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| Amazing manga. I was really into the horror aspect of this manga for the early parts but later on I started to prefer the comedy. I thought the ending wasn't tragic at all. I mean, they did mention these paranormal activities happen every hundreds or thousands of years so it's more like the nature is eliminating humanity in much more weirder fashion. However, the end did felt rushed, especially with how Kirie left her brother and promised to return back. I mean come on Ito-sensei! Making a "cliffhanger" into a literal punchline is taking it too far! 8/10 |
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| Wasn't expect such an accepting end, nothing was really solved, just accepted. |
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cantius said: i dont think there would be an answer since no one in the past wouldve been alive to pas on the story therefore it stays as a mysteryarimakenshin said: It doesn't make sense at all why the town citizens didn't leave at all. All of this happened over a long time. The mangaka didn't explain why the spiral even forms. It made me feel like I wasted my time reading this pointless story. 4/10 My thoughs exactly! |
| Sonic X is basically an isekai |
| i guess that crazy fella missed out on his dreamplace. this manga seriously made me loose my appetite |
| Sonic X is basically an isekai |
CC said: I really, really, really disliked this ending. I really wanted Shuichi and Kirie to get out together, I loved both characters (especially Shuichi) and to see that they basically give up and die -- no matter how "romantic" the basis of it is -- really bothered me. Sigh. I thought the manga was going somewhere better than this. :< This! This is exactly how I felt!! I was so ready to give this manga a solid 9/10, I loved everything about it. It creep'd me out, it truly appalled me, it had likable characters, and a good story, but the ending just fell so flat for me. 8/10 |
| I didn't have high hopes for the ending and I was still let down. The only chapters that really stood out to me were the first two, the girl with the scar and the one with the pregnant women. Everything else felt more like a comedy than horror. |
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| It was pretty good. I liked that they didn't try and force a stupidly happy ending. 6/10 |
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| I will never look at spirals the same way again...I don't know how I'm gonna sleep tonight... |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| I found the human snail to be the most disturbing in this manga :c typical Ito ending 7/10 |
| Ok-ish manga. 6/10. Ito always seems to get lost in the middle of his long series but he is pretty good with short stories like The Mystery of Amigara Fault. Uzumaki was good at beginning but has a shitty ending. Meh, was expecting waAAAay more... |
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| Woah, this was an interesting ride... Well, i loved it. The characters not escaping and actually "losing" against the spiral adds a bit of realism and i'm happy the author didn't go for a happy-ever-after ending, which would break the manga for me. I'm glad they didn't fully explain the spiral's mystery. Because well, why be scared of something if you fully understand it? I think this is what Junji Ito was going for. easily 9/10 And of course, i'll be checking more of the author's works out! Happy Halloween if you're reading this on the 31st! |
| "Only the 'results'! This world only remembers the 'results'!!" -Diavolo |
| I can't be the only one that went from "first half was creepily amazing" to "second half was kinda boring", right? This works perfectly well as a one-shot, but as a volume series, it doesn't. No wonder why I see Itou Junji works are mostly anthology of one-shots. So many loose ends too, like the part with the hospital babies thingy. |
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| That was some creepy shit. Best horror manga I've read, just because it gave off a good horror vibe. I also hate spirals. Whoever thought of this is a genius, even if it's twisted. Yes, that pun was intentional. |
| It was obvious that Ito would not explain anything. I think would be better if Kirie tried to escape, instead of staying with Shuichi. But was a good read, the best work of Ito that I read so far. The extra chapter was nice too. But I wonder if it was the spiral too, or was another thing from the space. |
| After four chapters the story collapsed, and became comedic. |
Contemporary0091Jan 6, 2018 7:09 PM
| And still, Bill will live on. He will befriend the next inhabitants of the earth, beings of light who revere him as a god. And Bill will outlive them all... for millions and millions of years...exploring, learning, living, until the earth is swallowed beneath his feet. Until the sun is long since gone. Until time loses all meaning and the moment comes that he knows only the positions of the stars and sees them whether his eyes are closed or open. Until he forgets his name and the place where he'd once come from. He lives and he lives until all of the lights go out. |
| At least they died together. |
| "It's a tragic misunderstanding that could have been easily avoided if he just finished his sentence in time!" — Richard Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball) |
| I don't like horror very much because the plot aways look like a LSD experience, but I like this. |
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| The people transforming into snails was the most disturbing part of the manga. |
