Uzumaki (1) by Junji Ito

This is a horror manga which is the first book of a series. It tells multiple intertwining stories. The main focus of this book is a small Japanese village which is cursed by spirals. It sounds strange, it is strange, but it is the good kind of strange.

The main people in the manga are a group of school friends, and each chapter shifts to a different protagonist out of the group and tells their story of an experience they have had with this curse. The curse starts off with a person becoming interested in spirals, as in the shape. This interest quickly blossoms into an obsession which eventually leads to their death. My favourite chapter was the second one.

This entire manga is well drawn and very detailed. It is surprisingly creepy, and as is the case with most manga it can easily be read within an hour. I look forward to reading the rest of this series and I highly recommend this manga to any horror fans.

I give this 4/5 stars.

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