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Jan 08, 2013 Errol rated it it was astonishing

This review has been hidden because information technology contains spoilers. To view it, click hither. At kickoff I didn't think much of this story. For one, it was fashion too short. I would take liked it to exist much longer. But then for a few days after that, this story literally haunted me.

I recently moved into a new house so CPS (Child Protective Services) would let my mom adopt my niece and nephew. Apparently, the other firm nosotros lived in was not a safe environment for modest children. In this house, each door has working locks. Both my brother and mom make apply of those locks. I would suddenly get

At beginning I didn't think much of this story. For one, it was fashion too short. I would take liked information technology to be much longer. But so for a few days afterwards that, this story literally haunted me.

I recently moved into a new firm so CPS (Child Protective Services) would allow my mom adopt my niece and nephew. Apparently, the other house we lived in was not a rubber environment for pocket-sized children. In this business firm, each door has working locks. Both my blood brother and mom brand use of those locks. I would suddenly become very angry finding that I could not enter their room when I wanted to. I got frustrated with the locks but told myself that I should respect their privacy. I thought of this story and a office of me wished that everyone wasn't and so aptitude on existence so private all the fourth dimension.

But and so a worker from CPS came by to examine the new house. I was sitting in my room just taking intendance of some school work when all of a sudden she came in scrutinizing each corner of my room like some kind of detective. I started to feel very uncomfortable and a little bellyaching. And then the worker proceeded to go into my bathroom and run the water. She opened my closet and made some comments about it existence spacey and whatnot. Lastly, she took out a little silver camera and began taking pictures of my room. I know this is her job and all, only I felt violated in a way. I honestly didn't feel that it was necessary, just ridiculous.

Yep, I know it'due south not as bad as having holes drilled in every wall of your room so multi-eyed monsters can stare at you or having your house integrated with other houses that eventually replace roads, but I always recall of this story whenever I question privacy. How much of it do (we call up) we really have?

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A theme ran through this drove: creepy minor towns. Non the same modest town, only all of them creepy. Very nice. Again, in that location were some more than usual tropes that crept in hither, but they were pretty twisted past the end of each tale.

Sep sixteen, 2021 Kishan rated information technology information technology was amazing

The town without streets: I read it 2 times earlier also, some couple of months ago, at present re-reading it again, & still I'thou petrified by its storyline, & particularly its harrowing characters, information technology is vein–blocking, criminally terrifying piece of master-art. The town without streets: I read it 2 times before too, some couple of months ago, now re-reading it again, & still I'm petrified by its storyline, & especially its harrowing characters, it is vein–blocking, criminally terrifying piece of main-fine art. ...more than

Jan 17, 2021 Eva rated it information technology was amazing

I feel like all of these could very easily be adapted into Twilight Zone episodes. The stories collected hither are more than about scary and bizarre occurrences and places than well-nigh supernatural horror.

Junji Ito takes something that we don't often think about - privacy - and makes a horror story about it. From sneaky potential-boyfriends, to creepy family unit, to a semi-deranged aunt with some interesting views, the protagonist in this story goes through stages of loss of privacy, and is mostly helpless to do anything, but similar all we can practise is proceed reading.
In the twenty-four hour period of facebook, snapchat, instagram and whatnot, this book, with its people driven insane considering of lack of privacy, either beca Junji Ito takes something that we don't often recollect almost - privacy - and makes a horror story about it. From sneaky potential-boyfriends, to creepy family, to a semi-deranged aunt with some interesting views, the protagonist in this story goes through stages of loss of privacy, and is by and large helpless to do anything, simply like all we can do is go on reading.
In the day of facebook, snapchat, instagram and whatnot, this volume, with its people driven insane because of lack of privacy, either considering they're too decorated watching, or too decorated performing, this volume is a adept read, relevant and makes you think.
The artwork is great, and I really wish the story was at to the lowest degree a bit longer for better shock and awe. ...more

Mar 03, 2015 Romane rated it it was amazing

The Junji Ito Horror Manga Drove #11

The chapter The Town Without Streets is the epitome of nightmare fuel. Reading it feels like beingness in a bad dream — the scenario getting more disturbing equally information technology delves deeper into your subconscious.

Overall, this manga collection emanates a powerful ominous energy.

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• The Town Without Streets

• Near Miss!

• Map Town

• The Village of Sirens

• The Supernatural Transfer Student

Oct 08, 2012 Donn rated it actually liked it

This is what horror is all about. Unimaginable things that come out of nowhere and no explanation to the source and how information technology ends but leaving the audition mystified to what actual events took identify.

Jan 02, 2017 Becky rated it actually liked it

Creepy stories most strange villages! Yay!

