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A review by misosoupcup
Frankenstein by Junji Ito
5.0
some other works/collections of junji ito's manga feels juvenile to me but the recent ones i have read really make me understand why he is so lauded as a master of horror just beyond his art. his adaptation of frankenstein was stellar (coming from a person who hasn't read mary shelley). i think he really struck that good balance of depicting frankenstein's monster as horrific but sympathetic. and because i haven't read the original work, i was really surprised by its deeper themes.
the strange tales of oshikiri was also pretty good in my opinion. junji ito plays a lot with body horror and alternate dimensions and each story builds off the last, so what started as short story that depicted body horror, becomes embroiled into a bigger series of events that really fleshes out the world he created, it's rules, and characters.
i didn't really care for the doll funeral, or face firmly in place, but the collection ended nicely with two short stories about junji ito's dog.
the strange tales of oshikiri was also pretty good in my opinion. junji ito plays a lot with body horror and alternate dimensions and each story builds off the last, so what started as short story that depicted body horror, becomes embroiled into a bigger series of events that really fleshes out the world he created, it's rules, and characters.
i didn't really care for the doll funeral, or face firmly in place, but the collection ended nicely with two short stories about junji ito's dog.