Junji Ito and the Horror of Oddly Satisfying Things | Video Essay

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[@KaitouKiara422]

Will you continue the series or update on ep 2 & 3

[@Mezzanine22nd]

To me, Junji Ito's story has always felt like it conceals some deeper meaning that i'll never be able to comprehend. Yet, much like his characters, I'm always drawn to whatever eldritch horrors unfolding before my eyes. Before I knew it, I've already flipped through the last page and I was left wanting for more. I've watched tons of analysis and some of them did make a lot of sense. But I've always wondered if it's really what Ito-sensei intended. I expected your video to be one of those deep-dive, philosophical analysis but you offer a simple and fresh take. Perhaps there really is no deeper meaning behind it, especially considering just how nonchalant and laid-back Ito-sensei is. Ultimately, his works are a reflection of his experience and culture, intended or not. Same goes for people who analyze his works. This means that any interpretations are valid, and that's a pretty cool conclusion to make.

[@Jesselaj]

Part of what is great about his works is they they raise intriguing questions and then implicitly promise us that they won't answer them

[@user-ow1bc4sx2r]

There is always kernels of meaning to them but imo much of his work is less about representing some specific trauma or fear metaphorically (an example of that is something like babadook and hereditary) and more about using a perversion of familiar things and imagery to instill a huge feeling of “wrongness”. Like, I don’t find most of his work to be overly interesting from a literal analysis standpoint of “here the spirals mean schizophrenia and obsession and etc”, because while those themes are prevalent and worth commenting on, the horror in his work is way more often coming from the idea of being a “normal” person confronted with this horrific and incomprehensible reality. So the “true” interpretation is kind of moot. We are engaged with the person who can’t quite grasp that interpretation and it’s their reaction to this discord that’s so engrossing

[@gelinrefira]

I think you got it right. Junji Ito is great at identifying these intrusive thoughts we all have. There is literally a subreddit dedicated to popping things like pimples or digging out stuff from the skin. It's gross and fascinating. Paired that with trypophobia, the fear and uneasy sensation of seeing clusters of small bumps, like severe acne or the back of a Surinam toad carrying eggs. You have both the fear/aversions and irresistible urge towards that fear/aversion. You have thasslophobia, the fear of deep waters and diving deep. There are all kinds of these pairings in the human psyche and Junji Ito is a master of taking these and push it to the limits, almost cosmic level.

[@KMO325]

Episode one came out and I bet Zhang worked on this video like crazy….only for episode two to let him down. At least that first episode was fire.

[@jitsorooney]

What happened to the second episode? I haven’t kept up with any of the news been waiting to watch it.

[@tasse0599]

@@jitsorooney Haven't watched it eithet, but I heard that the animation quality dropped severely

[@Chivi-chivik]

@@jitsorooney The animation quality took a SERIOUS nosedive (as in, the second episode uses copious amounts of CGI and has LOTS of animation errors), mainly because the producers switched animation companies for the show from the stellar one that made the first episode (albeit very slowly) to one that barely has experience (but could churn out the second ep fast). I don't know why they did that, but this is more or less a summary

[@b0t123]

@@jitsorooney It got much more scarier

[@jitsorooney]

@@Chivi-chivik thats such a shame, thanks for the reply :)

[@KrashyKharma]

Oh my god you hit the nail right on the head, I've been trying to figure out how to describe what's so great about Ito and it really is that oddly satisfying nature of everything he does. It just feels so immensely satisfying to get to the most awful parts of his stories, like watching a pimple popping video. I'm absolutely disgusted and also completely transfixed.

[@spencerdokes6056]

I want an Uzumaki spinoff where it's just that S shape kids always draw in notebooks

[@lainiwakura1776]

Turns out that weird S was a Stussy logo.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

@lainiwakura1776 It isn’t, Lemmino did a great video doc about it.

[@Chivi-chivik]

@@lainiwakura1776 It's actually older than that brand

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

I remember reading a short horror story as a kid where the number 5 was the curse. Like, the number became more powerful the closer that the time got to 5:55 PM

[@M4TCH3SM4L0N3]

Junji Ito illustrates stories depicting what the call of the void feels like. This video is so insightful when you point out that this beckoning comes from outside of ourselves.

