I would love to hear other people's opinions on this. It ends with a funny story about young Junji Ito buying fake shit at a fall festival and playing a prank on the neighbor lady. Both stories are excellent in terms of spooky atmosphere, body horror, and punchy plots. EnjoyTranslation by Daniel LauAlice Madness Returns Soundtrack:Theme SongVale of tearsWastelandMadnessCard castles in the sky. Overall, the book is amazing and very much worth reading. Then the two best stories of the collection: The Mansion of Phantom Pain and The Rib Woman. I don't wanna spoil anything so I'm not gonna say anything more. The last two stories are great and i loved them a lot, it's like THE itou junji has returned. No synopsis yet - check back soon Chapter 8 of Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection. In the afterlog of the book itou junji said that he's been struggling to come up with new ideas these years, so i guess this explains everything. TMNT artist Woodrow White has created something special with these King of the Hill and Junji Ito mashups, and they show that even the most horrific artwork can get a hilarious spin under the right circumstances. The second is better than the first one but the theme is just not as attractive to me, since it had already been done too many times in other horror movies or novels. Stories like Hanging Blimp and Marionette Mansion would be just a few of Ito's scariest stories that could get an Arlen, Texas twist. In short, the first story to me is just missing some horror elements but i think the story has a way deeper meaning behind it that I just didn't get.

There are four stories in this book but since the book I read is chinese translated I don't know the english names for the stories. The strange Hikizuri siblings which is 2 stories about 40-50 pages long in total. So I just finished reading the liminal zone, I loved this book but I think the first two stories are not quite what i expected from itou junji.

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