I could be wrong, but I remember in the manga it said that after Hiroshi's parents saw the growing window they decided to move out of the house right away, so I assume they are safe.

@androidmk5987

2 жыл бұрын

Who the fuck wouldn't

@stephanustheodorus3614

2 жыл бұрын

That's correct. The narrator clearly doesn't really watch the episode thoroughly.

@XSilver_WaterX

2 жыл бұрын

Ito did theorize it wasn't the woman who caused the house to become monstrous, but the previous inhabitants refused to let go of their sentimental nature to the house that became dangerous. Think about that, allowing the past to become the future.

@Solanin0803

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanustheodorus3614 The episodes are whack. Manga is absolutely elite, though.

@dillonwalshpvd

Жыл бұрын

That does not happen in the manga to my recollection; I refused to watch that horrible anime.

And despite all of this horror, Junji Ito is seen as a pleasant and upbeat person to interview and spend time with. Which I can’t tell if that is a good or bad thing lol

@adiosarisen8301

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen some videos from Viz Media where they have him react to other people’s art. He does not seem like the person who would make the stuff he does

@Solanin0803

2 жыл бұрын

@@adiosarisen8301 He seems like a total sweetheart. A very chill guy and down to earth as well

@theodor.thegreat3911

2 жыл бұрын

I'd call it a charismaniac

@torytellstales

Жыл бұрын

@@adiosarisen8301 Bill Gaines, one of the writers of "Tales From The Crypt" comics was a chill guy too.

@buttarain27

Жыл бұрын

That's kinda scary actually...lol.

Gotta give mad respect to FUCHI. She's proof that you can be ugly, terrifying, a bloodthirsty monster and STILL be able to follow your dreams of having the job you want, be married, and have a child🤣😆

The spiral curse terrifies me, even though I don't have any other phobias. I'm cool with snakes, bugs, spiders and sharks. Also, I live in Australia, so I'm used to things that can kill you if you just step on them, but this is what freaks me out. The artwork is genuinely beautiful though. So much detail. The Hellstar also scares me. There's literally nothing you can do against something like that

@Godlysound

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, it's hard to decide whether you'd rather suffer any fate that anybody suichi encounters ends up with, or suffer in maddening confusion and terror like suichi himself, truly a terrifying story

@moosesues8887

Жыл бұрын

Ngl a Australian being scared scares me 😂

After reading alot of his stories first thing that came to mind was : " Is Junji Ito Ok?"

@johnlawful2272

2 жыл бұрын

Heard he's nice in real life and his wife is a children's book author

@debrabarber3483

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully. He seems like a nice dude. There's a few KZread videos of him reacting to things like siren head

@LordofSadFac

2 жыл бұрын

There are multiple interviews that show him as someone joyful and quite friendly, so... Maybe?

@sirenlad898

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnlawful2272 now that's what I call balance!!!

@ddbob1

2 жыл бұрын

@@LordofSadFac and that's exactly why this question needs to be asked. Because it's the seemingly nice ones you gotta watch lol.

It's not supernatural or anything, but "The Bully" would have to be one of the most terrifying to me that Junji Ito has done. It's very short yet scary.

@ramz3119

2 жыл бұрын

I think scariest thing is that its possibly the most realistic one out of all the stories

@twindrill2852

2 жыл бұрын

I hate how underrated and overlooked The Bully is. Yes, there's no supernatural monsters or mystical oddities, but the realism shown in its premise alone is enough to make you feel true terror.

@hustle_simmons

Жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie The Bully made me nauseous. Cause I know somewhere that premise is really happening.

@mi0mll

Жыл бұрын

i agree its probably my favorite episode in the new adaption and one of my favorite chapters it like messes with you mentally

@95tomthomas7

Жыл бұрын

The bully isn’t really scary but I mean the story is realistic because it’s human nature for a unforgiving spouse to take it out on the child

I love how Junji Ito introduces this central idea and evolves it until it completely overwhelms and dominates the entire world of the story. It’s truly genius how he is able to conjure these absurd yet breathtaking images. Uzumaki for example, started with the image of a spiral of a snail’s shell and at the end of the manga, there was an entire spiral world underneath our own, and reading that was truly admirable

That anime they made just didnt do his artwork justice, a lot of the uneasiness and weirdness from his stories come from his art, and it just doesnt show through in that anime imo. Compare the widow in the anime, compared to the manga. Its so much more insanely detailed and structured.

