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The Liminal Zone by Junji Ito

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danimacuk's review

4.0
dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious 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: N/A

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wispy_reviews's review

3.75
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Weeping woman was one of Ito’s weaker works to me, but still a gorgeous showcase of his artistic style.  
Madonna was much more interesting to me, very striking iconography alongside the theme of the Madonna/Whore complex in men and its destructive effect on the perception of women.
The Spirit Flow of Aokigahara is a classic Ito story, unnerving body horror and just the right amount of absurdity.  Has the bones to be a longer story if Ito wanted to do so, I think.
Slumber has a great sense of intrigue and a wonderfully twisted idea at its core, this one more than any of the others I would love to see explored in a more long form comic.

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kenzielireads's review

4.0
dark fast-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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devynreadsnovels's review

4.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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bookishwondergoth's review

3.25
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Beautiful artwork as always in Junji Ito’s wholly distinctive, freaky style. The stories themselves are a bit of a mixed bag, with ‘Weeping Woman Way’ being somewhat dull, ‘Madonna’ being a pretty interesting story and ‘The Spirit Flow of Aokigahara’ being downright bizarre.

The final story, ‘Slumber’, legitimately freaked me out. With this one, I got it: the dread of turning the page, the unsettling discomfort looking at the images, the dismayed horror and lurch in my stomach at the final panel. I’m writing this review at 12:30am and can already tell sleep is going to be a struggle. This final story alone warrants a full 5 stars, but the other 3 are so lacklustre that I can’t really bring myself to rate the whole book higher than a 3.25.

I really should stop reading Junji Ito’s standalone stories before bed. I’m usually totally ok with them for the most part but every now and then one will really, really haunt me. ‘Slumber’ is definitely one of them.

Absolutely love it though.

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katvlnt's review

4.75
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Another spooky collection but I didn’t love this one. I thought the plots were not super interesting, and predictably all the women were victims in some way. Something about this felt rushed and lacked the attention to detail I’ve seen in the author’s other work. 

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dark 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: Complicated

Have not read any of the author's other work, though the titles are familiar. Some of the stories are more predictable than others. There's a nice variety with the different types of stories.

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