

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>>148716198
its cosmic horror i ain't gotta explain shit

>>148716346
probably a company/brand logo

he's wearing gloves b/c construction worker

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>>148716346
perceptive

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>>148715945
There it is

>>148715731
We got multiple storytimers or just messed up numbering caused a story in the middle of the holes one?

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>>148715933
guhh!

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>>148713878
There's nothing about him to appreciate, he's a so-so artist and a hack in terms of writing. His manga are only good for memes and reaction image mining.

>>148714621
oh fuck off please

>>148716101
>I'll fill this hole up. Just watch me!
How is this not used more often?

>>148716800
>His manga are only good for memes and reaction image mining.
well then meme away, bro

>>148716773
Oh dats spoopy.

>>148714816
>Ito was a gemfag years before SU
Truly, a man ahead of his time.

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My favourite Ito story is probably "Army of One". I can't be bothered to post scans so i'll post this video instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHqv4ck91Mw

>>148713878
Jiro Matsumoto is the best mangaka ever

Anyone know any good horror manga that is an adaptation of old stories or modern novels?

I mean western stuff got tons of Edgar Alan Poe or Clive Barker.

What's your favorite Junji Ito Story anon? Mine might be Naruto.

>>148717960
Town without streets is goat.

>>148717979
Oh, that one is really good! I forget,what was the plot of that one?


Also, the dumbest one I read was the one where there are balloon heads of people.

>>148718201
Nigga pls, Ballons Head People is GOAT.
My favorite Ito's is probably Uzumaki thou.

>>148718321
Balloons Head People was just too silly. I could help but laugh when the two girls see the giant balloons of themselves and one girl says "I'm really scared."

Hey, Chile chan, are you here?

>>148718393
And thats GOAT, nobody expects the Gigant Ballon Head invasion.

>>148714816
>Muffled Stockholm Syndrome in the distance

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>>148718321
>148717960
>Uzumaki
>Naruto
I Believe It

>>148714816
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>>148714892
Am I the only one who fins the idea that there is a hole made specifically for you,it exists for you, somebody or some force of nature had you in mind when it created this thing to be comforting?
Like, no matter how shit your life might be, there is ap lace for you, you fit somewhere.
The scariest thing about this manga is the idea that you're left without a hole. the only one. Everyone has one, they move on, go where they're meant to be, except you.
Left behind, alone, yet again.

>>148719681
>got to tool store
>go to mountain
>find a shapely female hole
>use some caulk on it to make it too snug after the first few inches
>wait for the owner to arrive
>???
>profit

Summary of Ito's works:
>there's a town
>something's not right
>broody MC comes along
>more things aren't right
>oh my god people's bodies are doing weird shapes
>oh god everything is shapes
>no john, you are the shapes
>end

Seriously, gas monsters, spirals, lanky-janky cave people, it's all the same

Just people's bodies doing weird things

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>>148721485
Well duh, that's kind of the point of body horror.
The humor, unintentional or otherwise, is what really makes it worth it though

>>148721576
>body horror
Is that a genre unto itself? Do you have more examples? I love this stuff

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>>148721815
Yep. It's basically all Ito does. If you haven't already read most of his works, I'd start there.
After that try Nihei's stuff.
Or you could just Google it.

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>>148721815
I've got a friend who is a fan of both Suehiro Maruo and Junji Ito.
I haven't read anything by Maruo but it's supposed to be amazing. I trust my friend's taste.

>>148714621
These are tale of the fantastic and the weird, with a hint of horror. It's just like the magazine H.P. Lovecraft contributed too. Read it now it won't make your hair stand but it's still good.

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>>148721815
Yeah there was a great body horror thread earlier this month, but it was on /co/ so most of it was related to Western biz
But it was in the end love for all things bodyhorror

>>148714621
i don't find his shit scary per se, but i do enjoy it for how weird it is

Just red Hellstar Remina. My favourite from ito by far. Never really seen any discussion from it, so what are your thoughts?

The dude in chair story is so fucking erotic.

>>148716773
Brutal

>>148725970
I think it's great. It really kept things getting more and more crazy until the very end.

Another story that I never see discussed is Cat Diary.

Would a Junji Ito pen and paper rpg work?
I mean, i'm not even a /tg/ but, i would buy the fuck out of that rulebook/lorebook...

>>148726922
Yeah, maybe a homebrew version of the Call of Cthulhu tabletop game.

>>148719681
I always thought it would be comfy to sleep in a coffin, so you're not that weird.

>>148727028
With insanity rolls at every turn, even when nothing is happening.

>>148726017
Most of Ito's stories I find silly, but the Human Chair really got to me. I was legit scared of my couch after reading it. I guess horror really is subjective.