The fact that the Spiral Entity that curses the town in Uzumaki isn't on here baffles me

@gasmasker7409

Жыл бұрын

I've read that and I feel like if that kept happening in a town, they should just bail.

@MySerpentine

2 ай бұрын

@@gasmasker7409 The spiral is pulling them in. That's what spirals do.

@rita6355

Ай бұрын

​@@gasmasker7409there's actually a reason they don't, they're almost mind controlled to stay

It's physical painful to hear you pronounce Tomie's name like that. It's Tome-ee-ay.

@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677

2 жыл бұрын

Same.

@Gobtafan68

2 жыл бұрын

exactly

@Nozferatuu

2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to skip that section.

@no_one01-5

2 жыл бұрын

It was same levels of cringe as somebody pronouncing nuclear as 'nucular'.

@aliway4136

2 жыл бұрын

@@no_one01-5 or libary instead of library. Or kinniegarden instead of kindergarten. Or ambalance instead of ambulance. Mispronunciations drive me nuts😂😂

There is a lot of lovecraft elements in his work, so much so that many people say he copycat some aspects of his work. But I could fairly say that his work is not a copy cat of lovecraft but a love letter to him and he made it into his own style and flavor. After all greatness comes for previous predecessors shoulders.

@ranjira7893

2 жыл бұрын

Lovecraft was the father of existential / Cosmic horror, so of course Junji Ito's work resembles his. its impossible not to when you compare an example of a genre/subgenre to the works of the one who created said genre/subgenre. Lovecraft is interesting in that (If I recall correctly) he stated in his will that his work became Public domain so other writers could play with the world he created and continue it. It is because of this action we have so many Lovecraft inspired works the man opened up an entire literary universe for people to explore and expand upon. (If I got any info wrong I blame my insomnia induced exhaustion and crappy memory )

@wacky-physics7506

2 жыл бұрын

i hate the whole idea of anything even being in the same genre is a copycat, remember pubg and fortnite?

@ranjira7893

2 жыл бұрын

@@wacky-physics7506 Agreed.

@fuchainsa

2 жыл бұрын

Uzumaki and Hellstar Remina are in my opinion his most “Lovecraftian like)

@pagatryx5451

2 жыл бұрын

@@wacky-physics7506 The PUBG/Fortnite drama was more complicated than that... Bluehole games was using the Unreal Engine from Epic Games (makers of Fortnite). Their issue was that they were one of their most successful customers, were paying a load of royalties to Epic Games, were working CLOSELY with Epic around the development of the title, even before its release, and they were then releasing a direct competitor to them. Hurting their business and possibly using background knowledge they gained from working with Bluehole. It wasn't just a "Look! They're doing a BR game!" they took issues with. That was just what Epic Games made the story look like. I say this as someone who despises Bluehole. They honestly suck for what they did to that game.

alot of his stories are very interesting. It's a shame that he mostly makes short stories because almost all of his short horror stories would be interesting if it was longer and we can deep dive more to the story. Alot of his short story endings are rushed. It's like counting up to 20 and when you reach 10, you straight up go to the number 20. I think one of his short stories with the most perfect ending is The bully. Literally gave me chills than the supernatural, lovecraftian stuff that he makes because the bully's story actually happens in real life.

@ddbob1

2 жыл бұрын

Some of his short stories are make up an even bigger story they also. It's just of you get a collection you may not get all of them. They work well as stand alone stories as well.

@d3vilmaycry25

2 жыл бұрын

Because the people are more of set pieces, his stories are spectacle driven not character driven. Why do you think the characters are drawn nondescript. No flashy clothes, no fruit colored hair, no particular quirk. The forces within the plot don't revolve around the "protagonists" and work independently such as the concept of Spirals, a planet devouring being, a human shape size hole in the mountain. Heck even the so called recurring "characters" are acts more like spectacles rather than characters to drive the plot.