[@The_Reviewist]

Thankyou. The title of this video alone has just crystallised something in my head which I had never quite realised. The Spirals, the Holes, the Peeling of skin, the balloons. Ito is a genius.

[@Irrelevant402]

My favorite part in Gyo was when the woman complained about bad smells due to her great sense of smell.

[@Azmodeus87]

My favorite part was LANDSHARK!

[@Irrelevant402]

@@Azmodeus87 Yeah I remember seeing that on the internet and it was a meme...then it turned out it was just in the first part and we had to deal with 'EW WHAT'S THAT SMELL' woman for over half the story. I think Ito REALLY isn't that good with longer stories and is best with one shots or minis. Gyo should have just been about the shark terrorizing a house one evening.

[@aternialaffsalot]

2:24 - aged like fine milk 🥛

[@kazuharailfan.2909]

shame

[@roecocoa]

Mm, that's good cheese.

[@KL-kx1pl]

Can someonne please help me understand the context? Is it because of netfilx?

[@kazuharailfan.2909]

@@KL-kx1pl Anime took half a decade to complete. First episode, animation galore, Junji Ito adaptation curse is broken. Second episode, noticeable drop of quality. Director of first episode got fired from continue the last three and replaced with one of the current worst director in industry. The curse continues. Hope last two episodes be better or whatever

[@djpanaligan1775]

Still watchable but a HUGE drop of quality from episode 1

[@leegunring]

14:44It can still be analyzed in the context of the popularity of social software. Balloons are the equivalent of our account ID avatars on the web, they originate from us, but visibility may override us. They absorb our energy. But if they are destroyed, we will suffer too.

[@scrumpyminklemonk]

I always considered Tomie a story on society and their hatred towards women, particularly "difficult women". Tomie is not a sweet and innocent person but she doesn't deserve to be attacked by people.

[@user-ow1bc4sx2r]

Ye. She’s an “acceptable target” of society, and that backfires on the aggressors

[@kingrooper]

Tomie died after being chopped into pieces by all the students and her teacher lover. What came after that are an amalgamation of dread and lust with the face of Tomie. Its not even human. What kind of women that grows from a drop of blood on a carpet? She even kills herself because she fears herself too. So does that mean women hates women too?

[@kingrooper]

​@@SheilaTheGrate In the manga, they thought she died after taking that fall and they all freaked out and wanted to hide the accident, accept she didn't. And them freaking out and chopping her into pieces is probably the most stupidest part of the story. Yes, she was awful, but that chopping part was absurd to begin with. People with a brain would just probably call an ambulance instead. But that scene ties in to the cute aggression theme. She pretty much wants to have a sexual relation with the teacher in the story, and sticking to the theme the teacher is unconsciously enticed by Tomie to kill her. You should reread it again as what Tomie is, not as what you want Tomie is.

[@SheilaTheGrate]

@@kingrooper the comments that you are (trying) to respond to are pointing out very real misogyny in Japanese culture and worldwide. You don't have the story without misogyny. Reread the comments

[@SheilaTheGrate]

​@@kingrooper This whole story cannot exist without misogyny and it's a real problem in the fucking world. If you can't understand that, I can't help you.

[@DarksideBallerina]

You have a very good read on how Junji Ito takes the mundane and takes it to its extreme. Uzumaki is one of my favorite manga of all time and if anything, the one story most find silly in the series is the one that scared me the most. It was the "Spring Boy" story. I too had a guy who liked me and thought the best way to get my attention was to scare me at random intervals by jumping out of random places. As a result I spent most of the school day on edge (I asked him to stop, he did not. Needless to say his affections were never returned). So when I read that, it took me right back to my high school days and I was actually on edge for a bit, thinking that someone, something was going to jump out and scare me. There lies the strength of that sort of horror: a small yet relatable situation taken to its horror branded extreme.

[@CHOCOLATIONZ]

You hit the right spot! Most Junji Ito’s protagonists are the one who have some psychological fear in their minds and then put in that position. Like the girl who hates the invasion of privacy but had to go to the town with no privacy. Or that boy who wanted to be alone but faced with the phenomenon of mass suicide if the crowd gathered.

