“Painter” is a chapter taken from Tomie, one of Ito’s most famous works. “Marionette Mansion” shows whether people control puppets, or if puppets control people. “Hanging Blimp” merges the creepy with the absurd as giant heads with nooses fly through the air, hanging people and floating away with them. “Fashion Model” is about a gruesome, fanged, monstrous woman who somehow becomes a professional model, even though opening her mouth reveals rows of jagged (sometimes bloody) teeth. She more resembles a sponge, and she’s not the only person he’s come across who has this issue. In “Shiver,” the story that gave the collection its name, a boy is fascinated by the reclusive girl who lives next door and has porous holes all over her body. The first story, “Used Record,” is about a mysterious vinyl record that leads to obsession and murder when people listen to it. His short story collection Shiver - which at almost 400 pages of length is longer than average for manga - gives a glimpses into what makes him so popular. Junji Ito is one of Japan’s top horror manga creators.
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