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| Such a shame… The idea of creating a black and white adaptation in manga style was great, and the animation, though not quite up to expectations, was acceptable. The real problem was trying to adapt it in just four episodes, which completely killed the atmosphere, turning it into a bunch of creepy scenes glued together. For me, it’s the best anime adaptation of a Junji Ito story, which makes me realize just how bad the others are. The curse struck again here too. :c |
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| Decent Adaptation. The story as a whole remains a 4/10 though. ... I can't recall the differences off memory, but I like the original epilogue of Shuichi and Kirie's genderswap reincarnation confirming to be stuck in the spiral for eternity. I first read the manga in Sep 24, 2022. I've read all of Junji Itou's work except for The Liminal Zone Volume 2, that new monthly manga, and his No Longer Human adaptation (all of his adaptations are bad). I love his work for the most part. Big fan. But... Uzumaki is surprisingly his most overrated and most popular work. It's too nonsensical to say the least. Sure, the spiral is chaotic, but the plots individually aren't all great and don't compliment each other. The start is great, and so is the finale, but some of the buildup and plots are dull and as a whole doesn't feel right and perfect. Most of it is too ridiculous and random. They don't fit. Anyway, here's my incredibly lengthy original manga review; |
waalex11Oct 27, 3:16 AM
| I mean, This last episode was better than the previous two atleast. The first and last episodes were the best tbh. Oh well, Atleast the final scene and the drawings this episode were done really well. |
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| It was great to see this animated! |
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| Another disappointment. It was better than previous Junji Ito adaptations, but that's not difficult to achive. Still I'd say that the first episode proved that it's possible to adapt Ito's work into an anime. Sadly everything went downhill after that. |
| Well, the final scene was given justice. In general, I enjoyed this anime. I read Uzumaki manga years ago and I think its anime adaptation was rather proper. It's a shame that the quality dropped so hard after the first episode. This show could've been grand and artsy, had it had better production quality. Unfortunately, it ended up as just alright anime adaptation that most likely won't be talked about once this anime season ends. Or nah, wait. Its infamous quality drop will be discussed more than the show itself, which is even more tragic, given how cool the source material is, and how cool was the first episode of this anime |
| Aight, pacing is really out of place but ig in a weird way it was kind of interesting? The horrifying and gruesome parts were enjoyable to see at least. Anyhoo, this was an unpleasant experience to watch with there being little positive and many negative aspects of this show. I'll give it a 5/10 mostly because I'm not in favor with the ending and each episode more negatives showed up rather than the positive ones. So overall this anime is ranging around average. It's not bad or even like real bad by any means but episode 2 and 4 + the ending rlly hurt me to score this. |
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| Overall the series was a good story, the animation had huge drops in a few scenes but overall it seemed like what Adult Swim was capable of. These people are all dumb though like wtf. No chance you staying in town lmao. |
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| Creepy factor probably wore off coz I was laughing through at least half of the episode. What a shame. But, ep 1 is still worth taking notes from. |
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| Revolting, freakish, incomprehensible Eldritch horrors... That is the case happening in this unassuming town, Kurozu-Cho. The town is down for, an endless torrent of curses, misfortunes and destruction from outside and within have flattened all but the remnants of what used to be an array of row houses that resemble a spiral, an Uzumaki. The outsider's point of view from Chie was interesting but soon, she adapted to the town's irregularities along with the townsfolk. This episode is bleak and filled with despair. No matter what you do or what the authorities do. Those who are IN the town is doomed to perish... None can get out, and if you were to die trying to get in, count yourself as lucky, for the fate that awaits you is worse than natural death by accident. In this episode, after losing both her parents, Kirie along with Shuichi, her little brother and Chie tries to escape this town, but it's too late for them. The curse of the spiral has enveloped the town completely, space and time included. And the reason why lays quite literally beneath their feet. Once the dragonfly pond is dried of its water, the path to the truth is revealed. An ancient sentient Spiral structure. We don't know why it's there, why it's created and if it's even from Earth. One thing I could deduce is that the machine of sorts compels intelligent lifeforms living near it to be obsessed towards it and be connected as one, effectively dying and merging with the machine. Are they used as fuel? Or is this machine an instrument for unifying intelligent lifeforms into one sentient body with transcendental reach, capable of controlling time and space? The answers are unclear, what's clear is Shuichi and Kirie no longer has the energy to continue, so they might as well envelop and embrace one another as they succumb to the ancient machinations of this repulsive instrument. And so the curse ceased its effects, lying dormant for the next century until it once again return with more UZUMAKI. |
