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Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

122 reviews

emrosch's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Big what-actual-fuck-did-I-just-read moment, but in the best way possible. Read it in one sitting because it was impossible to put down.

Live laugh love Junji Ito!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Genocide, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, Violence, and Death

bellwetherbird's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Confinement, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Body horror, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

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

pumpkinbread02's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Gore

Minor: Cannibalism

wanderingdeviant's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

i loved this so much!! quite graphic and off-putting and grotesque, but a really captivating story! i read it in one sitting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Murder, Body horror, and Cannibalism

satanita's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

5.0

Horrific, in a perfect way! Uzumaki is one of Junji Ito's best works, and now that I can finally read it on paper his drawings are even more mesmerizing and terrifying. As I kept reading this manga I felt tingles in my back and it made me want to scream in terror, precisely what I was looking for. My fears augmented as the panels seemed to hypnotize me with so many spirals, so so many spirals. I truly felt like my head was going in circles in the motion of a spiral, the story seemed to come alive and pull me in. Favorite part was the beginning, the mystery was so eerie as the spiral slowly began to affect more and more people. The scar and Medusa were the most interesting ones. However I found that Twisted Souls prophesized the ending of the main couple, the story made a full circle, like a spiral! Truly a masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

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

thereadingsparrow's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Pregnancy, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Violence, Cannibalism, and Confinement

Minor: Body shaming, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident

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, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Gore, Suicide, and Self harm

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

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

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

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

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

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