If you love Junji Ito, you know what you're getting with this newest collection. There's plenty of body horror, existential dread, and unnatural creepiness to get under your skin.

Lovesickness, a tale about teenagers seeking to get their fortunes read, takes up the majority of the book. Next up are a few stories about the Hikizuri siblings, a terrible group of people leading to these stories probably having the most humor I've seen in Ito's writing. To finish up the book are a couple of stand-alone stories, with Rib Woman providing the best "physical" scare.

It's another great read from Ito.

I'd seen aspects of Lovesickness in the Junji Ito Collection Anime, but to read the story as a whole really brought out the full depth of the Crosswalk story. These stories are lighter in horror content than usually found in Ito's books, although 'The Strange Hikizuri Siblings' was a Ito horror highlight!

It's quickly become my favourite collection of Ito's work despite the stories not being as varied as like those within Smashed or Shiver.

Welp, that was certainly a Junji Ito book! Ito deals in body horror, jealousy, paranoia, and general wtf-ery, and Lovesickness is absolutely oozing with those themes. Not for the faint of heart, this collection of stories is textbook Junji, and I am here. For. IT.

I do love Junji Ito’s work and art style so I will continue to read anything he writes. That being said I think Lovesickness had the potential to be the next Uzumaki, but the last few stories had no connection to the beginning. While the stories were fun enough, they did feel somewhat lacking, and the last story made no sense at all.

This short story collection by Ito starts with a high school boy returning to his hometown with its dark secrets. Fortune telling is popular among the youth and adults alike. One wrong fortune brings tragedy to a family. It gets gory and horrifying after that. A ghoul terrorizes and gives bad fortunes to everyone causing mass suicides. The other stories spin off from that. I was not impressed with this collection.

Riveting stories from the horror genre. The author pulls no punches with their graphic style and the artwork carries stories along in an atmosphere of the macabre. This manga is not for the faint of heart.

A student returns to his hometown and is haunted by a choice he made ten years before.

Six strange siblings wreak havok on each other and anyone unlucky enough to cross their paths.

A young boy surrounded by pain.

A young girl uncomfortable with her body.

Junji Ito's newest story collection is full of images that will stay with me for a while. It is suspenseful, creepy, and a book I struggled to put down. The last story is a very short story about poop, which doesn't feel like it fits the rest of the collection but I'm still thinking about it so I guess it did its job.

As this is horror, you would naturally expect some disturbing content but in particular be aware that there are a lot of suicides, a miscarriage, and some body dysmorphia.

It seems like each short story collection that Ito comes out with is slowly dropping in quality. The stories aren't as good and the quality of the horror is not as good. This one is better than Remina but not the best.

This is the second book I've read by Junji Ito, and it is by far the better of the two. The stories in this book are well-written and creepy. I enjoyed the characters, and look forward to reading more by this author.

The book is a series of short horror fiction manga by renowned horror master Junji Ito.
Their arrangement is somewhat strange, about half of the book is dedicated to one story, with the stories getting shorter towards the end of the volume, making the final stories seem kind of unbalanced and anticlimactic, however, the stories are all quite creepy, (save for the final one, which is more of a humorous anecdote) and typical of Ito's writing and drawing style.
This volume has had the original Japanese sound effects and background removed and replaced in English, and sometimes the placement of that text is odd or not quite matching the style of the rest of the page. (Personally, I prefer when the original art is left intact, with a footnote explaining the text)
Overall, it is an enjoyable read, sure to please fans of horror manga!

What a great collection of Junju Ito's stories.

It always amazes me the art of manga, and this collection really highlights the linework and shading.

I really enjoyed the stories collected in this one, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to revisit some of these old favorites of mine.

Another fantastic collection of horror stories from Junji Ito. The first half is about the strange happenings in one foggy town. The others are standalones, all of them are great. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of horror and graphic novels.

This is your class Junju Ito book. There was a nice successful read. I enjoyed the short comedic story at the end.

Ito never fails to capture the essence of what it is to be creepy. His stories are always in equal parts unnerving and intriguing. You can be sure that in Lovesickness, like with all Ito's works, you will not be left disappointed.

