Discovered Junji Ito Art through DBD

[RedKnightDivine]

I'll I've got to say is just WOW! I just got this horror bundle, the Junji Ito Collection in Dead by Deadlight and i think its one of the coolest (creepiest) characters in my Killer Survivor set and tool box; and I've got all of DBD Killers and Survivors.

Up until now, I've never really known anything about Japanese Manga and I've never even heard of Junji Ito but to crawl into the Killer skins and after seeing just how unsettling of an environment these creatures create in game and just the way they look especially in the darker maps, is really, really creepy and I'm totally convinced that I have been missing out on something pretty special in this particular Manga since I'm a horror fan.

One thing that really stands out after playing Miss Fuchi is that these Killers embody grotesque gore and her image stays in my mind, it's the stuff of nightmares, she's really creepy scary. I've got all the Killers and Survivors in this Junji Ito collection, and I'm excited to try all of them.

I don't know if anyone has heard of this artist before this or not or read any of the stories, can you point me in the right direction for some favorite art by this artist or recommend some Manga that is a must read?

Well done with this latest horror bundle, it's going to provide lots of hours of fun! Ggs!

[asa0199]

My #1 favorite of Junji Ito's work is Uzumaki. I learned to draw blood copying the panel with the scissors (if you're going to read it, I'm not spoiling that, but you'll know it when you get to it). But I will say this is one of the best Lovecraftian horrors I have ever read. I haven't seen the new adaption but I've heard it's also great and spot-on, so I want to.

[tritonicallyorbital]

Yo, congrats. I discovered him very young, and I'd give a lot to rediscover his work with fresh eyes. This collection is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome :) Here's my personal jumping off point, as a fan.

You'll commonly hear Uzumaki cited as his magnum opus, and I agree with that. It's about a town being totally consumed by spirals and madness. The Enigma of Amigara Fault is probably his other most well-known, and its standout lines are often quoted in horror circles - it's short and I'd say good to start off with to whet your appetite.

Other selected popular/really good ones include: Hellstar Remina, Black Paradox, and Gyo, and for ones featured in DBD, Hanging Balloons (Terumi = Yun-Jin), the Souichi stories (Trickster), Tomie (Spirit, and also a favorite of mine), and Fashion Model (Fuchi/The Artist).
Standouts for me personally (in vague order) are: Hallucinations, Long Dream, Mold, Lovesickness (that collection also includes The Twins' source, but I'm reccing for the intersection pretty boy ones mainly), My Dear Ancestors, Unbearable Maze, and The Groaning Drain (eugh lol).

Also absolutely worth a mention are his Cat Diaries with Yon and Muu. They are literally just "horror" stories about taking care of his real-life cats, with Ito himself as the protagonist, but with his signature style. They're unironically hilarious and, somehow, very cute.

He's also adapted a few stories like Frankenstein into manga format. The only one of his manga I would explicitly warn about is No Longer Human, which is one of those adaptations. I love it, but it's a very intense autobiography and worth looking into before reading, as it's much more than cosmic body horror.

That is in no way an exhaustive list btw, just the ones often considered 'the best' and my favorites but definitely enough to keep you busy for a week or two. Go forth and get yourself spooked :D

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by asa0199:

My #1 favorite of Junji Ito's work is Uzumaki. I learned to draw blood copying the panel with the scissors (if you're going to read it, I'm not spoiling that, but you'll know it when you get to it). But I will say this is one of the best Lovecraftian horrors I have ever read. I haven't seen the new adaption but I've heard it's also great and spot-on, so I want to.

Cool, this is awesome news, thanks for sharing, I'm just now discovering some of this Manga art and story, good to know, thanks for sharing. I definitely need to dive into this genre, thanks.

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by twelveticks:

Yo, congrats. I discovered him very young, and I'd give a lot to rediscover his work with fresh eyes. This collection is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome :) Here's my personal jumping off point, as a fan.

You'll commonly hear Uzumaki cited as his magnum opus, and I agree with that. It's about a town being totally consumed by spirals and madness. The Enigma of Amigara Fault is probably his other most well-known, and its standout lines are often quoted in horror circles - it's short and I'd say good to start off with to whet your appetite.

