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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #19005 on: August 28, 2014, 11:21:16 am »

Hmmm, I though Uzamaki and Tomie were among Junji Ito's most recognizable works.

There's also his cat diary.
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« Reply #19006 on: August 28, 2014, 11:22:58 am »

Hmmm, I though Uzamaki and Tomie were among Junji Ito's most recognizable works.

There's also his cat diary.
Unfortunately I've never heard them mentioned until now. I'm just starting Uzumaki though. I have no idea where this is going, I can't wait to read more.
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« Reply #19007 on: August 28, 2014, 11:45:53 am »

Hmmm, I though Uzamaki and Tomie were among Junji Ito's most recognizable works.

There's also his cat diary.
Unfortunately I've never heard them mentioned until now. I'm just starting Uzumaki though. I have no idea where this is going, I can't wait to read more.

While it's probably his most recognized work, it's probably one of his weaker works since Junji's style doesn't adapt well to having long, cohesive storylines with a stable cast. It's kinda the same complaint you had with Gyo. Tomie is probably better in that regard though since every section of Tomie is completely disjointed from every other.

But I did enjoy Uzumaki, if only because the whole plot boils down to "Man... spirals are just out to get errreebody." and boy, do they ever.

My favorite thing about his stories though, is how audaciously FUCKED his characters are, just for the simple crime of being a character in his stories. It doesn't matter what kind of benevolently simple life you lead, the moment a Junji horror gets involved, there's just nothing they can do but watch as it crushes their lives, their family, their friends, and possibly the entire world. Off the top of my head, the only person to ever be a survivor in ANY of his stories is Mimi from Mimi's Ghost Stories, anyone else from any other story is either explicitly doomed or their fate is left completely ambiguous.
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« Reply #19008 on: August 28, 2014, 11:49:19 am »

Uzumaki is to me basically a Twilight Zone / Outer Limit type comic where... while there is continuity... continuity is just there for your enjoyment.

It is also very Silent Hill
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #19009 on: August 28, 2014, 12:07:15 pm »

I liked Uzumaki the best, actually.

Particularly because by the end all the elements fuse together into something whole. But then again it stops being really horror, and just became something I wanted to read and find out the plot of. It's easily his most actual "story", compared to his short story works and collections.
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Tomie is the opposite, a work only meta-connected as a continuous piece. It's also very good, but doesn't really have a conclusion (just a series of unrelated semi-conclusions.)

Gyo is in my opinion his weakest core story due to him trying to explain the situation with a degree of science instead of leaving it unknown, as people have stated.
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« Reply #19010 on: August 28, 2014, 12:58:18 pm »

While it's probably his most recognized work, it's probably one of his weaker works since Junji's style doesn't adapt well to having long, cohesive storylines with a stable cast. It's kinda the same complaint you had with Gyo. Tomie is probably better in that regard though since every section of Tomie is completely disjointed from every other.

My favorite thing about his stories though, is how audaciously FUCKED his characters are, just for the simple crime of being a character in his stories. It doesn't matter what kind of benevolently simple life you lead, the moment a Junji horror gets involved, there's just nothing they can do but watch as it crushes their lives, their family, their friends, and possibly the entire world. Off the top of my head, the only person to ever be a survivor in ANY of his stories is Mimi from Mimi's Ghost Stories, anyone else from any other story is either explicitly doomed or their fate is left completely ambiguous.
I disagree. Hellstar Remina and the Black Paradox both had a pretty stable cast and a persistent story and were fantastic.

Yeah that's generally what happens. :D I can think of a few where the characters survived. The two girls in the bathhouse short both survive, and I'm pretty sure both Mimi and her boyfriend make it out. And the main character of the one where he's digging up his friend on page 1 (can't remember the name, I think it was called Hallucinations) seems at peace by the end, though its implied that he does go to jail, he's just happy that he's stopped seeing things.
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« Reply #19011 on: August 28, 2014, 03:23:16 pm »

Oh man that last P4G episode.

"Sempai, you can make me do anything you want."
"Go buy some stuff for me."
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« Reply #19012 on: August 28, 2014, 04:44:33 pm »

Oh man that last P4G episode.

"Sempai, you can make me do anything you want."
"Go buy some stuff for me."
best response y/y?

also what is P4G?
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #19013 on: August 28, 2014, 04:51:49 pm »

Persona 4 Golden, if I'm not mistaken.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #19014 on: August 28, 2014, 04:57:37 pm »

I liked Uzumaki the best, actually.

Particularly because by the end all the elements fuse together into something whole. But then again it stops being really horror, and just became something I wanted to read and find out the plot of. It's easily his most actual "story", compared to his short story works and collections.
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« Reply #19015 on: August 28, 2014, 05:01:31 pm »

Persona 4 Golden, if I'm not mistaken.
Which was also a PSVita game of a ps2 game.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #19016 on: August 28, 2014, 05:23:45 pm »

I liked Uzumaki the best, actually.

Particularly because by the end all the elements fuse together into something whole. But then again it stops being really horror, and just became something I wanted to read and find out the plot of. It's easily his most actual "story", compared to his short story works and collections.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #19017 on: August 28, 2014, 06:31:05 pm »

"Sempai, you can make me do anything you want."
"Go buy some stuff for me."
Logic checks out. Seems like a perfectly reasonable response.
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« Reply #19018 on: August 28, 2014, 06:44:51 pm »

I liked Uzumaki the best, actually.

Particularly because by the end all the elements fuse together into something whole. But then again it stops being really horror, and just became something I wanted to read and find out the plot of. It's easily his most actual "story", compared to his short story works and collections.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #19019 on: August 28, 2014, 07:36:13 pm »

I liked Uzumaki the best, actually.

Particularly because by the end all the elements fuse together into something whole. But then again it stops being really horror, and just became something I wanted to read and find out the plot of. It's easily his most actual "story", compared to his short story works and collections.
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Spoiler: Disagreement (click to show/hide)

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Hah, true enough. But it's fun to think about these things.
Good horror always leaves you wondering about possibilities.
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