[@atlasprime6193]

Amigara Fault will always be my top #1 Junji Ito’s story. Having OCD, this work really captures well of what we have to go through, so instead of being creepy for anyone else, it becomes a full terror for us.

[@FourLetterLWord]

Ive always seen Ito's m.o. as being very similar to Stephen King's, where he often doesnt think if himself as writing ""horror"" but as an anxious guy writing about what makes him anxious, and when he can communicate that anxiety well enough to communicate/inflict it on his readers then it ends up as horror. I think Ito also fixates on things he knows it doesnt make sense to be nervous about and just follows the thread of, "okay but what if there WAS a reason it made me so anxious?" No matter how absurd that justification ends up being.

[@lainiwakura1776]

"This hole was made for me!" Basically how every anon felt about 4chan.

[@Sturmensky]

For me, Junji Ito's stories appeal because they exceptionally blend a few different things. Arguably the most important is familiarity vs. an *inability* to be familiar. For example, a school club is something we have likely all experienced - if not as a member, then in passing. Flowers with human eyes and a waterfall that brings people back "wrong"? That is beyond our ability to truly understand. It makes the known world feel like a paper-thin stage play and, like the characters in a play, we are blissfully unaware of the reality we actually exist within; the audience members, directors, and very foundations of our world wholly beyond our comprehension - for, to comprehend them, every paradigm upon which we understand reality would... shatter. If I wanted to reduce that to point of losing out on many of the important details, I might try to describe it as "Junji Ito's horror makes me feel like a very small cog in a machine that doesn't even know of my existence."

[@radiansaphir]

I'm a relatively new Junji Ito fan, though I got so obsessed (lol) I consumed just about every one of his works available, then turned to every video analysis out there. I think you may be the first to share my belief that he doesn't write his works with any themes in mind, just an idea that he found interesting (though we can still derive meaning from the final work), as well as the only one to point out the theme(s) of love. Personally, while the various quirky ideas do a fantastic job of drawing me in, it's the themes about love that had kept me a fan of Junji's work and where I feel his storytelling truly shines through, so I'm ecstatic that you mentioned it! Also an afterthought on my part, but I'm also really excited to learn about the 'contemporary kaidan' genre! Labelling Junji's work as 'cosmic horror' never sat right with me for whatever reason, and describing it as more like 'modern urban legends' is so perfect, particularly as I'm also a fan of cryptids and SCPs, which I think are sort of the Western equivalent!

[@stoffelthedestroyer3741]

In 200 years people will still talk about Junji Ito how they talk about Lovecraft. We have a living legend among us in our time

[@JonFawkes]

Great essay exploring the themes that we can derive from Ito's work. He has said himself in interviews that a lot of his stories come from an idea, followed by a question "wouldn't that be scary?" and then running with it as you point out. "Fish with legs, wouldn't that be scary?" "Humans growing in layers like a tree, wouldn't that be scary?" "Spirals, wouldn't that be scary?" I don't think he intentionally or consciously sets out to explore the themes mentioned in the video, but that the stories themselves can be used to explore those themes by reading them is what makes his work really stand out and memorable

[@ArionRDAW]

"None are successful... until now." Unfortunately the anime's quality fell off the cliff from episode 2... a lot of production issues and accusations behind the scenes.

[@H0mework]

Was the last series with the stories bad? I never ended up watching more then the 1st ep.

[@ming2479]

@@H0mework the last ep is not out yet, hope the last ep is good. it's from the same director as ep1

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@ming2479 They're talking about the other Junji Ito anime, the one in color.

[@Kaimax61]

​@@H0mework the stories collection was mostly a meh adaptation. animation is bog standard, colors and details were lacking. Junji Ito anime is cursed like always.

[@Kiyoone]

Damn. this is so nostalgic!! When I was a kid, i really loved those stories. Even bought several mangas... Didn't know there is a coming back for this genre! Very nice!!

[@mohitanand1844]

Finally someone made a connection about junji Ito and love. Love is always a constant theme in his novels

[@jngo172]

“None are successful……. until now.” Does Zhang know?

[@F_Fetch_]

By the way, Ito Junji is calm and nice personal. Have a look at his manga about the cats that he and his wife have. It is calm and comedic. (Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu) Also, He is Starring in Death Stranding(Game by Kojima Hideo).