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| So literally what happenes is everyone dies and it;s all over. Wasted my frikin time this ep i dont even get how its interesting Maybe its just me but it just seems like the author just likes drawing messed up stuff and putting it into an "anime" to show it off. I mean that stuff can get certian types of people interrested, but i think those people are only watching for that stuff and not the story I didnt even get the message of the story at all... Was it the mc doesn't always win or something? |
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| Just like the Manga. 4/10. As entertaining and intriguing as it is, the plots/events as a whole to the spiral itself aren't all great or compliment each other well. It's too badly random, and kinda mostly dull. As his most popular work, it's not his best and is highly overrated. |
| I liked it. It's not a horror anime and it doesn't scare you, but it's very sinister. There were some mistakes in some episodes, so it's a 6/10. |
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| Continuing yesterday, the situation in Kurouzu City is not good. A very large and long-lasting storm occurred, causing many typhoons. Of course, all of this caused chaos in Kurouzu city. The typhoon's "fury" destroyed everything in its path. Housing, vehicles—all were completely destroyed by the typhoon. For this reason, the occurrence of many fatalities cannot be avoided. The MC, Shuuichi, believes that what is causing all this is "Spiral". Although I myself don't really understand what this "spiral" is? Is it a disease? Nature's anger at human's bad deeds? Or is it actually karma? I don't know; the further we get here, the less clear the story becomes. However, the essence of this episode is "trying to survive". Those who enter and stay in Kurouzu town cannot leave the town. Due to the presence of a big storm and the emergence of typhoons, of course food supplies, etc. are running low. Those who remain must do anything to survive, including eating "snail people." Kirie's group (including Chie and Shuuichi) decided to try to leave Kurouzu city by walking through the mountains. But it seems they just circle the same place over and over again. Or not, they can only walk without finding a way out (trapped in Kurouzu city by the spiral curse). After walking for a long time, they found a city that looked like a spiral. It turned out to be the Kurouzu town. Very surprising, right? Not a long time ago, they left with the city in ruins, leaving a few row houses. However, they returned to see a town full of houses neatly arranged in a spiral, with Dragonfly Pond as the center. It turns out, time passes more slowly when they are about to leave Kurouzu city. What is the evidence? When they returned, they met Tanizaki, who apparently had aged quite a lot. In the end, only Shuuichi and Kirie remained. They both made it to the "heart of the spiral", which was the center of the spiral. They both found a huge spiral ruin instead of the Dragonfly Pond. Realizing that they couldn't do anything, they decided to give up here, I suppose. And finally they "become one" in a spiral; it all ends here. |
KingNotSkilledNov 8, 1:51 AM
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| this is one of the worst anime i've ever seen. the whole premise is stupid, and seeing it on "upcoming" for so long only to be this trash is a joke. I regret picking it up it's going in the same category as Pupa for me. Trash. it isn't even horror, I was crying laughing watching a car just get smacked with a tornado |
ScootboiNov 9, 4:03 PM
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| I don't understand why anyone would want to move into a town that's in shambles. History keeps repeating itself. Why hasn't anyone gone, "huh sure is weird this town was turned into dust and no one is living here"? Crazy to think this took 5 years to produce. It's pretty disappointing. The pacing felt off and there was very little time to process what happened and there were no explanations. Sucks that Kirie and Shuichi didn't make it out. I hoped they would survive since they were there since day one. 5/10 for me. It was overhyped. |
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| the reactions to this were way overblown, as seems to be a recurring theme with Ito's anime adaptations. There were a few parts that looked noticeably bad, but not enough to detract or break immersion from the story. It's actually a good watch. |
| I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers |
| It was great actually, but the context weren't complete. Because manga has more context in it and it feels like this adaptation isn't completed. It's 4 episodes but as a horror anime it's great, there is some obnoxious things in it and this is what I like in horror animes. |
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| my expectations weren't high since I've already heard about how bad this anime was so at least I wasn't super disappointed, it was just kind of meh :/ I'm a fan of Junji Ito's work overall so it was a bit disheartening to watch |
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