From one gruesome scene to the next, he’ll stop at nothing to track down the mysterious “boy in black” if there’s any hope of stopping the carnage – all while exercising his own demons as well.Ĭoming in at five chapters, Lovesickness is the collection’s longest continuous story, and the length shows by the end as the sheer repetition of otherwise great ideas becomes exhausting. Meanwhile, Ryusuke struggles to fit in with his classmates – including a few infatuated girls – but there’s more to this young man than first appears he’s not entirely unfamiliar with how dangerous the Crossroads Fortune game can be. Soon, the streets of Nazumi run red with the blood of countless love-denied teens. Only his fortunes sound more like predictions (commands, really) that don’t sit well with the young girls receiving them, many committing suicide by slicing their throats open with a razor. Most fortunes concern love, and things get messy when a mysterious “beautiful boy in black” appears out of nowhere and starts dishing out fortunes to those wishing to learn their futures. An ancient game has come back in fashion: the Crossroads Fortune has anxious teens asking the first stranger who comes along to predict their fortune, good or bad. his full-length books, which makes including them in a collection like this easier.Ī young boy, Ryusuke, and his family return to their hometown in Nazumi at a most curious time. Not quite long enough to be considered a graphic novel, yet still longer than your average single-issue story, serialized manga is similar to a Stephen King novella vs. The first, titled “Lovesickness”, is a collection within a collection, compiling all five chapters of Ito’s “Lovesick Dead” serialized manga in one package for easy reading. Those who love (or prefer) Ito’s shorter works over his longer ones will find a little of both here as the content is divided into three sections, two of which index related stories while the final three are totally unconnected from each other – and among the best. Up next is a collection (of sorts) compiling ten “stories” in a single volume, hence the name Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection (translation by Jocelyne Allen). From appearing in blockbusters games like Death Stranding to new anime adaptations of his older work, more non-Japanese readers are getting to experience one of the most interesting voices in the horror genre than ever. Viz has been on a roll lately – a Junji Ito role – with its fantastic reissuing of some of the horror manga master’s lesser-known work to English-reading audiences, including last year’s translation of the planet-licking Remina.
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