Uzumaki Chapter 19 Discussion

How were we supposed to get more information? Have the characters stumble on some Ancient Manuscript detailing all the Dark Secrets? Please...for one, you have to understand this is inspired largely by lovecraft's works. Whatever the spiral is was beyond human understanding, so we were never going to get answers. There never were answers. I personally thought it was brilliant...the story itself was a spiral.

Aw, I kinda hoped they both would survive, but when they started to go down those stairs I knew they weren't coming back up anymore. I really liked Shuichi so it was a shame seeing him go down like that. If he only had left right from the start..



Overall not the scariest thing out there, but surely creepy and messed up. I felt so bad for the snail people.. At least Mitsuo got out..? Probably. Although it's sad Kirie can never go back to find him like she promised.



And I'm not annoyed by the "unexplained" ending, I think we got quite good explanation even though some things were left unknown. I feel like most of the people complaining about it, didn't pay enough attention, or can't use their imagination.



I'll be definitely checking out more Junji Ito's work.



9/10

I wasn't a fan of the ending, stuff wasn't taken seriously (like someone turning into a snail would go into international news and shit like that) and some stuff wasn't explained. The plot and the art style were good tho so I'll give this a 7/10





*There are a total of 20 chapters not 19

cantius said:
arimakenshin said:
It doesn't make sense at all why the town citizens didn't leave at all. All of this happened over a long time. The mangaka didn't explain why the spiral even forms. It made me feel like I wasted my time reading this pointless story.



4/10



My thoughs exactly! i dont think there would be an answer since no one in the past wouldve been alive to pas on the story therefore it stays as a mystery

Huh... the ending was abrupt, no? Can't say I'm properly satisfied but well at least it ended so whatevs. That was sure a gross, vile, disgusting, disturbing, wild ride. I haven't read Ito's & by extension Lovecraftian works before but if this is what to expect then count me in



Ok now time for some cgdct. I need an eye bleach after all that queasiness

I can't be the only one that went from "first half was creepily amazing" to "second half was kinda boring", right?



This works perfectly well as a one-shot, but as a volume series, it doesn't. No wonder why I see Itou Junji works are mostly anthology of one-shots. So many loose ends too, like the part with the hospital babies thingy.

I don't mind the ending. When you actually understand what's going on it's not much of horror anymore...that said this was more funny than anything. Still a good read. 7/10

Not all horror stories or phenomena require an explanation, but I would have enjoyed a bit more clarity.



Shuichi mentions how the spiral hypnotizes and craves attention. That certainly explains why they're inexplicably pulled towards the insanity.