![]() ![]() The original title isn’t an overstatement. So it was with utter joy that I jumped into Viz’s gorgeous English language reprint of 2015’s Itō Junji Self-Selected Masterpiece Collection. There was something in it that spoke to me on a primal level and cemented me a lifelong Junji Ito fan. Too often I’d seen men destroy women but now I was seeing a young woman destroy the men who would’ve likely hurt or disappointed her. Ito’s stark linework and bleak-yet-beautiful storytelling sucked me in and most importantly left me rooting for Tomie. The timeless tale of a deathless young woman who drives any man who meets her to madness, I adored the book and reread it till the spine fell apart. That’s where I would pick up Tomie, one of the most well-known entries in Ito’s horror back catalogue. But it was right next to a comic book store, a place I would spend most of my afternoons and weekends. When I was 12 we moved to a new part of London, one that was utterly detached from the place I’d grown up. Junji Ito’s work was some of the first manga I ever came across. ![]()
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