An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral with a dead are definitely not laid to rest. Ranging from the terrifying to the comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome. These stories showcase Junji Ito's long awaited return to the world of horror. Hey everybody, welcome to another exciting episode, another edition of a week in geek temp here on youtube. If you have noticed, I like my horror comic books and manga and I love Junji Ito. So I am reviewing every single thing that the man has done or at least stories that have been collected in hardcover or softcover or whatever. That's been collected so far. So yeah I did Uzumaki, Tomie, Gio, all that stuff. I had to continue the trend and I went back and picked up fragments of horror. I'll say it right now, it's not the best word from Ito, but it's probably my favorite after Uzumaki. I friggin love this book. When I first got it the other day, I read a few pages and I was so hooked on it that I just said, you know what, just screw it, I'm going to read the whole thing right now. It was that fun, it was that awesome. This one is more satirical and more comedic compared to other stories where Tomie really took itself seriously, especially Gio with its silly premise and Uzumaki was just a masterpiece in my opinion. This is more lighthearted and it ranges instead of like full on horror creepy freaky moments. This goes into more like, oh that's really messed up and then it goes on into other stories. Some are funny, others are quite scary and others are more kind of gross. So yeah, this is a more lighthearted read. It's still got that shock body horror that people have come to love from Ito, but I gotta say it is fantastic. There are a bunch of stories in here that I really recommend stuff from and I kid you not from people having sensual experiences with houses to horrifying monsters chasing after people. Things that like being dissected, you've got ghostly apparitions living with residents in houses. You've got stories that range from the bizarre into like the saw movie territory, but not so gory. Yeah, it's got a little bit of everything and that's why it's called fragments of horror. And I know that he took a break and came back with these stories. And they're not like the best stuff out there and you're going to be a little bit disappointed because if you've read the previous works like Uzumaki, those were just sensational. This is more lighthearted, like I've mentioned a couple times now. So you might be put off a little bit by it, but stick with it because I promise you, it's totally different than what you're used to. Plus there's this, I love the idea that it's short horror stories. With Gio and Tommy, some of the things I didn't like about this books were the fact that they were so long because they kept focusing on these characters and their adventures on this singular topic. And I think the forte when it comes to Ito is when he does short stories and I love short stories. I'm a huge fan of that format and this book is just the right thing for me. Some of the characters actually intersect in other stories which I appreciate it because they were fun and they are interconnect. I wasn't paying attention. I'm like, wait, this guy is from that other story at the beginning with the futon mattress. Yes. But that gets resolved and when we move on to something completely different. And I just want to show you guys something really cool. Of course there's the usual art when it comes to Ito. I just want to freak you out for a little bit with this panel right there. I don't know if you can see it. Oh my god, this was terrifying for me because I have silly ideas that one day I'll wake up and I'll see the shadow thing and I'm going to beat my pants. It's that kind of thing where the more you think about it, the more you're creeped out. Instead of like being like, well, what is that? It's that type of horror element. I don't know. I just I really dug it. As you can see, fantastic detail with the facial expressions and really, really trippy visuals like that. You're going to have to read on to find out why the house has eyes and they're not shot in guns. I'll tell you that much. One of the cool things about this book is that if you shine a light, let's see, you see all of that, you see all those drawings and etchings and all that stuff. It goes to the back as well. As you can see, it's pretty, it's a pretty freaky book. You take the dust jacket off and you get this radical image right there like of all these crazy monsters and demons and stuff that's really freaky and that is from a panel at the beginning of the book and I'm going to spoil it if I don't worry about it. But really, you should be checking it out. This is like this image right there from the book is this thing right here. It's fantastic overall. I really enjoyed this book. There's not much I can say because I don't want to spoil the individual stories but Eto, to me, is a special treat. I love this weird type of mystery and terror that he brings to his stories with human characters. Like yeah, they're humans but they're real. Like you feel their anguish and their pain and he writes them in a very unique way when stuff hits a fan. You kind of feel for the characters because he takes a moment to set up these guys and girls and then when stuff happens, you're like, oh my god, like how is this happening or how will they escape for stuff like that. So he makes you care about certain characters whether it be like a short story or not. Actually the last two stories is the one with the shadowy figure that I showed is probably one of my favorites overall. It is so twisted and demented and the implications of that one alone crossing from horror to monster territory to time, hijinks, it has everything and I really recommend it just on that story alone. So yeah, if you're an Eto fan, this is a must own for your collection, fragments of horror, awesome stuff. Guys, thank you so much as always for liking, commenting and subscribing here if we can keep them. 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