@Solanin0803

2 жыл бұрын

The Suichi stories are a whole set, there is Gyo, Uzumaki, Tomie, Ito did make Frankenstein into a manga and I believe the the Oshikiri story is also a multi-chapter one.

Uzumaki isn't really one of my favorite stories, but it is amazing how it progresses. The stort starts out relatively tame, but gradually gets darker and more insane with each story and has one of the most depressing/bittersweet endings of all his major stories. Tomie is one of my favorite stories. Its bothering me how hes pronouncing Tomie

In regards to the Window Monster? The family moved at the end of the story so, assuming her area of affliction is bound to a single location, I think he’s safe … also dude it’s pronounced “Toe-me-aye!” 😖😖😖

You're saying Tomie's name wrong, and it's making me cringe.... it's pronounced "Toe-Me-Aye"

@chriscaron9411

2 жыл бұрын

Thank u

@yeetdaed2087

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment the exact same thing.

@PieselOkrutnik

2 жыл бұрын

I say "Tommy" and don't care.

@WarPoodle-pc5wu

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah.... its just one of those things that hits a nerve. Idk why. I dont usually care about how people pronounce things generally. But... Tomie..... something about that name being said wrong just hits weirdly. Like part of the curse itself lol

@cherrydolphin1614

2 жыл бұрын

It was a common mistake no need to be rude 😿

Lol it's not Tommy, it Toe-me-aye. Love the video!

@OneFatLizard

2 жыл бұрын

I hate it so much when people put no effort into learning how to pronounce foreign words that they use

mh yes, i do enjoy the classic Junji Ito manga Tommy. Loved the crossover with Power Rangers.

@abityami

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh and here I thought it was Tommy Pickles from Rugrats that was causing all this trouble 😂 Too be fair, if Tara Strong actually voiced Tomie I think she’d make a great voice for her.

@JDKT002

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad i'm not the only one who was going nuts over the way he was pronouncing that.

@abityami

2 жыл бұрын

@@JDKT002 You are not alone dude, it is really difficult to watch the Tomie portion. Their knowledge of her is correct, but the Tomie = Tommy kills me 😂

@Pherioxus

Жыл бұрын

How the hell did he get ''Tommy'' out of Tomie

@RotalHenricsson

Жыл бұрын

@@Pherioxus might be a german native speaker; in german / austrian, IE is pronounced like a long e (like in Lee).

I recently reread The Bully after buying Deserter and i forgot how disturbing it is. Its one of his few stories that is pretty much grounded in reality with no type of supernatural elements and has one of the creepiest downer endings i've ever seen in any of his stories simply for how it can and probably has happened in some form in real life.

Fuchi is basically just Sarah Jessica Parker 😂😂😂

It's pronounced "Toe-mii-ay"

@MrBerserkinTime

Жыл бұрын

fr bro really said tommy 💀

How are you not gonna put Hellstar Remina in the list. That manga is as Lovecraftian as it gets.

@calebbrown6183

Жыл бұрын

Kinda strange that he put it in the title card, but not on the list

Unfortunately, the anime adaptations don't make justice to the source material's greatness

I wanna believe that Planet Remina is where all the horror creatures are from.

@so-calledpunk323

2 жыл бұрын

Love this theory

Out of everything Junji has done the Oil Story just grosses me out lmao. Especially with the chick having her mouth open when homeboy was squeezing it out of his face

@debrabarber3483

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I literally feel a bit sick every time that image pops up somewhere 🙃

@dantederi5062

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, it's grease. That one is disgusting as hell

@kzkaa.

2 жыл бұрын

Glyceride/Greased

Awesome video and ty for turning me onto Junji Ito.

tanks for the video, cuz of it i got the collection to binge watch tonight =)

Tomie be like "You fools! I have 70 alternative accounts!"

Absolutely outstanding!my favourite Junji Ito story's was fashion model and the next door neibour!😎👍

Good video, it's just funny to hear "Tomie" pronounced as "Tommy" lol

Window next door mess with me the most. It plays with your comfort zone and violates it.

