A review by eldritchreader
Dissolving Classroom by Junji Ito

3.0

This is a bizzare book. Which should come to no surprise for any reader who has delved into Junji Ito's publications before. Told in a string of connecting short stories, it follows an odd sibling duo as they wreck havoc across Japan, leaving a trail of (literal) melted brains behind them. And while the truly odd and striking nature of any of Ito's work is something hard to look away from, as in any of his graphic ventures, this one in particular was summed up in a fantastic way.

Because once you get to end you realise that the whole scenario is actually commenting on a very real and modern phenomenon - the public apology. Whether you take the story through this lens, or just in the skin-crawling, gory glory that is classic in these graphic novels, it is a book that will stick in the back of your mind for a long time.

→ trigger warnings: body horror and gore, blood depiction, murder, death of parents, death of children, death of friends, homelessness, mind control

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