With these better stories there was just something in the delivery or an added small detail here or there that made things a little confusing, and not in such a way as when vagueness breeds good horror by leaving it to your imagination. There were a few specific stories that didn’t do much for me at all, but even in the case of those that were better written there was still a sense of lacking. Unfortunately, this collection was all over the place in terms of quality, oftentimes dipping well below what I expect from the author. Nevertheless, I’ve really enjoyed Ito’s work that I’ve read thus far, so I was cautiously optimistic going into this book that the stories within would still be of a certain quality that I could enjoy. Going in I had heard the author himself considered the collection a little below par for him, as he had gotten rusty after almost a decade away from the genre. 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.įragments of Horror by Junji Ito is, according to the afterword, the author’s return to drawing and writing horror after an eight-year hiatus.
A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. He also said that he would like to continue to create stories where the unexpected becomes terrifying, before AI can learn to imitate that.A new collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga. The artist said that he feels threatened by it as a professional, and worries that manga will eventually be drawn using AI technology. Junji Ito also talked against the use of AI-created art. He also said that designing individual illustrations is a very rewarding job, as the deadlines and load of work for creating manga are tighter. In addition, Ito said that if he were to receive another offer to work on Magic: The Gathering he would love to do it again.
In the final card, the gravestone is a normal slab, and the name is blurred. Ito said that the only rejection to a first draft was for the Carrion Feeder card, which initially depicted a gravestone in the form of a cross with an English name. Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines had three different initial sketches before the final one was chosen. In addition to that, there was a previous period of trial and error creating rough sketches that the artist and Wizards of the Coast went through until a final design was decided. Drawing the final illustration for Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines took Ito about three days of work.
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