[@vietimports]

horror is already a hard thing to pull off. its why so many horror movies and shows rely on jump scares. junji ito's work has almost no jump scares and trying to adapt it in a format besides manga makes it come across as cringe. its the haunting artwork and manga medium that allows the reader to imagine more than what is on the page.

[@KnucklesxReala911]

Horror isn't so hard to pull of but needs cleverness and creativity, today a lot of people making it think if people isn't screaming first thing in the movies they have lost them forever, but movies before knew it took time to create the atmosphere for it

[@saltimbanque2000]

Great analysis, reminded me why I love Junji Ito's work so much. I'm putting some of his books on hold at the library right now, it's time for a re-read

[@glamdawling]

Love your Ito analysis here. Ito and his work mean a lot to me. I’ve devoured his manga over the past decade. I saw Ito in person at a panel 5 years ago. It was where Uzumaki was first previewed. It might be the best adaptation yet. Can’t wait to sit down and watch.

[@VoskahMarkhov]

For me, Junji Ito captures the uncanny feeling of dreams, but also provides insight into the logical conclusion of the depravity of obsession, with a splash of effective body horror. It is very satisfying to see how much recognition he has received in the past few years, I remember a time where the only way to read his works in English were online fan translations. That being said I don't feel his works are well suited for adaption to the anime medium, or at least the attempts so far have been quite mixed.

[@ohdannyboy4727]

I always though ballons was his zombie story. Or about how society can quickly conform to something.

[@juliobro1]

Thanks for this essay. I saw the Uzumaki live action movie and thought..."there's something in this". Then I saw that MAX just started the anime and, man, what a difference. This is the stuff. It's great to know that the author is known fir this type of story and here you offered other anime titles that I will look for. Yes, I love this kind of creativity in horror, it's like a David Cronemberg thing. Again, thanks.

[@createplanwithelle]

AAAAH JUNJI ITO! So happy that you finally tackled this.

[@WuzzyfuzzumsWyrdWonders]

I'm a horror artist and I have my own personal website but I just made it out of html and minimal CSS, so it looks like a geocities website from the late 90s 😂

[@dhananjaysingh-l7r]

man how many time is squarespace gonna sponsor him

[@pattheplanter]

At least until he stops doing genius themed adverts for them. Possibly much longer. They stuck with Austin McConnell while he had open heart surgery and through his subsequent stroke and recovery. Seem like good people.

[@samaburime]

You always knock it out of the park ❤

[@atlanta2076]

BANGER! Thank you!

[@panwamave]

I've always thought that the theme in Ito's horror was about the disparity between the supposed composure of a rational mind and the impulses of the irrational mind, as both coexist in everyone and there is no quantifiable way to predict and determine nor to restrain them. It just always exists as a struggle and a contradiction within us. The horror doesn't come from the weird occurrences in itself but the responses from the people who are involved in the events by succumbing to it or by avoiding it in a way that is never predictable. Conformity in society release us from this struggle in some way, but it also engenders it from deep within, and the more our societies try to uphold the rational aspects, the irrationality that is also in our nature grows as well. It had to be a Japanese guy who turned such a phenomena into a successful recipe for horror. But such themes are also within existential horror and southern gothic. In Ito all of these coalesce. And I do agree that Ito himself might not do it consciously, but it's present even in the balloons one.

[@CompatibleLeftist]

6:13 that’s what she said.

[@pdzombie1906]

Great video!!! Thanx!!!

[@WickedWicka]

Grade A editing in this essay! Great points, but I would say that Uzumaki is undoubtedly cosmic horror, as the nature of cosmic horror is something we humans can never understand and where humans are inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.

[@endingalaporte]

I love this channel ! Thanks

[@TitanGoji]

I had just watched Tomie yesterday!

[@watdehan]

When youtube recommend it 57 seconds after it got uploaded, you know this will be a banger What do you think of the new uzumaki anime?

[@PhryneMnesarete]

It stresses me out how nice and funny Junji Ito is as a person. Anyone who creates such horrific visions of dread should be a tormented wretch like Lovecraft, not a chill and easygoing artist who enjoys his work.

