Junji Ito Short Story Collection: BEST OF BEST

Shogakukan
Itou Junji
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  This volume includes ten of Junji Ito’s short stories, as selected exclusively from the Shōgakukan publisher catalog and presented and accompanied with a gallery of six color illustrations.

  Stories:1: Army of One / Billions Alone (Okuman Bocchi, 億万ぼっち)

  2: The Human Chair (Ningen Isu, 人間椅子)A woman enters a furniture store in search of a chair, but the proprietor is all too eager to reveal its past...

  3: Venus in the Blind Spot (Mouten no Venus, 盲点のビーナス)

  4: The Licking Woman (Name Onna, 舐め女)

  5: Umezz Kazuo and Me (Umezu-sensei to Watashi, 楳図先生と私)A oneshot that appeared in Monthly Spirits 2014-11 to celebrate Ito and Kazuo being in an interview together.

  6: An Unearthly Love (Kono Yo no Hoka no Koi, この世のほかの恋)

  7: How Love Came to Professor Kirida (Miirareta Kirida Kyouju, 魅入られた切田教授)

  8: The Enigma of the Amigara Fault (Amigara Dansou no Kai, 阿彌陀羅断層の怪)

  9: The Sad Tale of the Principal Post (Daikokubashira Hiwa, 大黒柱悲話)

  10: Keepsake (Wasuregatami, 忘れ形見)

  Pin-up:1: ''Kirie''2: ''Ningen Shikkaku no Onna-tachi''

  Gallery:1: ''Frankenstein in Innsmouth''2: ''Ningen Shikkaku''3: ''Uzumaki''4: ''Ningen Shikkaku''


Origination

  Manga

Demographic

  Seinen

Published

  2013

Status

  📗 Completed

Translation

  📗 Completed

Final Chapter

  Volume 1, Chapter 10

Artists

  Itou Junji

Authors

  Itou Junji

Genres

  Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Slice of Life, Tragedy, Gore, Philosophical, Thriller

Theme

  Supernatural, Demons, Ghosts, Monsters, Survival

Format

  Oneshot, Anthology

Publishers

  Shogakukan