The Liminal Zone by Junji Ito
Pages 210
Year 2021
First of all, this is very beautiful book (as other Junji Ito). They are almost worth for the covers.
We've got 4 stories;
Weeping Woman Way - this tale was strange as hell. So, they find some woman who is a professional weeper. After that encounter our main protagonist starts crying to the point that she can't control, even when sleeping. So they try to investigate and has any junji Ito tale it goes dark pretty soon... Very good story. 9/10
Madonna - Madonna is a interesting Christian story that delve in ancient scripts with people turning to salt and such and it's also an interesting way of seeing prophets and how people decide on the all worshipping thing. So good story. Interesting characters (mainly Maria). 9/10
The Spirit Flow of Aokigahara - If you live in Japan and when you want to commit suicide, you go to Aokigahara the suicide forest. It's one of the places on earth with most suicides attached. But why? A guy who is slowly dying go there to commit suicide and goes there with his girlfriend (who is also committing suicide - why dumbass?) so he finds there a torrent of souls and as he bathe himself in a spirit flow and become better. It's strange story because explanations are not that interesting. Probably my least favourite story. 4/10
Slumber - is an interesting tale about a guy who dreams he is killing people while he is sleeping. Interesting resolution on it. 7/10
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First of all, this is very beautiful book (as other Junji Ito). They are almost worth for the covers.
We've got 4 stories;
Weeping Woman Way - this tale was strange as hell. So, they find some woman who is a professional weeper. After that encounter our main protagonist starts crying to the point that she can't control, even when sleeping. So they try to investigate and has any junji Ito tale it goes dark pretty soon... Very good story. 9/10
Madonna - Madonna is a interesting Christian story that delve in ancient scripts with people turning to salt and such and it's also an interesting way of seeing prophets and how people decide on the all worshipping thing. So good story. Interesting characters (mainly Maria). 9/10
The Spirit Flow of Aokigahara - If you live in Japan and when you want to commit suicide, you go to Aokigahara the suicide forest. It's one of the places on earth with most suicides attached. But why? A guy who is slowly dying go there to commit suicide and goes there with his girlfriend (who is also committing suicide - why dumbass?) so he finds there a torrent of souls and as he bathe himself in a spirit flow and become better. It's strange story because explanations are not that interesting. Probably my least favourite story. 4/10
Slumber - is an interesting tale about a guy who dreams he is killing people while he is sleeping. Interesting resolution on it. 7/10
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