Jun 20, 2021 Josie Lopez rated it really liked it

This review has been subconscious considering it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Ane of the weirdest things I read. At beginning I was a footling confused how the first function of the story related to the second part simply after some thinking I figure that the boys obsession with her and the Aristotle matter is the first stages of the madness that happen to her aunts town. Shortly no one will be able to have some privacy. In the end I actually thought the girl was going to go insane like the rest of them and not be able to escape but since the madness seems to exist spreading there is reall I of the weirdest things I read. At first I was a fiddling confused how the first office of the story related to the second role simply after some thinking I figure that the boys obsession with her and the Aristotle thing is the beginning stages of the madness that happen to her aunts town. Soon no i will be able to have some privacy. In the end I really idea the girl was going to go insane like the rest of them and not be able to escape simply since the madness seems to exist spreading there is really no where for her to go non even at domicile is safe. Terminal note I really like how the author didn't only lay out everything for us he made us figure some things out on our own. Peachy horror read with an underlying message. ...more

Apr 23, 2020 Greg Kerestan rated information technology it was amazing

While non Ito's nearly extreme or scariest volume, "Boondocks Without Streets" is hands my number 1 Junji Ito anthology, purely on the merits of the titular graphic novella. Never has Ito been so close to David Lynch as here- the slow, quiet perversion of suburban normality, with that Lynchian progression from i dreamlike and unsettling situation to the next.

Also highly satisfying is "The Supernatural Transfer Educatee," which puts a foreign, very Ito spin on the "school supernatural mysteries" gen

While not Ito's almost extreme or scariest book, "Town Without Streets" is easily my number one Junji Ito anthology, purely on the claim of the titular graphic novella. Never has Ito been so close to David Lynch equally here- the slow, quiet perversion of suburban normality, with that Lynchian progression from 1 dreamlike and unsettling situation to the next.

Also highly satisfying is "The Supernatural Transfer Pupil," which puts a strange, very Ito spin on the "school supernatural mysteries" genre, complete with a friendly new child... but of course there's a grotesque torso alteration by the end.

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*Boondocks with no streets* i loved information technology, junji ito fabricated me realize that their is something called privacy horror :D four stars mayhap i will up the score later when if i find more subconscious meanings in it

*Near miss* i didn't actually feel annihilation from it so 1 star

*map boondocks* kinda creepy ii stars

*the village of sirens* i liked information technology but it would have been meliorate if it wasn't explained equally much, it was scary at kickoff only the disposition fabricated information technology less so iii stars

*the transfer student* wtf ? ok.... 2.5 stars

*Town with no streets* i loved it, junji ito made me realize that their is something called privacy horror :D 4 stars maybe i will up the score afterwards when if i observe more subconscious meanings in it

*Nearly miss* i didn't actually feel anything from information technology so 1 star

*map town* kinda creepy two stars

*the village of sirens* i liked it but it would have been better if information technology wasn't explained as much, it was scary at offset only the disposition made it less so 3 stars

*the transfer student* wtf ? ok.... ii.v stars

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May 25, 2018 Shannon rated it liked it

Two stars for the majority of the stories, just four stars for that first master story. There was no reason for me to be so disturbed, but at that place was something deeply unsettling and off-putting about it. I'm generally talking about the one-half of the chapter before the girl left her home to observe her aunt. Her family's beliefs and (view spoiler)[the abiding drilling of the peepholes (hibernate spoiler)] were creepy as hell. Two stars for the majority of the stories, but iv stars for that get-go main story. There was no reason for me to be and then disturbed, just in that location was something deeply unsettling and off-putting near information technology. I'm generally talking about the half of the affiliate before the girl left her abode to find her aunt. Her family's beliefs and (view spoiler)[the constant drilling of the peepholes (hide spoiler)] were creepy equally hell. ...more

December 24, 2018 Darth rated it it was ok

See, here'southward the matter, Junji Ito's stuff starts off actually compelling, but so it kinda just tapers out and terminate. I think maybe this may be due to him revisiting stories subsequently, but yet, such a let downwards sometimes. That said, those kinds of ending can actually make you think and what I retrieve is that they're more than of social commentaries than almost people realize. This one, I think, it a social commentary on the claustrophobic nature of Tokyo. People on people on people. So many people. See, hither'southward the thing, Junji Ito'due south stuff starts off really compelling, but then information technology kinda just tapers out and terminate. I think maybe this may exist due to him revisiting stories afterward, but still, such a let down sometimes. That said, those kinds of ending can really make y'all think and what I think is that they're more of social commentaries than most people realize. This 1, I recollect, it a social commentary on the claustrophobic nature of Tokyo. People on people on people. So many people. ...more

Jun 17, 2018 Sebastián rated it it was amazing

best place for horror of maps, architecture, urban space, rural migration to the cities, and communal resignation to arbitrary social norms about bodily motion and presentation (your firm is repurposed as a public path for masked strangers: "you lot get used to it"). ten out of ten would become lost again. best place for horror of maps, architecture, urban space, rural migration to the cities, and communal resignation to arbitrary social norms near bodily movement and presentation (your house is repurposed as a public path for masked strangers: "you get used to it"). ten out of ten would get lost again. ...more than

Nov 22, 2018 Andrew rated it really liked it

Probably the weakest of the Ito story collections I've read. If you had told me that while reading the first story, the titular Boondocks Without Streets, I would have been shocked - it's a wild, weird, and creepy long work up there with his all-time. Probably the weakest of the Ito story collections I've read. If you had told me that while reading the get-go story, the titular Boondocks Without Streets, I would accept been shocked - information technology's a wild, weird, and creepy long work upwards there with his best. ...more

Rating: 3 stars

The Itou Junji Kyoufu Collection 11 is a collection of horror short stories with various characters.

