It's an interesting story concept that has drama and tension and also raises some questions about ethics and stuff, and reading this manga did make me a bit interested in reading Mary Shelley's novel (even though I'm not the biggest fan of the epistolary format). And then fe deviated slightly in how the story progressed during the creation of Frankenstein's bride, but the broad strokes of the story still seemed to have stayed the same. But from what I can tell based on reading summaries, Junji Ito seems to have largely stayed true to the original plot points for the first portion of the story. I haven't actually read the original Frankenstein story and most of my encounters with these characters have been through bastardized retellings, caricatures, and parodies. The artwork is actually fairly good and the dark tones throughout fit very well with this story. There is detail in the backgrounds and the characters look nice. A hurricane of puns ensue as Ito details what happened after he purchased it.The eyes of the Creature are appropriately disgusting and horrific. Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection - Junji Ito meets Mary Shelley The master of horror manga bends all his skill into bringing the anguished and solitary monsterand the fouler beast who created himto life with the brilliantly detailed chiaroscuro he is known for. However, when Maria continues to grotesquely decay and mutate, including growing tentacles and hideously elongated limbs, her parents are forced to finally lay her to rest.Īn autobiographical account of a festival where a young Junji Ito finds a fake plastic shit that he knows he must have.
They cannot understand why the parents of other victims of the disease throw their children away. When a young girl named Maria falls victim to the disease, her parents try to console themselves with the thought that she will always look like a beautiful doll, and can remain with them forever. In this story, children have begun falling victim to early onset "doll's disease" which causes them to slowly turn into doll-like structures incapable of movement or speech.
Junji Ito's adaption of the classic novel by Mary Shelley. The Cherished Collection, a re-print from 2000, contains two added chapters: Ito Junji's Dog Diary (detailing Ito's experiences of owning a dog named Lulu), and Fixed Face. Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre. Read an in-depth analysis of the Monster. His feeling of abandonment compels him to seek revenge against his creator. Intelligent, eloquent, and sensitive, the Monster attempts to integrate himself into human social patterns, but all who see him shun him. To date, it has not been released officially in English, but has been scanlated in its entirety. The eight-foot-tall, hideously ugly creation of Victor Frankenstein. The collected edition was first published in 1998. It was originally published in Japan in three parts from 1994 to 1998. It is an adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus. Frankenstein is the sixteenth volume in the Horror World of Junji Ito series.
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