(1/18) A little while ago, Viz contacted me about talking a little bit about their newest Junji Ito release, "Lovesickness"! I think it stands out as one of the strongest collections to date.
(2/18) While containing some of Ito's more bizarre stand-alone shorts, the star attraction here is a grouping of five short stories all dealing with obsession, despair, and a ghostly creature known as the Beautiful Boy of the Crossroads.
(4/18) The protagonist we follow through these stories is a boy named Ryusuke, who returns to his ominous and perpetually foggy hometown after many years away. Lately, rumours have been circulating about a rash of suicides of teenage girls.
(7/18) It's not long before the entire population of the town is obsessed with crossroads fortune-telling, with Ryusuke targeted as the supernatural entity plaguing the town.
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Me trying to socialize after quarantine ends
On the heels of stuff like Dorohedoro and Chainsaw Man getting incredible anime adaptations, i hope the next one that gets made and blows up is Dandadan.
PASCAGOULA HUMANOID APPRECIATION POST
Me: The perfect character design doesn't exis- Rakshas from Berserk:
"Our Sister of the Cuts" woodcut - 1541 - Magdeburg, Germany - Artist Unknown
I love chainsaw man
The Thing comic appreciation post