Venus in the Blind Spot (Junji Ito Book 0)

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You might not comprehend it right away, but if you think about it, you might be able to figure out what Ito is trying to say. Interesting. After reading this, I'm relieved that I can enjoy my own company and don't require outside entertainment on a regular basis. Similarly, I don’t think I’ll be forgetting some of the tales in Venus in the Blind Spot anytime soon. The Human Chair (Edogawa Ranpo): Junji Ito’s adaptation of this 1925 horror story works well with his terrifying artwork. What happens if buying a new chair turns into a nightmare? That’s what happens when a young author enters into a furniture store and is told the tale of Togawa Yoshiko’s armchair which contained a deadly secret… This has made me want to read the original story aswell now! So creepy! The most common obsessions are with beauty, long hair, and beautiful girls, especially in his Tomie and Flesh-Colored Horror comic collections. For example: A girl's hair rebels against being cut off and runs off with her head; Girls deliberately catch a disease that makes them beautiful but then murder each other; a woman treats her skin with lotion so she can take it off and look at her muscles, but the skin dissolves and she tries to steal her sister's skin, etc. Venus in the Blind Spot, also titled Disappearing Venus or Vanishing Venus, is the fourth story featured in the collection Venus in the Blind Spot.

Venus In The Blind Spot: The titular tale. What would you do if you couldn’t see the person you love up close but only from a distance? Could it be the work of aliens or something more human…? The Enigma of Amigara Fault- 5 stars This story was so horrifying. I can still see the outline of the bodies being stretched in the fault lines for miles. It follows the story of fault shaped bodies being found in a mountain that are the exact shape of people. Horrifying and creepy. stars: Billions Alone (rating went up), The Human Chair (rating went up), The Enigma of Amigara Fault So here’s the thing with Ito: like HP Lovecraft, Ito is great at producing haunting images of primal horror but, also like Lovecraft, he’s very clumsy, almost amateurish, in incorporating these images into traditional stories. What you’re left with is some genuinely disturbing visions of horror scattered amidst numerous quite dull, predictable and almost laughably goofy stories. Cover Thoughts: OBSESSED. Love it and every time I see it pop up on my Goodreads for an add, I get excited.This one took me by surprise because it wasn’t so much a horror story as it was an autobiographical snippet about Ito’s experiences growing up with the work of Kazuo Umezu, a popular Japanese horror manga author, musician, and actor. When Ito grows up, he gets a chance to work with his idol. These first 3 stories are all amazing so far. Now it may also be that my husband playing a creepy video game with creepy music is enhancing the experience... I’m not very smart some days (lol!) This collection reminded me quite viscerally of when I was a kid and I’d spend my evenings reading horror folklore anthologies at my local library (featuring stories like “The Green Ribbon,” about a girl also named Jenny whose fate freaked me out for years).

Not nearly as scary as the other stories so far. Interesting perhaps but feels out of place with the other 3 so far. Although it does have a great title. Keepsake- 4.5 stars This story is so gross because it’s about a child who is born from a dead woman and if you get grossed out by SPOILER necrophilia SPOILER then skip this one. I loved the story and how it unfolded. It felt dramatic in the most twisted way. Content warnings for: murder, torture, violence, body horror, corpse desecration, necrophilia, animal deaths, stalking, scenes of terrorHow Love Came to Professor Kirida (Robert Hichens): An adaption of the Hichens’ story ”How Love Come to Professor Guildea”: A ghost story about an ageing professor who doesn’t believe in love, nor want to be loved by another, but a student who keeps showing him her works appears to be. This one made me feel uncomfortable for a few reasons, as all good horror should.

This was a science fiction story rather than a horror story. Mr. Ito has a unique perspective on the subject, which I admire. I knew what they were talking about right away because of my knowledge of blind spot, but that didn't stop me from being excited and enjoying the story. This one starts off with a bang: a baby has been discovered within the grave of young master Toyoji’s first wife—a woman who has been dead for nine months. In the time since her death, Toyoji has taken his mistress as his wife and welcomed their first child. An story of out of this world love, an unearthly love, an other love of this world. Something normally people won't experience or encounter. A fiendish love… an unearthly love… those who feel such a love are numbed to their very souls by this mysterious pleasure… An Unearthly Love- 3 stars Doll obsessions are not my thing and this one follows a woman married to a man who she thinks is cheating on her. It turns out to be a doll which leads to some complications in their marriage as one would expect. I felt bad for the woman, but like I said, not my kind of story.

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Over the weekend I finally got to reading Junji Ito’s manga, devouring all three volumes of Uzumaki in as many days. So while I haven’t exactly read enough of this horror master’s work to know what constitutes the “best” of his canon, I will say that the stories collected in Venus in the Blind Spot were mostly enjoyable—and rife with Ito’s trademark body horror ingenuity. A fantastic collection of translated 'illustrated' short stories. What do you call a graphic novel when it's not novel size? I honestly don't know. The Enigma of Amigara Fault: People start entering these holes that are shaped exactly like them inside of a mountain. But once they go in, they can never escape. Why have they appeared and why are they somehow the exact shape of the certain people that are finding them

Billions Alone” is about this serial killer (girl) who sends messages out about how important it is for people to "get together" and not self isolate too much, then kills people and sews them together. Successfully creepy. Nov 24 Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space Releases an Update Featuring a New Episode 'The Cliffs of Wyrmrest (Wryz Saga I)' on November 24 Billions Alone… This was my favourite of the "new-to-me" stories in the collection. It one felt so timely, warning against the dangers of social gatherings and rewarding those who choose to self isolate.Junji Ito is, perhaps, a creator who needs no introduction. He is long beloved of many manga fans, recently rising in popularity with a much wider audience, his horror comics touching upon universal fears and fancies. Publisher VIZ Media has committed to bringing more and more of his work to North America, the most recent installment being the short story collection Venus in the Blind Spot .