| So... I have an issue. And that issue is called "all of the manga 'related entries' for this series are sorted in the database by JP releases and compilations and I have no idea how they all correlate to the compilation and omnibus sets for EN release like at the US Amazon". Like... that honestly looks like absolute hell if I tried to figure this out on my own. Not to be rude, as a relative newcomer, but these anime have kind of reputation for not having the same effect as the manga, so I actually want to read all the manga first, at least all of the ones that have been adapted as a priority. Prior to organizing this, the books that are higher on my priority list to buy are:
So like, if I wanted to add the EN books that both this series and this series, which books would I need to be sure to pick up? Just going by episode titles and the covers/names of database entries, I think I'm looking at having to buy Tomie, Souichi, Smashed, Alley, Frankenstein, Fragments of Horror, Lovesick maybe??, Shiver, maybe Tomb?? ...Did I miss any? Get some wrong? For someone who knows his works better, maybe went through this already or already owns the same EN books I plan to, I could really use some help plotting this all out. Please, someone more informed, just solidify the whole list for me so I can go from there đź‘Ť |
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| You'll have to buy almost every book released in English, so I think it's better to buy everything already lol Uzumaki, Tomie and Gyo are his most famous stories, but I highly recomend Hellstar Remina, it's my favorite There aren't any episodes adapting Dissolving Classroom Souichi is great, I love his stories. You can read basically all of his stories by buying Souichi and Smashed. His crossover with Tomie isn't in any English release, but it only got 4 pages and it's mid anyway Cat Diary has a Japanese volume with 10 stories, but Junji Ito wrote 4 more stories after that, I don't know if they are in the English release Uzumaki: 20 chapters, ? adapted Gyo: 19 chapters, badly adapted on a terrible movie Fragments of Horror: 8 stories, 2 adapted Lingering Farewell - Junji Ito Collection Whispering Woman - Maniac Tomie: 20 stories, 4 adapted Tomie - Junji Ito Collection Morita Hospital - Junji Ito Collection Photograph - Maniac Painter - Junji Ito Collection Dissolving Classroom: 7 stories, 0 adapted Shivers: 10 stories, 9 adapted In Old Records - Junji Ito Collection Shivers - Junji Ito Collection Fashion Model - Junji Ito Collection The Hanging Balloons - Maniac Marionette Mansion - Junji Ito Collection Painter - Junji Ito Collection (it's the same from Tomie) Long Dream - Junji Ito Collection My Dear Ancestors - Junji Ito Collection Greased - Junji Ito Collection Frankenstein: 11 stories, 3 adapted Trespassers - Maniac Further Tales of Oshikiri - Junji Ito Collection A Doll's Hellish Burial - Junji Ito Collection Smashed: 13 stories, 3 adapted Souichi’s Beloved Pet - Maniac Library of Illusions - Maniac Smashed - Junji Ito Collection No Longer Human: 24 chapters, 0 adapted Venus in the Blind Spot: 10 stories, 0 adapted Remina: 6 chapters, 0 adapted Lovesickness: 10 stories, 2 adapted The Intersection Bishounen - Junji Ito Collection The Bizarre Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance - Maniac Sensor: 7 chapters, 0 adapted Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu: 10-14 stories?, 0 adapted Deserter: 12 stories, 4 adapted Den of the Sleep Demon - Maniac The Long Hair in the Attic - Maniac Unbearable Maze - Maniac The Bully - Maniac The Liminal Zone: 8 stories, 0 adapted Black Paradox: 6 chapters, 0 adapted Tombs: 9 stories, 5 adapted Tombs - Maniac Slug Girl - Junji Ito Collection The Window Next Door - Junji Ito Collection The Thing That Drifted Ashore - Maniac The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel - Maniac Souichi: 10 stories, 4 adapted Mannequin Teachers - Junji Ito Collection Souichi's Convenient Curse - Junji Ito Collection The Room of Four Heavy Walls - Maniac Rumors - Junji Ito Collection Mimi's Ghost Stories: 9 stories, 0 adapted Alley: 10 stories, 4 adapted Alley - Maniac Mold - Maniac The Town Without Streets - Junji Ito Collection Ice Cream Bus - Maniac Not in any English release: The Circus is Here - Junji Ito Collection Blood-Bubble Bushes - Junji Ito Collection The Bridge - Junji Ito Collection Scarecrows - Junji Ito Collection Layers of Fear - Maniac Headless Sculptures - Maniac