Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection

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I find it easy to recommend Deserter because, as a whole, it is cemented in my mind as a very solid collection. I prefer the supernatural stuff myself, but some of the more grounded elements, such as in “Bullied”, really effectively got under my skin.

By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Nevertheless, upon graduation he trained as a dental technician, and until the early 1990s he juggled his dental career with his increasingly successful hobby — even after being selected as the winner of the prestigious Umezu prize for horror manga. A Father’s Love” still is a little rough in the art department at times, but it has a compelling stories and characters you really feel for (ooh, I shipped those two young kids!Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF. That said, this would probably be a good intro collection for someone brand new to Junji Ito's works because it covers a wide range of his storytelling styles - some more fantastical, some bizarro, and some downright sad and scary - and would give a new reader a really good idea of what to expect. While you can see how he’s improved over time, the essence of his horror work is still here, and this is still definitely a worthy read. This, like most short story collections has some hits, some misses, and the rest of the stories fall somewhere in between. This fine collection of 12 short stories are sure to fill your well with fear and thought provoking horrors.

Or “Scripted Love” about a jilted lover who murders her ex after she receives a tape of pre-recorded messages from him. As a horror fan, I’ve read many offerings from Ito; Deserter stands out as showing some of the first iterations of ideas Ito draws on continuously in his career. While sometimes his stories can be hit-or-miss with me, there’s no denying the man has a distinctive style that aims to bring out the full horror of whatever story he’s drawing. And when her friend tries to figure out why by listening to a recording of her before her death, he finds himself in over his head against a terrible power.

Village of the Siren” gets into some Western mythology, and a Japanese man claims to be the reincarnation of a magician from Europe. r/junjiito is dedicated to legendary award-winning horror mangaka Junji Itō (伊藤潤二) and friends like Kazuo Umezz (楳図かずお), Hideshi Hino (日野日出志), and other horror mangaka. Ito’s artwork is always bouncing from the ethereal beauty of ghosts and nature to the disgusting body horror and gore of an R-rated film. I’ve mentioned before that I’ve become a little lukewarm on Ito’s work as a whole, while still loving some of his major works.

This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations.If you’re new to Junji Ito, I wouldn’t advise checking this one out till you’ve read some more of his work, particularly Uzumaki or Remina. The images of the dream self doing this are visceral, imaginative, and downright amazing, making this a particularly creepy story.

Junji Ito is (as always) the king of body horror graphic novels that are both terrifying, fascinating and completely ridiculous and this book is no exception. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. The final and titular story, “Deserter,” is about a military deserter hiding in Japan years after World War II, because the people hiding him convince him the war is still going on. This is a truly heart-warming story of loss, recovery and above all, of community' Bernie McGill, author of The Watch House.By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. A Father’s Love’ works well because it’s one of the longer stories, and takes plenty of time to flesh out its tale of a tyrannical patriarch who has a unique hold on his children. Some of the stories seem to prefigure his better-known work, and could perhaps be seen as earlier versions, or am I imagining that connection? Before Uzumaki, Ito was best known for Tomie, a comic series about a beautiful, teasing and eternally youthful high school girl who inspires her stricken admirers to murder each other in fits of jealous rage.