That is the message I get when I read these chapters. It can help you get through the roughest of times and can make even death seem less daunting. Just as love is destructive, it is also beautiful and comforting. She finds herself in the arms of her boyfriend during her last moments as well. In “Completion”, Kirie’s parents die together in the end, entangled and in love. Leaving behind their families and homes so that they can be together at peace. In the Shakespearean story of “Twisted Souls”, two teenagers elope. Of course not everyone has good intentions when it comes to love, and Ito portrays this perfectly.ĭespite these sad instances, Ito also gives examples of pure, unconditional love. There is unrequited love in the story “Jack in the box”, and an obsessive, destructive type in “The Storm”. The one that is based on surface appearances, is shown in “Scar”. Ito paints a picture of the different types of unhealthy relationships. That is- in the signature twisted Juniji Ito style. Refresh the page, check Medium ’s site status, or find. Romcom fans rejoice! Even when your town is battling an infestation of spirals, love is still prevalent. Junji Ito’s ‘Uzumaki’ is a Must-Read for Any Horror Fan Coffee Time Reviews 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. I believe he is one of the biggest influences on the horror genre today. I have great amount of respect and adoration for him because of this. Ito inadvertently conveys his own beliefs on art. Someone who finds beauty in the disturbing and is not afraid to explore it. Goshima appears to be an extension of Ito, a man who is devoted to his work and is obsessed with the grotesque. According to him an artist is one who doesn’t believe in the critics and judges his own work. ART OF THE SPIRALĪs an artist himself, Ito must have put himself in the shoes of Mr. It is also symbolic of how no matter how hard we try, we cannot always save and protect people from their fate. Here, Ito is saying that life is unfair and some people don’t make it to the happy ending they deserve. There was no specific reason for them to have been burnt by the spiral curse, they were just unlucky enough to have been in the way. The boys who were last out of the lighthouse were burnt. This theme is also in the chapter “The Black Lighthouse”. The hermaphrodite snails being an allusion to homosexual relations. One can argue that he also takes on some societal issues. He moves you with a sad story, while also showing us that people get the karma they deserve. One can draw a comparison to a treadmill, if you slow down while the speed is high you are likely to fall and be swept away. In the chapter “The Snail”, Ito conveys the risk of being at a greater disadvantage than those around you.
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