Lovesickness includes a collection of a few Junji Ito short stories. The titular story is the strongest work--a boy moves back to his fortune-telling-obsessed childhood hometown, and he is forced to confront (and relive) the horrors of his past. The other two stories, as other reviewers have mentioned, are not nearly as strong as Lovesickness--but Lovesickness is a real treat. I would absolutely recommend that any Junji Ito fan pick this up, but if a reader was just starting out with his works, I'd recommend that they start elsewhere.

I have a love affair with Junji Ito. I want to read everything he has ever written. I love his twisted creative mind and everything that unfolds from him onto a page. The first thing I read by Ito was Uzumaki many years ago and it was then that I feel head-over-heels in love with Ito, his style, his stories, his mind.

When I received a copy of Lovesickness I was beyond myself with excitement. I knew I was going to have a good time. I was going to be pushed, creeped out, disgusted and I was going to love it. I was correct.

Lovesickness is a collection of some of Ito's short stories, the stand out being Lovesickness and it's sequels, of course. Lovesickness is the story of a town where there is a lot of fog, and on those foggy days if you go to a crossroad and wait with a question, the first person who comes along will tell you your fortune. There is also a myth of a boy, dressed all in black, who roams those streets during the fog, giving fortunes.

I don't want to say much more because it is deliciously wonderful and I consumed this book very quickly in an hour or so. It was strangely beautiful and explored a lot of conversations about human kindness. Of course going into Ito you have to be aware it could be pretty triggering or gruesome, so keep that in mind and look up trigger warnings if you are interested in this one.

I'll definitely be thinking about this one for a long time, fondly.

Thank you so much to the publishers and NetGalley for providing me with an early copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley, VIZ Media, and Junji Ito for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Junji Ito is quite the iconic horror mangaka in Japan. I have read many of Ito's other volumes, and the VIZ hardbacks make a beautiful part of any collection.

This volume is just over 400 pages. The majority features the story "Lovesickness," which is broken down into parts. A strange handsome man gives fortunes at the crossroads. Mostly women seek their fortunes about love, though others have sought carious fortunes from the stranger. Any fortune told becomes a sort of sick, twisted truth--and curse--leading those who sought fortunes to die a horrific, untimely death. Surely someone can solve the mystery of the prince at the crossroads, right?

There were a few other, shorter stories to make up the latter 150 pages of the book, though certainly not quite as interesting as Lovesickness. Each has its own aspect of horror compiled with Ito's unique and recognizable art style. This is a must read for Ito fans and classic horror lovers alike.

Junji Ito is a legend in horror manga. His imagination is vivid, he creates the most unsettling imagery that is haunting and disturbing, and the build up of his horror is gradual and terrifying in its pay off. However, the only issue I have with his storytelling at times is the lack of explanation in his tales. Sometimes it works to his benefit. Sometimes it leaves me unsatisfied.

This is broken up into two: one large story called Lovesickness, and two short stories, and honestly the first story is the only one worth remembering. Lovesickness was wonderful. It exemplifies everything Ito is famous for and, just when you think the horror has reached it peak, it gets better and better in freaking you out. I only wish Ito focused on it more and spent more time developing it, because the ending felt unsatisfactory in that too much was left unexplained, and it felt a bit disconnected to the rest of the story as a whole, but it was still a great read.

I can’t really say that for the other stories, because they were pretty forgettable. It was such a let down to how good the first story was, so moving on to the sibling story annoyed me. It felt more slapstick than horror, and I couldn’t wait for it to finish it. The last short story was just weird.

If you’re going into this because you’re an Ito fan, then the story Lovesickness is the best one. It’s grotesque and chilling, and it’s one I still thought about long after I finished it. Excellent!

Some of these stories have been published before but there were a couple new ones. I really like the first one. I hated the second, but that was only because it made me so uneasy which is the whole point so mission accomplished! I liked it in general and would highly recommend it to anyone who likes horror.

Junji Ito always freak me up and scare me! If you love horror you should read this manga artist. He is original and unique and it will keep you awake at night! I recommend it!