He becomes so fat, his father eventually slaughters him, cooks him, and serves his meat to customers, which becomes a huge success. The owner's son develops a strange addiction to drinking oil - to the point of breaking out with severe acne. The last story featured in Shiver that was faithfully adapted in the Junji Ito Collection anime is 'Greased,' telling of a family that owns a small yakiniku barbecue restaurant that is grossly saturated in grease. RELATED: 5 Similarities Between Junji Ito’s Uzumaki & The Lighthouse (2019) (& 5 Major Differences) While doing a casting call for a female lead in a film he and his friends are shooting, this same woman is one of the actresses who auditions for the part.

The monstrous woman terrifies him to the point of having nightmares about her. The plot follows a young film student named Iwasaki who one day comes across a fashion magazine featuring a model with hideous facial features. 'Fashion Model' is one of the more iconic stories featured in Shiver that also introduces one of Junji Ito's recurring characters: Fuchi. RELATED: Crunchyroll Expo Adds Junji Ito, One Piece, The Rising of the Shield Hero Panels To Line-Up The stone itself is in the shape of a burrowing insect and its possessor develops strange holes throughout their body, making them look like human swiss cheese. 'Shiver' is also faithfully adapted in the anime with outstanding visuals that capture the mysterious disease with horrifying depth. The second story from the Shiver manga is the titular 'Shiver,' where a mysterious jade stone curses all who possess it with a mysterious fatal illness.

The animated story succinctly captures the tone of its source material, right down to the sad reveal of Riko's fate. The anime adaptation of 'Gentle Goodbye' feels like it was taken straight out of the Fragments of Horror manga, from the script to successful replication of many memorable panels. Confused, Riko asks for answers, only to learn from her husband that she actually died two years prior to their marriage and that he begged his family to create her afterimage. Upon living with her husband, Makoto, Riko quickly discovers the Tokura family has the ability to create 'afterimages' of deceased loved ones. She asks Makoto if his family can create an afterimage of her father when he passes away, but her request is denied by the larger Tokura family.Īfter eight years of marriage, Riko finds out Makoto is having an affair with another woman whom he plans to marry. The tale centers on a young woman named Riko, who marries into the wealthy Tokura family but is scared of losing her father to death. 'Gentle Goodbye' is one of the sadder stories featured in Junji Ito Collection that is also available in English in the Fragments of Horror manga.

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