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Uzumaki by Junji Ito

24 reviews

zone_a3's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

kratositaly's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

chloereadds's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Truly a scary, gory book! This book had me all tensed up as I was reading it and had to take breaks bc it was so unsettling. Really liked it but didn't like how some characters seemingly learned plot details that were important from thin air. Also had weird pacing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ririissoamazing's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

butvampirestho's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

WOWWW this is my first time reading a full book of Junji Ito’s work, and I’m so glad I finally got around to it. completely understand the hype—his work is both beautiful and horrifying, often at the same time ! on one hand, I never expected to get jumpscared by the flip of a page lol ! on the other hand, I would love to find prints of some of these panels to display in my home because they’re just that stunning ! devoured this in a few days because I was so absorbed into the plot, and will DEFINITELY be looking into his other works !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content

ollie_again's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

The art is immaculate, but the story is kind of eh... Junji Ito is amazing at creating gross terrifying scenarios, but there is not much coherence or satisfying conclusion. After reading Gyo and Uzumaki I feel like even though I'm easily grossed out and body horror is not a type of thing I actively look for, after few shocking moments you can get used to Ito's style and the horror is not as impactful.

So there is the shock by gore, but not shock by the narrative itself because there is not much to grab in terms of storytelling. I think that Junji Ito could reach the full potential with someone else's writing because he's definitely a master in his drawing, and he can match his f-up imagination with an artistic skill, there's just something missing to push the story to the finish line.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

yogomagpie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

My first Junji Ito read and I really enjoyed it. Probably one of the grossest and bizarre things I’ve ever read. I really love Ito’s technical skill and how he draws his  characters, scenes, and the body horror—some panels genuinely scared me, and I’m the type of person who doesn’t jump at jump scares in horror movies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Cursing

anjalirenee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

terrifying and disturbing ! i also love how junji ito always includes a little story about himself at the end i always look forward to those. anyways stepped on Lovecraft's neck and broke it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury