Mir's Reviews > Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1

I liked the last one actually. But one I remember best is the opening one, and the one with the snails. He also has another great manga, Gyo, with dead sharks and other fish attacking everybody.

It wasn't that I disliked the last one but that it didn't seem to fit with the vibe of the previous ones, where the main characters know something horrible is going on but everyone else acts like everything's normal. Having girls with huge gravity-defying living hair seems out of keeping... or do we have different editions? I just read this and I don't remember any stories I'd describe as "about snails" -- there's one scene near the beginning where Suichi's father is looking at a snail, that's all.

Sory, got confused here - I read it ages ago and forgot that it was split into several volumes. In Uzumaki vol 2 in one story students start turning up at school as "horrible human snails". There's also an excellent story involving young mothers. Looking forward to your thoughts on these!

You'd think these people would wise up and move to a different town...

I'll order 2 now and look for that story.

Haha, well, but then what would we be reading about?

Happy reading! You might want to give Gyo a try as well.

Maybe after this series. I need to track down a couple he mentioned as influences as well.

I remember loving the movie adaptation.

Cool. I bet it would be scary on film.

The best review ever for the series!

The ending of it was boring too. But I agree on your review. Creepy but weak.

As Maciek suggests, it gets creepier. Or the creepiness intensifies. And Gyo is similar. Then he has a book on his partner getting him to like cats which reveals a different side of him...

I glanced at the cat one but it looked too neurotic for me.

Miriam wrote: "I glanced at the cat one but it looked too neurotic for me." It's supposed to be a glimpse into the REAL artist, a catlover, thanks to his wife, but who gets paranoid that the cats are out to kill him, and so on.

David wrote: "It's supposed to be a glimpse into the REAL artist, a catlover, thanks to his wife, but who gets paranoid that the cats are out to kill him, and so on"

Thank you, sir, you've just recommended another manga to me. :)

Caro wrote: "David wrote: "It's supposed to be a glimpse into the REAL artist, a catlover, thanks to his wife, but who gets paranoid that the cats are out to kill him, and so on"

Thank you, sir, you've just re..." Well, yr welcome, but I would say the REAL horror stuff, his main work is Uzumaki and Gyo. The cat thing is a side project, cute and funny, but I did like it!

David wrote: "Well, yr welcome, but I would say the REAL horror stuff, his main work is Uzumaki and Gyo. The cat thing is a side project, cute and funny, but I did like it! "

Uzumaki is already done, thank you. ;)

This was a nice fun creepy ride! Too much spiral sure as hell became creepy by the end.

Repetition builds creepiness!

More so with the drawings!

Yeah, I don't think this would have been so scary as a novel. Although I guess it would depend on the writer. I thought Threshold was pretty creepy and that only had fossils!

Yep this wouldn't have that much effect in the novel because it would depend on the individual's perceiving imagination while reading and not only the writer.
Personally for me , I have a high imaginative power but horror hasn't really had any effect on me.
Checked that one out, seemed interesting enough with various supernatural elements! What made it feel creepy for you?

It was a long time ago, but I think the idea that they had to not-think about the things was creepy. Or just her writing, she's pretty strong at conveying how the characters feel disturbed.

Yeah that feels about right