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A review by analyticalchaos
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1 by Junji Ito
3.0
Junji Ito's Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror begins with a bang. The town of Kurozocho has always had strange air to it. Suddenly, residents of Kurozocho fall into unexplainable obsessions with spirals. Kirie Goshima, a high school student, is the witness to these strange obsessions. Her boyfriend is adamant she leaves town with him to get away from the paranormal activity. Kirie is disbelieving, yet as the story goes on, the spirals are unavoidable...
Ito's art is truly horrifying. His exquisite shading and precision in detail brings the character's fear to life. When character expressions are shown, Ito's soft line work makes the facial features hauntingly realistic.
While the plot was engaging, the character development of the protagonist left much to be desired. Kirie had no motivations besides her relationship with her boyfriend and her father. Often, decisions that Kirie made had little rhyme or reason. It felt as if Kirie was a shell for the narrative and not her own character.
TW: bodily horror, blood, self-harm, death
Ito's art is truly horrifying. His exquisite shading and precision in detail brings the character's fear to life. When character expressions are shown, Ito's soft line work makes the facial features hauntingly realistic.
While the plot was engaging, the character development of the protagonist left much to be desired. Kirie had no motivations besides her relationship with her boyfriend and her father. Often, decisions that Kirie made had little rhyme or reason. It felt as if Kirie was a shell for the narrative and not her own character.
TW: bodily horror, blood, self-harm, death