| I don't feel terror from this manga but this is surely interesting. The obsession for spiral is really presented here to the point making the city and life in the city "spiral" as circle. I like the ending, I wanted to see more Suichi and Kirie moment though. |
_Mataga_Sep 30, 2018 2:07 PM
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| Wonderful, a great manga, 3 volumes full of mystery and strange spirals that all end connect with a great solution!!!! 9/10 for me |
| Interesting, none the less. Also the final chapter was really good. But for me this shit was more of a bizarre/absurd and comedic manga than a disturbing/horror one. I don't know if that speaks on how messed up my head already is due to horror and creepy pasta, but I was expecting something a little bit better I will say. 4/10. I will still watch the anime though, if they adapt it decently it can be something quite unpleasant to see, in a good way. Chapter 5 was the most random shit I have seen, and to my taste, the scariest story was the one with the preg women and the doctor. The first story about the slugs was hilarious as well. Never in my life expected to see some bully and the victim became a hermaphrodite couple. |
| I enjoyed it a lot to be honest. It could be ridiculous and absurd at some points, but perhaps that's what made it good. The beginning was especially engaging. |
| Great great artwork, some panels are as complex as in Berserker. Interesting concept and plot, very poor execution and writing. It felt like it didn’t go anywhere, but maybe that was the point. You never go anywhere when running in circles. Still, no character development for Kirie and Shuichi even tho they were the main characters. Also, very stupid decisions from both of them. Why haven’t they escaped sooner? And so many events without a real ending and/or a consequence to them. Mmh I think I’m giving this a 6/10 I really loved the last chapters with an actual plot, too bad for the abrupt ending. |
| This was good. Really, really good. P.S. big thanks to to this song for accompanying me through this journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtRbNpn5gIY |
| Alright, I just read the entire manga and it was ok....most chapters are pretty good especially the spiral scar and the spiral snail. Others chapters are pretty stupid like the baby/mosquito spiral since I feel like they aren’t really related to the spiral very much and I dislike the sudden timeskip between the infection house spiral and the breathing spiral. Secondary characters are undeveloped and even some important character deaths felt forced and inconsistent like Chie suddenly "dying". But I appreciate that the series did not have the cowardice to kill everyone at the end since there were indications that some were going to survive. Art is amazing. I enjoyed reading this. 7/10 for the manga. |
ToumaTachibanaJun 10, 2020 5:51 AM
| BANZAI NIPPON. Nippon is the Land of freedom. Nippon is the Land of Peace. Nippon is the Land of Justice and Prosperity. In Nippon, we trust. We love Nippon, we love Anime. Anime love us, Nippon love us. 日本 I believe in freedom of expression. |
| It was an okay read, nowhere near as horrifying as I was expecting. It was more like either stupidly creepy or funny to me. I didn't get any horror vibes from this, though I did like the ending. I was never actually expecting much to be explained and I think the way it ended, while feeling rushed was the best way. The concept was interesting and the art is pretty good but I think that's about it. |
  I want to know what it is, this 'sin' they say I've committed. |
| what? that's how it ends? really/// |
| “Life is a constant process of dying.” |
| Huh... the ending was abrupt, no? Can't say I'm properly satisfied but well at least it ended so whatevs. That was sure a gross, vile, disgusting, disturbing, wild ride. I haven't read Ito's & by extension Lovecraftian works before but if this is what to expect then count me in Ok now time for some cgdct. I need an eye bleach after all that queasiness |
deoclasher88Aug 30, 2020 12:50 AM
~Spiritual Healing~  |
| Well that was a good ending so they become one in the spiral world what a cute couple. I actually didn't like it that much but it was so weird and gross it was very well made^^ Disgusting but fascinating=) |
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| the only real scary part was the first chapter with the stpry of shuichis dads obsession with spirals and how that obsession grew to lead him to start the curse again for the town |
| that was... interesting? it will probably take me a few days to process what i just read. junji ito's art is wonderful and his ideas are creepy. but. i don't think i really liked it. this last chapter was spectacular art wise, but that's really all much i can say as of rn... |
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| Wtf even happened? It's all just a never ending loop of spiral curse? Poor Mitsuo will now be discovered by some explorer and will will be called a new snail species. Well it's a pretty tragic end tbh :/ |
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| Damn, what a disappointment. The art style may be perfect for horror but that alone can't carry a mediocre story with characters lacking any form of common sense. |
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| This manga was utter madness,had some really terrifying scenes all over and now the whole town will be rebuild again,and the never ending curse will again start from the very beginning.The art was really great but the characters really lacked common sense sometimes |
| I love how this series is pretty much a fucked up slice of life. awesome stuff |
✧・ﾟ:* space is the place *:・ﾟ✧  |
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