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Stitches by Hirokatsu Kihara

Title: Stitches

Author: Hirokatsu Kihara (art by Junji Ito)

Publisher: VIZ Media 2024

Genre: Horror Short Stories

Pages: 112

Rating: 3/5 stars

Reading Challenges: 

Where I Got It: Library

A tumor shaped like a man’s face slowly moves across a woman’s body. The sea shoots glowing balls into the sky, much to the distress of beachgoers. And a girl dressed up for a holiday has no eyes, no nose, nothing—her face is a total blank.

Hirokatsu Kihara pens true stories of unsolved mysteries, stitched together with page after page of Junji Ito’s original illustrations in this collection of nine eerie tales and a bonus manga story.

We get a short collection of horror stories illustrated by Junji Ito.

Face - Creepy creepy body horror that I love!

Library - Cute little ghost story.

From the Sea - Lacked the horror factor that I wanted.

Festival of the Dead - Low on horror, but a lovely take on ghosts.

The Play - Anything with marionettes is creepy to me.

Folk Dance - Meh.

The Kimono - Creepy kid ghosts are always great.

Snow Day - Not enough horror.

Lips - Weird and lacking a point.

Bonus Manga: Summer Graduation Trip - Actually my favorite story in the collection. This manga story was full on creepy and lovely.

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tags: horror, Junji Ito, Hirokatsu Kihara, short stories, 3 stars
categories: Book Reviews
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