[@62davelee]

You're stressed because a person doesn't fit your preconceived notion? You may be a fascist.

[@PhryneMnesarete]

@@62davelee sure yeah that’s probably it

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@62davelee I can't tell if you're kidding or not.

[@lainiwakura1776]

There's some saying I'm gonna butcher about the nicest people getting all their bad thoughts out but the meanest of people trying to keep it hidden.

[@connorscanlan2167]

​​@@62davelee I choose to believe the irony of what you said was intentional and thus comedic genius.

[@-Raylight]

Aged a bit too well xD Shame that the episode 2 happened. Junji Ito and his works deserve better, just like Berserk What is love 😭😭

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Baby don't hurt me

[@jazzhandy9479]

Also Junji ito cat manga.

[@Sandal-z5b]

i hear his wife mad at him because he draw her withouth pupil in the manga, dunno its true or not

[@ggk9828]

Thank you for the recommendation!

[@ranchu85]

Came for a movie review, left with a philosophy lesson

[@electricmiragemedia]

Wonderful video!

[@tan2768]

love the ending

[@Farmuhan]

this presentation is better than Uzumaki anime

[@Kaimax61]

*Until now... Poor Video... you were made before the reveal of episode 2 and the whole production hell of Uzumaki. Only episode 1 was properly produced XD Atleast this video wasn't gushing about Uzumaki alone. would be very awkward video.

[@AccentedCinema]

That's why you don't pre-order video games, kids.

[@yi-juhuang8204]

Please make a video on Black Myth Wukon next. We just have to talk about it.

[@kevting4512]

Uzumaki Ep 1: Yeah. That's a fine looking anime adaptation. Uzumaki Ep 2+: WHY DOESNT IT ALL LOOK LIKE THAT?!?!

[@Adrianefan68259]

The "wow, this video aged well" hahah😂😅 not your fault.

[@thecluckster3908]

Very cool

[@Beingjn]

That music around 2:56😉 原来Accented Cinema也看国内新闻啊，如果是巧合未必有点太巧了

[@ParmMannREBORN]

Love is a spiral

[@ian1231100]

All I can think of is ITS MAH HOLE!!1!!! LOOK, IT'S ME-SIIIIIIZED

[@gakeeeen]

YAY NEW ACCENTED CINEMA VIDEO

[@sjc4]

Oh I'm so disappointed after episode 2. 1 had SUCH promise.

[@AyubuKK]

I’ve never seen the anime, but I really do want to.

[@artfire28]

Don't take the 4 ep anime seriously. Manga is better.

[@takaotsu3592]

Unfortunately Uzumaki the anime series is not as good. Second episode was unbearable.

[@aternialaffsalot]

so sad...the quest for a good junji ito adaptation continues..

[@panelsofDOOM]

It's depressing how producing quality animation is apparently financially impossible in most cases. I'm reminded of that Berserk anime from a few years ago that looked like garbage until the final scene of the final episode. What a tease.

[@lainiwakura1776]

They said the director for episode 1 will come back for the last episode.

[@b0t123]

Episode 2 is where the true horror began

[@ourabouras]

I could see these stories being done in a Twilight Zone anthology

[@Bread-nx9fo]

Too bad every time Junji Ito works get adapted to shows they turn out to be trash, like is it a curse at this point?

[@hendrasetiawan5740]

I've collected Junji Ito's mangas, and while his body horror illustrations are undeniably stunning, I find the stories far from terrifying. His works' ghosts, ghouls, demons, and cosmic entities are unique, but they often feel somewhat dull and nonsensical-for instance, the story about humans turning into floating balloons. Ironically, the most frightening story in Junji Ito's collection, in my opinion, has no supernatural elements, and it's found in The Bully. In this story, Kuriko, as a child, relentlessly bullied a boy named Nao despite his loyalty and affection toward her. Years later, Nao reappears in her life as an adult and confesses that he never stopped loving her. Relieved by his forgiveness, Kuriko leaves her boyfriend, Yutaro, for Nao, believing this absolves her guilt. They marry and have a child, but after their child is born, Nao mysteriously vanishes, leaving Kuriko abandoned. This triggers a downward spiral, where Kuriko starts projecting her unresolved guilt and anger onto their son, Hiroshi, treating him as a substitute for Nao and reliving the cruelty she inflicted on Nao during her childhood. The most terrifying Junji Ito manga is No Longer Human, his adaptation of Osamu Dazai's novel, which some say is an autobiography. It follows Yozo Oba, a young man profoundly disconnected from society and struggling to comprehend human emotions. Hiding behind a cheerful facade, Yozo's life spirals into destructive behaviors like alcoholism, drug abuse, and failed suicide attempts. His toxic relationships with women lead to even more tragedy. The story profoundly explores themes of alienation, depression, and existential despair. Ito's adaptation heightens the psychological horror with grotesque, haunting artwork, turning the narrative into a visceral journey. Told through Yozo's personal notebooks, it offers a raw, introspective look at his descent into hopelessness.

