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Synonyms: The Spiral
Japanese: うずまき
English: Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror
German: Uzumaki. Spiral Into Horror
Spanish: Uzumaki: Espiral
French: Spirale
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 3
Chapters: 19
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 12, 1998 to Aug 30, 1999
Genres: Drama Drama, Horror Horror, Supernatural Supernatural
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Big Comic Spirits
Authors: Itou, Junji (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.161 (scored by 134779134,779 users)
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Ranked: #4792
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #32
Members: 238,886
Favorites: 15,317

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Synopsis

In the town of Kurouzu-cho, Kirie Goshima lives a fairly normal life with her family. As she walks to the train station one day to meet her boyfriend, Shuuichi Saito, she sees his father staring at a snail shell in an alley. Thinking nothing of it, she mentions the incident to Shuuichi, who says that his father has been acting weird lately. Shuuichi reveals his rising desire to leave the town with Kirie, saying that the town is infected with spirals.

But his father's obsession with the shape soon proves deadly, beginning a chain of horrific and unexplainable events that causes the residents of Kurouzu-cho to spiral into madness.

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BackgroundUzumaki was chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens in 2009.

The series was published in English as Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint from October 16, 2007, to February 19, 2008, and as a hardcover 3-in-1 omnibus on October 15, 2013. It was also published in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica in May 2011; in Czech by Zoner Press; in Spanish by Planeta Cómic; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Conrad Editora from July 2006 to October 2006.
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Characters

Saitou, Shuuichi
Saitou, Shuuichi
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Goshima, Kirie
Goshima, Kirie
Main
Kurotani, Azami
Kurotani, Azami
Supporting
Katayama, Tokuo
Katayama, Tokuo
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Yamaguchi, Mitsuru
Yamaguchi, Mitsuru
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Maruyama, Chie
Maruyama, Chie
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Saitou, Toshio
Saitou, Toshio
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Tsumura, Kazuki
Tsumura, Kazuki
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Wakabayashi
Wakabayashi
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Nakayama, Keiko
Nakayama, Keiko
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88 Recommended
28 Mixed Feelings
8 Not Recommended
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Dec 21, 2024
Kyou_Ryuu
Recommended
THE GOOD:
Most of the ideas you'll find in this work are nothing short of phenomenal. The obscure and eldritch entity that haunts the town, and the way it affects its citizens... it's sometimes as mind-boggling as the horrors you could find in Lovecraft's works.
The art is on par with those ideas: detailed and realistic, it really makes you feel the pain, the anguish, the fear the characters are experiencing.

THE MEH:
Ito might be a good horror mangaka, but he's not a good storyteller. The breakdown of each chapter is effective, but when they are read one after the other they usually don't work well, unless they ...
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Oct 28, 2024
patkarunungan
Mixed Feelings
I wasn't really interested in reading this, but a review recommended reading this before watching the anime, and I'm glad I did.


§ Overview

The story starts with Goshima Kirie going on her way until she finds her boyfriend's father observing something. This bloke has been obsessed with spirals. Kirie's boyfriend, Saitou Shuuichi, feels something is amiss in this town, which he calls the curse of the spiral. Eventually, his father dies and a series of horrors plague this town.


§ Remarks

It starts as an agonising read until it hooks you. The so-called horror starts out as creepy, i.e. strange phenomena happen, until several chapters later, you're ...
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QuantumCortex
Not Recommended
I heard so many good things about Uzumaki before finally deciding to read it.
I had high expectations for this book, but I was so disappointed.

All of the characters are unlikable, bland, irrational, or complete weirdoes. This ensures that no tension can ever be built, because I absolutely do not care what happens to any of them. The best example is a character towards the beginning of the story who becomes increasingly obsessed with spirals. His family becomes concerned and we watch him spiral into madness. Props for thematic storytelling. I was initially invested in this plot thread ...
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