A review by mrswythe89
Uzumaki, Volume 2 by Junji Ito

3.0

Two of Kirie's schoolmates turn into giant snails, mate ("What the hell? But they're both males!" "Snales are hermaphrodites!") and have eggs together. It is kind of like that one episode of Voyager where Janeway and Paris turn into giant lizards and the same thing happens. (I always thought it was very bad of Janeway and Paris to fly away happily, leaving the eggs to fend for themselves. I mean, okay, sure, you were a non-sentient orange lizard when it happened. They're still your children!)

I said of the first volume that it was unintentionally funny, but the second changed my mind. Junji Ito is TOTALLY doing it on purpose. Felt this volume was more gross-out horror than atmospheric (the first was a bit less gross-out and more creepy, I think).

I find the astoundingly phlegmatic Kirie and her ominous boyfriend -- the only sane person in town -- hilarious.