[@PeebeesPet]

I have similar thoughts. The best of Ito is the one not based on his own writing. The issue with the manga industry is that fantastic drawers are mistaken for fantastic writers when those things rarely overlap.

[@shaunmodipane1]

Was this a reupload?

[@613aristocrat]

Van Gogh of horror. Hope he has all his body parts.

[@t1ll316]

How can they be watching ep1 and saying: „yeah, this looks absolutely awesome, change the director and make it look ass“? 😭

[@blindguitarfox]

Because this story was made for me, it's mine.

[@Lil-Britches]

Cool I didn't know it was called cute aggression. I do that lol😂

[@newguyat77]

can you make a video about malayalam film industry ..the A24 film industry of India

[@riptarozone]

I guess I'm in the minority in having enjoyed the Uzumaki adaptation. I haven't had something make my skin crawl like it did in a while.

[@TheRunningLeopard]

2:27

[@vincentmarotta9800]

Episode 1 is crueler in a way, because like a world of normalcy only to slowly be taken over by soul-sucking spirals...it gave fans a false sense of hope. Hope that a studio could take manga adaptation to a whole new level. Hope that even Junji Ito's absurdly-difficult artstyle and premise could work and actually BE scary. Atlast......it was too good to be true. I'm not sure about the timeline, but I'm assuming based on the animation quality, the original studio spent 4 years working on episode 1 alone, only to then (understandably) have the funders say "Yo this is taking too long. You got a year and a new budget." So they turned to some porn company to finish the last three episodes asap, and now we got what we got. What's even worse: There's tiny little moments in the animation of the newer episodes where you can see brief moments of actual DECENT ANIMATION. Like, it's a few seconds, but it's there. As cruel as someone with Dementia having sudden clarity and saying to their husband "I remember you, and I love you." only to then go back to oblivion. I am just so disappointed. If I had millions of dollars, I'd just pay for the last 3 episodes to be perfect, and give them another 3 years to finish it, one year per episode. Well....atleast we got a cool vinyl album collectible.

[@dulio12385]

Junji Ito's a lot of things but I'd never call him horror. His work isn't scary at all, there's no build up, no terror, no sense impending dread, etc, rather his stories seem to rely on absurdity bordering on hilarious. He seems to occupy that wierd place where Beetlejuice sits. Like you know its supposed to scary because that's what it says on the cover but the situation is so messed up that you're actually trying to supress laughter instead of fear.

[@Masterho310]

I've been hearing online that the first episode is fire. But the second episode is awful because they switched animation companies and the new company put out garbage quality animation.

[@rahulathars1842]

Top 8👊🇮🇳🔥 best Indian super hero movie's 1 mard ko dard nahi hota 👊 2 Bhavesh Joshi🔥 3 Minnalmurali⚡ 4 Hanumen 💥 5 Maveeran👂 6 krish 🖤 7 Sakthimaan🌟 8 Ra one💪

[@carloa877]

Great horror is about human psychology.

[@Jennifer21133]

❤

[@DrCocofruit]

Never wanted to learn about Junji Ito cus no interest. Lo and behold I was the target audience

[@davidj.thompson]

I am an author of dark fantasy.