Junji Ito is a true mad lad

For those who may not know Tomie is actually pronounced Tome-I-ay, I did not know this until I watched the animated remake of a few of his stories,

To be fair, the fashion industry does love "striking" looking models. She is skinny, tall and very memorable, so her being a model doesnt surprise me.

Man, don't use the anime version of these stories, they're considered the worst version of his works. Uzumaki looks promising tho.

I was literally crying when you called Souichi ‘The landlord’ And Binzo ‘the boy’ JUSTICE FOR BINZO 💔💔💔

@Orokorra-Flantxo

Жыл бұрын

All of it was a dream too. Luckily Souichi doesn’t actually turn out to be like that

Marvelous work

I am not the person who has watched much anime or read manga but i am proud of my Junji Ito collection, love Junji Ito works so much

A WAW AWESOME VIDEO

That moment you realize your nightmares you had in your preschool years scarred you so much you feel nothing from these stories and images.

One of the most incredible authors/artists/storytellers of our time. I absolutely love his work. TRULY terrifying, yet also straight from the heart.

Glyceride draws out feelings of disgust and discomfort from me in such a visceral way and I hate that it was one of the stories that got animated 🤢

i love junji ito as my fav horror manga author, but you can def tell that some of his endings are pretty bad/rushed like in Army of One

@retrooni

2 жыл бұрын

I thought that myself, but apparantly in some interviews with him and his editors, their favourite is those kind of endings, because like in real life you don't often get a narratively satifying ending conclusion,

@luzviminda795

2 жыл бұрын

ey wonderthigh lol

@zannchristo

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I think it's on purpose. Like, to me it looks clear as day that he simply doesn't want to give a conclusion to most of his stories, but with some cases, he does

@jazzjazzington8244

2 жыл бұрын

It’s also scarier without a conclusion as there is a sense that the horror never truely ends. Plus explanations and conclusions lessen the impact of the monsters and the horror.

In Junji Ito's world , nobody ever goes to the doctor or news organizations when weirdness happens. But No one cares because his stories are so compelling you don't really want reality breaking in.

Someone has probably said this but… It’s not Tommy. Toe-me-Aye. Japanese is almost always said in letter pairs.

Even the "Army of One" is analogous to the recent Operation Covaids.

I feel like junji ito was the inspiration for little nightmares

@johnlawful2272

2 жыл бұрын

I know coraline was one of the inspiration

The background song is amazing, what is the name?

Uzumaki was the first story I’ve read by Junji ito and I’ve been hooked since then

This man is an absolute genius 👏

I like that you said "and A nightmare fule"

One thing is like to point out: The Human Chair is not originally a Junji Ito story. The manga is based on a short story written by the author Edogawa Ranpo

I like your Horror Content.

Miss Fuchi is just Sarah Jessica Parker

The Tomie part was really hard to listen to, how in the Cold Hell did he get '''Tommy'' out of Tomie?

No junji ito story has hurt me the same way people pronouncing Tomie as Tommy

Does anyone know the name of the background melody?

Would love to be able to watch these

One of my favorites is the man with a hundred scalps I don’t know what he’s called I just saw him in junji ito coloring book my first exposure to junji itos art, I stood there just going through the art book I was glued and I love his art now

The jade statue one could disturb some people greatly.

Not Tommy 🤣 good video though

Oh boy, Trypohobia. From the Shivers episode.

Ok but the way this guy pronounces Tomié makes me want to climb into one of those mysterious holes in the wall and never come back

Junji Ito's nightmares are Marvelous!

Ah yes “Tommy”

What is the name of background song?

just because theyre scary doesnt make them lovecraftian... really the only lovecraftian shit junji has done was amigara fault, hellstar remina, uzumaki, and the thing that drifted ashore. what makes them lovecraftian is that the origins of such creatures or events cant be explained and even at the end you dont know what it is or what caused it.

@user-rl4tg2mr9n

2 жыл бұрын

Lovecraftian horror is existential. It is the dread, and helplessness you feel in the face of something outside of understanding. You are right that remina, uzumaki and amigara fault being lovecraftian, but for the wrong reasons. Remina is an unstoppable inevitability, uzumaki cannot be stopped, and amigara fault forces people to enter their "hole." They are all unstoppable forces outside of human understanding, which is why they are lovecraftian.

