This 1998 horror manga depicts a Japanese town that plunges into chaos in the face of the symbolic spiral. We look at how Ito conceived Uzumaki, while struggling with big philosophical ideas like nihilism, rationalism and routine, meticulous dread in the face of our cosmic insignificance.

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• Uzumaki

Additional Resources:

• The Junji Ito Interview: A conversation with the creator of Uzumaki
• Black illumination: the unhuman world of Junji Ito
• The Horrific Mechanations of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki
• Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Uzumaki
• Uzumaki: Junji Ito’s Phenomenal Art and Lackluster Storytelling
• Into the Spiral: A Conversation with Japanese Horror Maestro Junji Ito
• The Grotesque Tales of Junji Ito — Part 3: Uzumaki
• “Uzumaki” Is a Horror Classic That Will Leave You Spinning
• THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL: THOUGHTS ON LOVECRAFTIAN SPIRALITY AND ITO’S UZUMAKI
• INTERVIEW: THE LEGENDARY JUNJI ITO TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW ANIME COLLECTION AND MORE