Now, its been 1.5 years since i first read this, but i still remember how throughly impressed i was with the story, and it remains my favorite work by ito.

I'm not much of a horror person, or well, outside of manga that is. i dislike jumpscares, which is one of the most common tropes nowadays, and it's just not overall my thing most of the time. This was one of the first attemps i gave at trying something new and reading a horror for real, and it blew me away.

Now going into the review properly.

Story (10):

The story of a city slowly going insane because of something as simple as spirals is just amazing, and while this isn't exactly a character driven story, you still rooted for everyone until the end. The beginning is fucked up enough as it is, i wont spoil anything, just know it gets real disturbing within the first few chapters already. You think it cant get much worse, yet somehow, Junji finds new ways during each chapter to create a more fucked up story, ending the manga with a total feeling of hopelessness for the characters.

Art (8):
Its good, no one can deny that, but it's a bit too simplistic for my taste. In my opinion, there's the good old same-face-syndrom going on a lot, but aside from the character designs? its amazing

Characters (8):
They are simply not as well written as the rest of the story. They're plenty interesting to follow, it's just the best aspect of the story.

Enjoyment (10):
The most important aspect for me, enjoyment. It has some flaws but hey, so do all stories! It keeps you on the edge of your seat, mostly due to junjis unique storytelling. Its incredible, especialy considering how hard it can be to make comics/manga scary.

Definitely read it if you want something good, and kinda short to enjoy!