@MultiChicken123

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-rl4tg2mr9n is that honestly not the same thing though? what i said goes right along the lines of what you were describing, the fear of the unknown. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown” in hellstar remina we know that its a planet eating organism but from where? you never know. in the thing that drifted ashore we know its a deep sea creature and how it survived, but from where and why did such a creature go undetected for so long? we never know. in amigara fault we get background info that they were carved hundreds of thousands of years prior but for what? why? how did they know the dimensions of people in the future? we never know. you were right about helplessness though, it is the same helplessness that is apparent throughout many of hp lovecrafts novels. the inability for our tiny minds to even understand what we are seeing. “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of the infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.”

@user-rl4tg2mr9n

2 жыл бұрын

@@MultiChicken123 I wasn't saying you were wrong. I was saying there's more to the genre than just fear of the unknown. I realise my reply wasn't as clear as I wanted it to be, so my bad

The art of the anime and manga are creepy and amazing

The story of Glyceride is like me when I'm on the Keto Diet.

**Remina closing in on Earth** "Serious Pu.." Remina: Why do I hear boss music?

the constant mispronunciation of "Tomie" is driving me nuts here.

I got junji ito phone case. Sick af and I love it

@OriginalContent89

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I just bought a tshirt with Kirie from Uzumaki on it. Where did you get your phone case?

Nice video, but I couldn't help but laugh at how u pronounce Tomie😊

The widow next door seriously creeped me out

Note to self never eat while being shown a review of Gyo almost had chokes of meatloaf on my floor

Remina scared the crap out of me... That vile star.

you shouldve put more of the comic art in here

Amazing video.. im so watching this.. That said.. the word "draught" is pronounced "draft" and means "a drink". A "draft" is a wind coming through a hole and is what you meant when you said "drought".

Exponentiating, trans- or multi-dimensional horrors are truly Eldritch. They are also analogous real world problems faced today, especially the last couple centuries.

Glycerin still haunts me to this day

@OriginalContent89

2 жыл бұрын

The scene where her brother pins her down haunts my nightmares. The fact that she screams instead of closing her mouth makes it even worse 😱

I love the way FUCHI talks normal, it's makes her more scary

The amount of ads are crazy......

The ballons sold me Ito, I’m buying stuff.

Kind of surprised at how often you chose to use footage instead of more from the manga.

That girl would never be a fashion model

@gautierleriche9062

2 жыл бұрын

Ilka Bruhl. Glad to make you less stoopid

@SlaaneshM30

2 жыл бұрын

I think you GREATLY underestimate the human lust for weirdness. Considering we already have trap fashion models and models with various skin conditions and deformities, I can imagine that thing would absolutely make it in the western world, because the western world is f*cking weird.

Junji Ito was set to be hired by Hideo Kojima to work for their project with Guillermo Del Toro. Until Konami canceled the project. Yeah, I just ruined your day. Youre welcomr.

To-mi-e...."Toe-me-aye." 😑

the Cannibal boy reminds me of Shin-Chan's schoolfriend Bo-Chan

Fuji reminds me so much of Glenn Close

Watching this made my skin crawl

Hellstar and the one with the neighbor ❤️

He said console like it was a game system😂😂

This man really just pronounced Tomie as Tommy XD

Shinya Tsukamoto please

Popeyes vs that evil planet

Why did I watch this right before bed? Lol

Murdered in a car accident 19:05? That is quite a contradictory cause of death as murder and accident are generally mutually exclusive unless a murder is disguised as an accident in which case no one should publicly be aware of it.

I love junji itos work ngl

the monster in 2:46 surely is Sarah J Parker?

Damn I need to check out tommy from junji ito

I'm sorry but I couldn't help but laugh out loud at how you pronounced Tomie 😭

@misuki5894

Жыл бұрын

FR" TOMMY "

@Tengokuchi

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it doesn't seem like many people in the comments know the correct pronunciation either lol.