Other selected popular/really good ones include: Hellstar Remina, Black Paradox, and Gyo, and for ones featured in DBD, Hanging Balloons (Terumi = Yun-Jin), the Souichi stories (Trickster), Tomie (Spirit, and also a favorite of mine), and Fashion Model (Fuchi/The Artist).
Standouts for me personally (in vague order) are: Hallucinations, Long Dream, Mold, Lovesickness (that collection also includes The Twins' source, but I'm reccing for the intersection pretty boy ones mainly), My Dear Ancestors, Unbearable Maze, and The Groaning Drain (eugh lol).

Also absolutely worth a mention are his Cat Diaries with Yon and Muu. They are literally just "horror" stories about taking care of his real-life cats, with Ito himself as the protagonist, but with his signature style. They're unironically hilarious and, somehow, very cute.

He's also adapted a few stories like Frankenstein into manga format. The only one of his manga I would explicitly warn about is No Longer Human, which is one of those adaptations. I love it, but it's a very intense autobiography and worth looking into before reading, as it's much more than cosmic body horror.

That is in no way an exhaustive list btw, just the ones often considered 'the best' and my favorites but definitely enough to keep you busy for a week or two. Go forth and get yourself spooked :D

Wow, what an awesome rundown on all the cool titles, thanks for this, I will check them out, nice recommendations and it's amazing how much Junji Ito's has done, i will definitely check your your recommendations and can't wait to get read them and spooked, thanks for sharing your reading list. Ggs!

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by Gammei:

Oh yeah,u might be a bhvr bot ,who's trying improve situation here,bcs i can't believe when devs do such ♥♥♥♥,someone will be like 'wow"

hahaha, a bot? Who would have known, I never considered myself a bot, lol, I'm just a big fan of Dead by Daylight and the cool Killers and Survivors that Behavior has licensed thus far and the original ones too I especially like these new Killers from Junji Ito, pretty creepy cool stuff, I got the whole set of Killers and Survivors today.

What I hope to see in the future are the other Clive Barker Cenobites, I have Pinhead and Chatter but we need Butterball, Angelique, Deepthroat, Dr. Channard etc. ggs.

[Gammei]

Originally posted by RedKnightDivine:

Originally posted by Gammei:

Oh yeah,u might be a bhvr bot ,who's trying improve situation here,bcs i can't believe when devs do such ♥♥♥♥,someone will be like 'wow"

hahaha, a bot? Who would have known, I never considered myself a bot, lol, I'm just a big fan of Dead by Daylight and the cool Killers and Survivors that Behavior has licensed thus far and the original ones too I especially like these new Killers from Junji Ito, pretty creepy cool stuff, I got the whole set of Killers and Survivors today.

What I hope to see in the future are the other Clive Barker Cenobites, I have Pinhead and Chatter but we need Butterball, Angelique, Deepthroat, Dr. Channard etc. ggs.

It's hard to believe in good opinion abt bhvr,when they don't give collabs to other regions and see happy comments sounds stragne-obviously i'll think what u're bot.
Yeah-they don't even compensate it-just silently give skins to some regions,leave others without content.
Players must be treated equialy.....or not?

[Alteia]

Wow! Most of countries can't get skins.

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by Gammei:

Originally posted by RedKnightDivine:

hahaha, a bot? Who would have known, I never considered myself a bot, lol, I'm just a big fan of Dead by Daylight and the cool Killers and Survivors that Behavior has licensed thus far and the original ones too I especially like these new Killers from Junji Ito, pretty creepy cool stuff, I got the whole set of Killers and Survivors today.

What I hope to see in the future are the other Clive Barker Cenobites, I have Pinhead and Chatter but we need Butterball, Angelique, Deepthroat, Dr. Channard etc. ggs.

It's hard to believe in good opinion abt bhvr,when they don't give collabs to other regions and see happy comments sounds stragne-obviously i'll think what u're bot.
Yeah-they don't even compensate it-just silently give skins to some regions,leave others without content.
Players must be treated equialy.....or not?

yea, regional restrictions do set limitations on games and I can see how that that affects gameplay due to factors that sometimes are out of a player's control based on regional policies, licensing agreements among other things which can make matchmaking a challenge or access to game characters and cosmetics impossible, it's a complicated thing, probably more complicated than my answer to your question can provide, so, sorry, I don't have an answer for your question.