For those who are interested to start reading Ito's horror mangas, this is a good commencement.

Rating: iii stars

The Itou Junji Kyoufu Collection 11 is a collection of horror brusk stories with various characters.

For those who are interested to showtime reading Ito'southward horror mangas, this is a good kickoff.

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Apr 08, 2020 mols rated it liked it

OWL READATHON

Potion Class (Read a book nether 150 pages):
The Town Without Streets - tbh i dont have a volume under 150 pages but manga's are small and quick reads that i feel like count towards the challenge.

OWL READATHON

Potion Class (Read a volume under 150 pages):
The Town Without Streets - tbh i dont have a book under 150 pages but manga's are small and quick reads that i experience like count towards the claiming.

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November 05, 2019 Am Y rated it actually liked information technology

Some disturbing tales. No answers as usual to any of the questions raised. But the high marks are for imagination and creativity, and the fact that justice is aptly served in some cases.

So unexpected and filled with twists, it was hard to get to the adjacent panel in anticipation of what may come up. The art way is not every bit polished just is a really good read.

This review has been hidden considering it contains spoilers. To view it, click hither. this book is crawly

May 25, 2020 Fahrihimself rated information technology actually liked it

Junji ito clearly a genius guy. He sure have a lot of interesting idea to make into his horror story. and this ane is one of his artistic works.

Favorite story: The town with no streets, unsettling and disturbing.

Nov 04, 2020 Charie rated information technology liked it

This review has been hidden considering information technology contains spoilers. To view it, click hither. For a character in Junji Ito'due south world, information technology'south kind of strange that she survived. The plot is pretty genius and it gives that 1984-ish vibe.

Jul 09, 2021 siân rated it liked information technology

Really enjoyed the first couple of capacity but the last few were pretty uneventful.

Jan 02, 2017 Cait rated it liked it

"the boondocks without streets"--this girl could non catch a break, like "the town without streets"--this girl could not catch a suspension, like ...more than

Mar 25, 2014 Tabitha rated it liked it

Not bad, merely I've liked some of the other collections Then MUCH More. The title story was a pretty interesting ride though. Information technology actually gave the feeling of things not being finished even though the story was washed. Not bad, just I've liked some of the other collections And so MUCH MORE. The title story was a pretty interesting ride though. It actually gave the feeling of things non being finished fifty-fifty though the story was done. ...more

This is past far the weirdest manga I've e'er read past Juni Ito. I didn't understand anything its and so confusing. Simply the fine art is awesome though. This is by far the weirdest manga I've ever read past Juni Ito. I didn't empathize anything its so disruptive. Only the art is crawly though. ...more

Junji Itō (伊藤潤二) Built-in in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, he was inspired from a young age by his older sister'southward drawing and Kazuo Umezu's comics and thus took an interest in cartoon horror comics himself. Nevertheless, upon graduation he trained every bit a dental technician, and until the early on 1990s he juggled his dental career with his increasingly successful hobby — even after beingness selected as the winner o Junji Itō (伊藤潤二) Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, he was inspired from a young historic period by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu'southward comics and thus took an involvement in cartoon horror comics himself. All the same, upon graduation he trained every bit a dental technician, and until the early 1990s he juggled his dental career with his increasingly successful hobby — even afterwards beingness selected as the winner of the prestigious Umezu prize for horror manga.

The most mutual obsessions are with beauty, long hair, and cute girls, especially in his Tomie and Flesh-Colored Horror comic collections. For example: A girl'due south hair rebels against being cut off and runs off with her head; Girls deliberately catch a disease that makes them beautiful but then murder each other; a woman treats her peel with balm so she can accept it off and look at her muscles, but the pare dissolves and she tries to steal her sister's skin, etc.

Ito'southward universe is also very cruel and capricious; his characters oft notice themselves victims of malevolent unnatural circumstances for no discernible reason or punished out of proportion for small infractions against an unknown and incomprehensible natural guild.

His longest piece of work, the three-book Uzumaki, is well-nigh a town'southward obsession with spirals: people become variously fascinated with, terrified of, and consumed by the countless occurrences of the spiral in nature. Apart from the ghastly, convincingly-drawn deaths, the volume projects an effective atmosphere of creeping fear every bit the town'south inhabitants become less and less human, and more and more than bizarre things brainstorm to happen.

Earlier Uzumaki, Ito was all-time known for Tomie, a comic serial about a beautiful, teasing and eternally youthful loftier school girl who inspires her stricken admirers to murder each other in fits of jealous rage. Somewhen, unable to cope with her coy flirtation and their desire to possess Tomie completely, they are inevitably compelled to impale her — merely to discover that, regardless of the method they chose to dispose of her body, her body volition always regenerate.

In 1998, during the horror boom that followed the success of Ringu, Tomie was adapted into a movie. Since Tomie, many of his works have been adapted for TV and the picture palace.

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