Reddit reviews Fragments of Horror (Junji Ito)

MMMMMM!!! Let me tell you all about our lord and savior Junji Ito!

I'm going to want you to start by reading Ito's Museum of Terror series (sorry about that website). Although It's not complete, It's a darn good way of getting into the short stories that make up the bulk of Ito's work. So far My favorite stories are "Long Hair in the Attic", "My Dear Ancestors", "Hanging Balloons" and "The Groaning Drain". Although I have yet to read these one, I hear that "Intersection's Pretty Boy", "Bully" and "The Long Dream" are Ito classics. Also, I'm skipping volumes 5 & 6 because they may be released in a Souichi deluxe edition.

Hellstar Remina is the last work I'll recommend that you read online. Now were're talking about Ito bigger multi chapter products. It's a story about how having a planet named atfer you can REALLY fuck you over.
Although the art is utterly amazing, I personally found this one to be too silly and unbelievable at times.

Next up: Tomie! Before I go further, I want you to know that I believe paper is far superior to online when it comes to Ito. Ito's Comics are tailor made for the medium of comic books, thus Reading the physical book is my recommendation. Tomie is about an indestructible slut who is really good at spooking people. This is the series where OP's reference comes from. This series is one of Ito's earliest, so the art in the beginning looks janky for the most part. However, you'll get to see Ito's art evolve.

Now let's talk about Uzumaki. In Uzumaki, it literally spirals out of control! This book is absolutely amazing. It was so great, that it gave me legitimate fatigue in the last three chapters.

And now Gyo! Gyo looks like the crossover of Evil Dead and Sharknado. I can't really say much here, But It's still wroth the read.

Fragments of Horror: It's pretty much a continuation of Museum of Terror.

Then it's Yon & Mu. In Yon & Mu, Junji overreacts to cats. I'll actually won't recommend this one because it's a comedy that is full of self references.

Last, but not least, The Dissolving Classroom. In The Dissolving Classrom, two whipper snappers cause terrifying allegory shenanigans. Same thing with Gyo.

Tomio: the red turtleneck. I bought the full collection here: https://www.amazon.com/Fragments-Horror-Junji-Ito/dp/1421580799

Originally published in the second volume of GYO, So it may be in the new Hardcover of Gyo as well. If not I think I saw it in this one.

https://www.amazon.com/Fragments-Horror-Junji-Ito/dp/1421580799

Black Bird was in Fragments Of Horror. I can't seem to find any english publications for the other two.


https://www.viz.com/fragments-of-horror

https://www.amazon.com/Fragments-Horror-Junji-Ito/dp/1421580799

From the ones I saw in store, yes. Though my gut says to stick to hard copies of publications like “The Horror World of Junji Ito” , which are also called the Kyoufu collection.
There’s 6 volumes, the first two are Tomie, and the last two are souichi stories, but 3 and 4 are all standalone stories.
Their titles are “Flesh colored Horror” and “The Face Burglar.” It’s also worth noting that many smaller series such as dissolving classroom or Frankenstein often get their own smaller volumes due to popularity, so you won’t find them in compilations.


Here’s a link to FCH:
https://www.amazon.com/Flesh-Colored-Horror-Junji-Ito/dp/1588990869

I couldn’t find The Face Burglar, but here’s some other compilations:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1421580799/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=B2AMESRZ2SJ42PC9MN48&dpPl=1&dpID=61y%2Bw5lco0L

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1593076398/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=B2AMESRZ2SJ42PC9MN48&dpPl=1&dpID=51JHr9n3MIL


I hope this helps! Sorry if this is too much ^_^”