A one-volume horror story about a group suicide that goes wrong in the strangest way possible.
Story: The story itself is very bizarre and grotesque, based around a group of suicidal adults who find portals to another world filled with a new kind of stone, beautiful and extremely valuable. How far will they go to exploit this new stone? The story questions the depths of human greed and selfishness using this bizarre premise.
Art: Ito's people are easily distinguishable, with expressions that are cliche but understandable. Where the art really shines is in its depictions of the frequently-grotesque portals and the more horrific aspects of this manga.
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 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Name Onna, The Licking Woman, Mystery Pavillion, Kaiki Pavilion, Strange Pavilion Japanese: ブラックパラドクス More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 8
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 2007 to Aug 2008
Theme:
Psychological
Demographic:
Seinen
Serialization:
Big Comic Spirits Casual Authors:
Itou, Junji (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #50852 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #667
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Oct 1, 2017
There are 6 chapters telling the story of four people who met to commit group suicide. However, their attempt lead to a bizarre turn of events that opened the door to the spirit world and all the disturbing phenomena it carries with it.
As with every Junji Itou's story, the signature uneasiness and creep factor are always present, especially in the later chapters. The charm of this story for me is how the spirit world is presented and how souls are depicted as beautiful gems (dubbed as "Paradoxical Night"). These sphere-like jewels brims with life that is also capable of immense destruction. Moreover, I find the interactions among ... 
Jan 26, 2018
Junji Ito's Black Paradox is an interesting story concept. A group of suicidal people grouping together to go to the other side and finding themselves wrapped up in a spiritual journey through another world definetly intrigued me when I was beginning to read it. Perhaps there is an important overarching theme or message to all of the supernatural events that occur in the story that require a little bit more digging. But I am not willing to do that digging because of how much it bored me to undeath.
It's very obvious that Ito is a horror director at heart. He is the master of the ... 
Feb 3, 2019
Trigger warnings: suicide, suicide attempts, brief mentions of brain tumours
Review may contain mild spoilers depending on how you view a spoiler Black Paradox is a one-volume manga by guro artist and author, Junji Ito. When a group of anonymous people meet through the Black Paradox website and join together to kill themselves, their lives take a sudden, unexpected turn. Following greed, fear, and loss of mental stability, Ito takes his writing to a whole new level with Black Paradox. Now, as someone with suicidal tendencies, I actually very much enjoy how Ito utilises it within this manga. Although it won't be for everyone - and ... 
Aug 29, 2019
This review doesn't contain specific spoilers, but I will talk about the plot in broad strokes.
Black Paradox, published in 2009, is your standard Junji Ito fare. That is to say, this manga is delightfully eerie and uncomfortable. Unlike something like Uzumaki, Black Paradox isn't particularly nausea inducing, though there is quite a bit of body horror as you'd expect considering the author. The included one-shots, The Licking Woman and Mystery Pavillion, are also worth reading though I won't get into them as they're both a single chapter. Black Paradox concisely depicts the trials and tribulations of four young people who, while not being familiar with one ... 
May 30, 2020
Black Paradox is one of those manga one has to have a specific taste for to fully enjoy and understand what the author intends to deliver. Junji Ito is a pretty unique manga author, not quite giving me the ero-guro I massively have read but curiously maintaining the crocked art style as one would see out of ambitious authors like Kago Shintaro and Uziga Waita. Junji Ito gave himself a pretty solid name in horror style any kind of horror manga enthusiast should give a chance.
The story starts pretty straight to the point; four different individuals find themselves together, each one having a reason to ... 
Aug 30, 2023
Junji Ito's writing style can best be summarized by "literally".
Take a common saying, cliché or play on words and stick to the literal meaning dialed to 11/10. That's the normal plot for any Ito story. Black Paradox is no exception. A group of people intend to commit group suicide, leaving this world to the next. Well... guess what... You can say that the real plot however is the line "The price of progress has been humanity's soul". I'll leave it at that to avoid spoilers. Over all it's an interesting read with odd visuals. A bit meh compared to his other works though which is why I'm lowering the ... 
Oct 5, 2019
This is one of the weirdest things I've read, and I loved it.
Black Paradox is like a car that drove of the road, you know it's not gonna end up somewhere good, but you don't know where. The story takes so many turns left and right and you never know where it could next. This works for its advantage and disadvantage as you really wonder what the hell is happening to these characters and you feel like you are discovering what is really happening every new chapter. But it also makes the story too confusing and almost to the point of inconsistency, it seems like ... |
