Well, basically the entire story of Uzumaki is about a town cursed by the spiral (hence the title). The girl there had a crescent moon birthmark that seemed to bring her attention, but the curse of the town made the mark become a spiral and eventually overtook her entire head and body, and anything that got near it. Context for that page was she bribed the guy that got sucked up there to distract Kirie (protagonist) and seduce her boyfriend who was the first to become aware of the curse.
It’s a genuinely creepy story and Junji Ito (the author/artist) is capable of making some rather mundane things very scary. I’d recommend his work, he was going to be a character designer for the cancelled Silent Hills game.
That is rad.
I’m really feeling it….
Get it? Shulk, Xeno blade, sm4sh? No? Okay……..
YES! Deranged killer grin is the best response to being ordered to smile by random strangers!
Oh my.
This is horrifying
Well, somebody read Uzumaki.
Never heard of it.
well he didnt say that you did.
I will admit that’s genuinely surprising. There’s a part in the story where something similar happens to a guy almost verbatim! http://i6.mangapanda.com/uzumaki/3/uzumaki-1136597.jpg
Of course I’m not implying plagiarism, I just thought it was funny if a reference, slightly scarier but still funny if not.
Huh! What’s the context of this? What happens on the previous page?
Well, basically the entire story of Uzumaki is about a town cursed by the spiral (hence the title). The girl there had a crescent moon birthmark that seemed to bring her attention, but the curse of the town made the mark become a spiral and eventually overtook her entire head and body, and anything that got near it. Context for that page was she bribed the guy that got sucked up there to distract Kirie (protagonist) and seduce her boyfriend who was the first to become aware of the curse.
It’s a genuinely creepy story and Junji Ito (the author/artist) is capable of making some rather mundane things very scary. I’d recommend his work, he was going to be a character designer for the cancelled Silent Hills game.
So yeah, almost verbatim.
Plot Twist: She’s the bus.
Don’t tell girls what to do. Got it… So my mom was right all those years ago? Who knew. :\
this is why I’m anti-social
This makes me think of that episode of “Jessica Jones,” titled simply “Smile”