[tritonicallyorbital]

Originally posted by RedKnightDivine:

Wow, what an awesome rundown on all the cool titles, thanks for this, I will check them out, nice recommendations and it's amazing how much Junji Ito's has done, i will definitely check your your recommendations and can't wait to get read them and spooked, thanks for sharing your reading list. Ggs!

Addendum: Splatter, In Old Records/Secondhand Record and Blood-Bubble Bushes are also pretty good, forgot about those lol.
And yeah, he's super prolific. Lots of those recs I gave are from short story collections. He's known as the "Master of Horror" definitely for a reason, and is actually a really chill and sweet guy IRL. Used to be a dentist if you can believe that, but tapped into his own phobias and draws what he finds scary. :)
Sucks about the region lock, that's really dumb and unfair. But even so, it's cool that people are discovering him because of this collab. His brand of cosmic horror is excellent and the art's so unique, and it makes me happy to see more people wanting to get into his stuff :)

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by twelveticks:

Originally posted by RedKnightDivine:

Wow, what an awesome rundown on all the cool titles, thanks for this, I will check them out, nice recommendations and it's amazing how much Junji Ito's has done, i will definitely check your your recommendations and can't wait to get read them and spooked, thanks for sharing your reading list. Ggs!

Addendum: Splatter, In Old Records/Secondhand Record and Blood-Bubble Bushes are also pretty good, forgot about those lol.
And yeah, he's super prolific. Lots of those recs I gave are from short story collections. He's known as the "Master of Horror" definitely for a reason, and is actually a really chill and sweet guy IRL. Used to be a dentist if you can believe that, but tapped into his own phobias and draws what he finds scary. :)
Sucks about the region lock, that's really dumb and unfair. But even so, it's cool that people are discovering him because of this collab. His brand of cosmic horror is excellent and the art's so unique, and it makes me happy to see more people wanting to get into his stuff :)

Wild he used to be a dentist, but he seems to have tapped into something new in horror and I'm glad he decided to collaborate with Behavior in DBD, I'm having tons of fun with his Characters in game, I think he has a unique style, like nothing I've seen before and I will most definitely check out his work. Thanks again for all the references!

[asa0199]

Originally posted by RedKnightDivine:

Originally posted by Gammei:

Oh yeah,u might be a bhvr bot ,who's trying improve situation here,bcs i can't believe when devs do such ♥♥♥♥,someone will be like 'wow"

hahaha, a bot? Who would have known, I never considered myself a bot, lol, I'm just a big fan of Dead by Daylight and the cool Killers and Survivors that Behavior has licensed thus far and the original ones too I especially like these new Killers from Junji Ito, pretty creepy cool stuff, I got the whole set of Killers and Survivors today.

What I hope to see in the future are the other Clive Barker Cenobites, I have Pinhead and Chatter but we need Butterball, Angelique, Deepthroat, Dr. Channard etc. ggs.

Honestly, even if you were a bot, I'd still recommend Junji Ito. It might make for cooler Terminators in the robot revolution.

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by asa0199:

Originally posted by RedKnightDivine:

hahaha, a bot? Who would have known, I never considered myself a bot, lol, I'm just a big fan of Dead by Daylight and the cool Killers and Survivors that Behavior has licensed thus far and the original ones too I especially like these new Killers from Junji Ito, pretty creepy cool stuff, I got the whole set of Killers and Survivors today.

What I hope to see in the future are the other Clive Barker Cenobites, I have Pinhead and Chatter but we need Butterball, Angelique, Deepthroat, Dr. Channard etc. ggs.

Honestly, even if you were a bot, I'd still recommend Junji Ito. It might make for cooler Terminators in the robot revolution.

lol, right? ggs

[RedKnightDivine]

Originally posted by Alteia:

Wow! Most of countries can't get skins.

yes, I think the it's countries under sanctions based on the government actions against its neighbors so the population suffers from the evil deeds of a few decision makers based on unacceptable actions punished by imposed sanctions from the United Nations, so, this is just not a organizational level problem, it's pretty serious.