[@rahulathars1842]

Top 10 தரமான Indian 🇮🇳👊 Action movies 👊 1 Doom movie franchise💥 & Kill🔪🩸 2 War🤜🤛 3 Vikram👊 4 Tiger movie franchise👓 5 Kaithi👺 6 Wanted💪 7 Attack🦾 2022 movie 8 Race movie franchise🖕& Kanthara🪓 9 RDX 👊🏼& Pushpa👹 & Leo😈 10 Pathaan ✊& Jawan🕶️ And etc...

[@artfire28]

Hard pass on this anime. I enjoyed the manga for what it is. It should have been at least 24 eps to fully adapt the source material.

[@pingpong5877]

They poured their entire heart, soul, and money into the first episode. Show fell off, lol. Ito and Miura's works will always be unadaptable in a capitalist economy, where the main goal is to make huge profits for a short time. This is why true art and capitalism never mix well.

[@CLDJendis66]

💜🌈

[@mingchoi8369]

Anyone want to bet this will be taken down soon by copyright bots designed to be abused by Japanese companies like ShoPro and Toei?

[@rahulathars1842]

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[@MrDancinKID]

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[@MrDancinKID]

Love your channel man ! You create great content

[@m.p.6039]

I beg your pardon, but Tomie represents men's guilty conscience over the fact that they are responsible for the overwhelming majority of the rapes and murders while women and girls are their main targets. What if their victims were to come back from the dead to exact revenge? That's what Tomie as well as a great many other horror stories are about. It's disgusting that your interpretation puts the burden of the blame on the shoulders of the victims, but perhaps not surprising coming from a man after all.

[@leegunring]

You may not be familiar with the Tomie series, because Tomie loves vanity and pride. Her relationships with other girls (including her own clones) are also bad

[@PeebeesPet]

Your interpretation isn't THE interpretation. Get over yourself.

[@AccentedCinema]

Let me begin by stating that I absolutely agree with your view on the Tomie series. It is without a doubt about sexism and the objectification of women. I just want to clarify that what you stated is a theme, or the moral of the story. Whereas in this video, we only discussed Tomie is terms of what tickles the subconscious, without going into the textual aspect of it. The differences between that and the theme, using Layers of Fear as an example, is the grossness of peeling skin (the sting) vs the horror of a mother obsessed with youth (the theme). There already is a video called Tomie Did Nothing Wrong, which dives into this topic with amazing detail. That's why I didn't feel like including Tomie in the later social commentary part of the video.

[@Spirit-vlad]

No wukong video ? You're a bad KZbinr lol so many growth potential you missed out the hype

[@PeebeesPet]

So being a bad youtuber then means being a good person who doesn't chase vanity.

[@emhgarlyyeung]

The first time I watch movie INCEPTION it reminds me of LONG DREAM. I wish there are more filmmakers take ideas from Juni Ito's works and produce great movies.

[@PeebeesPet]

You phrased it as if Inception took from Ito which is hilariously ridiculous. More implies that there were already some.

[@jackgiantkiller]

Bruh. I really really don't think Tomie is about "cuteness aggression." Tomie is murdered because she threatens to reveal she is being statutorily raped by her teacher, who then rallies the boys of the class into taking off their clothes and mutilating her body while she's still alive. Almost all her attackers throughout the whole book are men, and the trigger point is usually when she refuses to give them love and affection and they punish her for it. It is very VERY much about misogyny and rape culture. The true horror of Tomie is that she is denied her humanity due to her beauty, and she is denied her bodily autonomy because of how other people (again, almost all of them men) feel they have a right to it. The women of the story either victim-blame her or attempt to use her beauty as something to live vicariously through. One girl even destroys herself trying to be as beautiful as Tomie in a commentary on strict beauty standards. I don't see how it could be any more clearly about sexism.

[@AccentedCinema]

Let me begin by stating that I absolutely agree with your view on the Tomie series. It is without a doubt about sexism and the objectification of women. I just want to clarify that what you stated is a theme, or the moral of the story. Whereas in this video, we only discussed Tomie is terms of what tickles the subconscious, without going into the textual aspect of it. The differences between that and the theme, using Layers of Fear as an example, is the grossness of peeling skin (the sting) vs the horror of a mother obsessed with youth (the theme). There already is a video called Tomie Did Nothing Wrong, which dives into this topic with amazing detail. That's why I didn't feel like including Tomie in the later social commentary part of the video.