#greased

[spiraphobia]

Much as I appreciate VIZ for publishing a lot of Junji Ito, I didn't like some of their translations cause they didn't hit as hard. Just the panels below illustrate my point.

From VIZ (Official):

From DANIEL.AU (Fan Scanlation):

I get it, censorship and all that, and maybe VIZ’s version is technically more accurate, but seriously - a little cursing in a horror manga won’t hurt anyone, right? Considering the target audience? But hey, maybe that's just me.

Also, I am not even gonna speak about the abysmal anime version. It's not just as intense.

[my-eclectic-world-x]

Shiver

After reading the odd manga of Junji Ito's online, Shiver was the first book that I purchased and read cover to cover. I read the whole book in a few hours, taking no breaks. That's when I first sensed that my bank account was in trouble. I think some stories stood out above the rest but they we're all interesting and kept my hooked the entire time.

My favourite works from this collection are Shiver, Marionette Mansion, The Long Dream and Greased, I think these stories are considered by most to be some of his best, considering most of them have been adapted into anime or either Crunchyroll or the newest Netflix series. As I read the book, I would rate each story 1-5 and these all received a 5 from me. Although, the story 'Fashion Model' seems to be earning place in my heart, as the more Fuchi is mentioned throughout the Junji Ito Universe, the more I seem to love her character.

Starting with Shiver itself, this features some pretty horrifying artwork, especially if you have trypophobia. The build up of the story was really nice, I got a feeling that I really understood what was going on, which isn't always present in Junji's work but also that the pace was still that of his other short stories.

My next favourite being Marionette Mansion. I love this story, it's a bit slower to get into but the background story is so important to the ending. You really experience the tension throughout the story, seeing people being controlled like puppets, something was bound to go wrong. A brilliant concept that was perfectly brought to life by Junji Ito. (btw, the fear of puppets and marionettes is called Pupaphobia)

Next, is a personal overall favourite. I love The Long Dream, it's one of the mangas that I read online before getting any books and it just cemented the fact that I wanted to read as many of Junji Ito's works as I could. I loved the idea that the person troubled by these long dreams, would show such drastic changes when they wake up and the ending really put the nail in the coffin for me. This would be a pretty horrific story to read for someone with Oneirophobia.

Last of my top rated stories from this collection is Greased. Don't read this is you have Lipophobia. This is possibly Junji Ito's most disgusting story, but that shouldn't make you avoid it because it is incredibly well told and once again hits you with a twist that's unexpected and savage.

Overall, this book was brilliant and was a great starter book for getting into Junji's work.

[wingedghostprincess]

[eyjasvoice]

im on team walrus

[one-time-i-dreamt]

They’ve made a lesbian adaptation of “Grease” where the greasers are butches and the pink ladies are femmes.

[vietsoul]

Big Max aka. Mike Spanner Grease Monkeys, 1979 - Colt Studios, dir. Rip Colt

[junebuns]

Charging up !

[verkomy]

some more fem crowley

you can get a print here: inprnt!   

[pangur-and-grim]

happy animal in a green world

[walkonpooh]

Shiver - Junji Ito Review

Shiver is a short story collection by Japanese horror manga artist Junji Ito. I first stumbled onto Junji Ito through the viral "Th-This is my hole. It was made for me!" meme that was popular around the internet a few years back.

I was fascinated by that image and it led me to reading the story it was based on "The Enigma of Amigara Fault" which is one of my all-time favorite horror stories, long or short. Shiver is now the third complete manga I've read by Junji Ito and to date is probably my favorite. It doesn't reach the highs of Amigara Fault, but I think it's really solid. According to the notes, it seems like Ito gets a spark of an idea and builds off the initial idea, sometimes putting several ideas together over the course of a span of time. The initial hooks are always interesting and pretty original though, even if the results of the story don't always quite land. With some quick pitches; my favorite stories in this collection are Used Record - What if there was a song of the dead and someone alive heard the song? What would that do to the person who is alive? Fashion Model - No comment. Just this image.

Hanging Blimp - People all around Japan are bizarrely committing suicide, hanging themselves, fashioning things into a noose. Shortly after their deaths, bizarre blimp like floating heads with what look like balloon strings show up around the country and begin chasing people. Marionette Mansion - Haruhiko's family travels around Japan putting on puppet shows. One of the puppets frightens Haruhiko's friend Kinuko, the puppets name is "Jean-Pierre" and it seems like there may be more to Jean-Pierre. Is Haruhiko's family controlling Jean-Pierre, or is Jean-Pierre controlling them? The Long Dream - Probably my favorite story in the collection. What if when we slept, an infinite amount of time could pass in our dreams? We could live hours, days, months, years or even several lifetimes worth? What would that do to our bodies? What would it mean for us as a species?

Greased - Haha this one got me to groan in disgust audibly, so I have to give it a nod. Yui and her family run a barbeque shop and live in an apartment above the shop. From poor ventilation in both the shop and apartment, there is a thick, heavy, filmy layer of grease covering everything. The grease gets heavier as time goes on and begins to effect Yui's family, specifically her brother Goro and ugh at what happens lol. Overall, a really solid collection of stories. Really enjoyed it!

4/5

[ryuki-draws]

You know the autonomous train to the surface in TF One? What if they only wanted you to think it was autonomous...

[spiraphobia]

Shiver - Greased | Junji Ito

[laurens-german]

GREASE — 1978, dir. Randal Kleiser

[wingedghostprincess]

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[corvus-divum]

Doodles of @keferon 's Mecha Pilot Jazz AU 'cause it's been eating my brain and I wanted to draw angst that I had planned to write but ended up drawing fluff and just doodles of them hanging out