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Uzumaki

Spiral into horror

byJunji Ito

Subenres: Occult Horror
Kurôzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in everything from seashells and whirlpools in water to the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father and the voice from the cochlea in our inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurôzu-cho are pulled ever deeper into a whirlpool from which there is no return!

Language

en

Published on

15/10/2013

Pages

653

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

9781421561325

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy horror manga and graphic novels with psychological themes.

Topics SupernaturalCursesObsessionPsychological horrorSmall town mysteryBody horrorJapanese folkloreMadnessTransformationSurrealismDeathSurvivalIdentity
MoodSuspenseful, Dark
Female protagonist
RomanceMinor Subplot
ViolenceModerate

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