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Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories
by Junji Ito
A phenomenal collection with more violence and action than I was expecting - but in a good way. My favorite stories "Hanging Blimp" and "The Long Dream" are in a tie for first place. I think "Hanging Blimp" was a more complete piece but I just LOVE the idea of an eternal sleep. That story genuinely stressed me out as someone who frequently has nightmares and/or exhausting lucid dreams.
This was the last Junji Ito book that I own, so I'll have to take a break for a while. I hope that eventually I'll own all of his translated works!
Date Read: 08/03/25
STORIES:
Used Record - A girls comes into possession of a rare record of a singer that was recorded after her death.
Shiver - A boy spends years ruminating on his grandfather's bizarre death until he notices that his next door neighbor seems to have the same disease.
Fashion Model - A boy finds himself haunted by the image of an unsettling fashion model he saw in a magazine and who he eventually meets in the flesh.
Hanging Blimp - A town is overrun with blimps shaped like the citizens' heads, each equipped with a noose that seeks out that specific person to hang.
Marionette Mansion - A story about the sons of a traveling puppeteer and how their childhoods centering around marionettes affected their beliefs about control.
Painter - A man means an enchanting woman named Tomie and is consumed with the need to capture her true essence in his painting.
The Long Dream - A man in a hospital suffers from dreams that he perceives as lasting longer and longer until he begins to morph into something non-human.
Honored Ancestors - A boy does his best trying to reignite his girlfriend's love for him after she is shocked into losing her memory after she uncovers his horrific family secret.
Greased - A story about a family who live in a house coated with oil and grease.
Fashion Model: Cursed Frame - A fashion model terrified of being cropped in photos is signed to an agency that also employs an unsettling fashion model.
This was the last Junji Ito book that I own, so I'll have to take a break for a while. I hope that eventually I'll own all of his translated works!
Date Read: 08/03/25
STORIES:
Used Record - A girls comes into possession of a rare record of a singer that was recorded after her death.
Shiver - A boy spends years ruminating on his grandfather's bizarre death until he notices that his next door neighbor seems to have the same disease.
Fashion Model - A boy finds himself haunted by the image of an unsettling fashion model he saw in a magazine and who he eventually meets in the flesh.
Hanging Blimp - A town is overrun with blimps shaped like the citizens' heads, each equipped with a noose that seeks out that specific person to hang.
Marionette Mansion - A story about the sons of a traveling puppeteer and how their childhoods centering around marionettes affected their beliefs about control.
Painter - A man means an enchanting woman named Tomie and is consumed with the need to capture her true essence in his painting.
The Long Dream - A man in a hospital suffers from dreams that he perceives as lasting longer and longer until he begins to morph into something non-human.
Honored Ancestors - A boy does his best trying to reignite his girlfriend's love for him after she is shocked into losing her memory after she uncovers his horrific family secret.
Greased - A story about a family who live in a house coated with oil and grease.
Fashion Model: Cursed Frame - A fashion model terrified of being cropped in photos is signed to an agency that also employs an unsettling fashion model.