Extremely Disturbing! - Remina 

I regard this as a specific allegory on how we treat pop stars and a general allegory on idol worship. The planet clearly has sentience so it is interesting to see who survived. It was the idol, the homeless man who helped her without malicious intent, a fan who didn’t turn on her and two children that were alone. Everyone else she encountered were either trying to maliciously help her or selfishly harm her. The pseudo-helpers are interesting. The only genuine non-pseudo one, in the beginning got killed by the mob. The fan club leader tried to kill her in the end because she didn’t suit his image of her. The other one was constantly trying to lure her away to rape her under the guise of kindness. The problem for an idol is that those who worship them do so blindly. Hence, like the mob, they can hate them blindly. Whether positive or negative that sort of blind existence will always lead to ruin. But idol worship runs deep. It’s not just actors and artists and pop stars the like. Or traditionally, emperors, kings, religious icons, revolutionary leaders. What about presidents, CEOs, billionaires, self-help gurus, cult leaders. We are obsessed with worship and it ruins us. Our governments, societies, cultures etc. are all poisoned by a desire to worship the few. To let them have all the power but also all the responsibilities. We can remain infantile as we crawl through our alienated existence. When the terror arrives we can Blame the idols. Punish the idols. Sacrifice the idols. But we would be no better off. We would still be rolling around crying for our pacifiers. Maybe there’s a better way than this idolatry we idolize so idiotically.

I got this book on a whim and ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting. It was wonderful

waiting for this one in the mail

*Junji Ito keeps surprising me!*

This might be where the breathean moons of dead space might be form.

I might get this manga as my first junji ito manga

its my favorite cause its pure cosmic horror and how humanity can be ugly

I think this may have turned into my favorite Junji Ito book ever

Brutal

Cool manga!