Tomie has 3 stories not in any book: Souichi Possessed, Takeover and Control Fuchi is a kinda recurring character related to Souichi, she appears in 5 stories: Fashion Model, Rumors, Secret of the Haunted Mansion, The Souichi Front and Fashion Model: Cursed Frame. These stories are in Shivers, Souichi and Smashed Oshikiri is a recurring character and his stories are great, there are 6 and all of them are in Frankenstein Lovesickness has an ongoing story of 5 chapters The Bizarre Hikizuri Siblings are minor recurring characters, they appear in 3 stories, 2 of them are in Lovesickness, 1 is in The Liminal Zone, but it's in the second volume and it will only release on March next year Tomio appears in 2 stories, both are on Fragments of Horror: Futon and Red Turtleneck |
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You'll have to buy almost every book released in English, so I think it's better to buy everything already lol
Uzumaki, Tomie and Gyo are his most famous stories, but I highly recomend Hellstar Remina, it's my favorite
There aren't any episodes adapting Dissolving Classroom
Souichi is great, I love his stories. You can read basically all of his stories by buying Souichi and Smashed. His crossover with Tomie isn't in any English release, but it only got 4 pages and it's mid anyway
Cat Diary has a Japanese volume with 10 stories, but Junji Ito wrote 4 more stories after that, I don't know if they are in the English release
Uzumaki: 20 chapters, ? adapted
Gyo: 19 chapters, badly adapted on a terrible movie
Fragments of Horror: 8 stories, 2 adapted
Lingering Farewell - Junji Ito Collection
Whispering Woman - Maniac
Tomie: 20 stories, 4 adapted
Tomie - Junji Ito Collection
Morita Hospital - Junji Ito Collection
Photograph - Maniac
Painter - Junji Ito Collection
Dissolving Classroom: 7 stories, 0 adapted
Shivers: 10 stories, 9 adapted
In Old Records - Junji Ito Collection
Shivers - Junji Ito Collection
Fashion Model - Junji Ito Collection
The Hanging Balloons - Maniac
Marionette Mansion - Junji Ito Collection
Painter - Junji Ito Collection (it's the same from Tomie)
Long Dream - Junji Ito Collection
My Dear Ancestors - Junji Ito Collection
Greased - Junji Ito Collection
Frankenstein: 11 stories, 3 adapted
Trespassers - Maniac
Further Tales of Oshikiri - Junji Ito Collection
A Doll's Hellish Burial - Junji Ito Collection
Smashed: 13 stories, 3 adapted
Souichi’s Beloved Pet - Maniac
Library of Illusions - Maniac
Smashed - Junji Ito Collection
No Longer Human: 24 chapters, 0 adapted
Venus in the Blind Spot: 10 stories, 0 adapted
Remina: 6 chapters, 0 adapted
Lovesickness: 10 stories, 2 adapted
The Intersection Bishounen - Junji Ito Collection
The Bizarre Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance - Maniac
Sensor: 7 chapters, 0 adapted
Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu: 10-14 stories?, 0 adapted
Deserter: 12 stories, 4 adapted
Den of the Sleep Demon - Maniac
The Long Hair in the Attic - Maniac
Unbearable Maze - Maniac
The Bully - Maniac
The Liminal Zone: 8 stories, 0 adapted
Black Paradox: 6 chapters, 0 adapted
Tombs: 9 stories, 5 adapted
Tombs - Maniac
Slug Girl - Junji Ito Collection
The Window Next Door - Junji Ito Collection
The Thing That Drifted Ashore - Maniac
The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel - Maniac
Souichi: 10 stories, 4 adapted
Mannequin Teachers - Junji Ito Collection
Souichi's Convenient Curse - Junji Ito Collection
The Room of Four Heavy Walls - Maniac
Rumors - Junji Ito Collection
Mimi's Ghost Stories: 9 stories, 0 adapted
Alley: 10 stories, 4 adapted
Alley - Maniac
Mold - Maniac
The Town Without Streets - Junji Ito Collection
Ice Cream Bus - Maniac
Not in any English release:
The Circus is Here - Junji Ito Collection
Blood-Bubble Bushes - Junji Ito Collection
The Bridge - Junji Ito Collection
Scarecrows - Junji Ito Collection
Layers of Fear - Maniac
Headless Sculptures - Maniac
Tomie has 3 stories not in any book: Souichi Possessed, Takeover and Control
Fuchi is a kinda recurring character related to Souichi, she appears in 5 stories: Fashion Model, Rumors, Secret of the Haunted Mansion, The Souichi Front and Fashion Model: Cursed Frame. These stories are in Shivers, Souichi and Smashed
Oshikiri is a recurring character and his stories are great, there are 6 and all of them are in Frankenstein
Lovesickness has an ongoing story of 5 chapters
The Bizarre Hikizuri Siblings are minor recurring characters, they appear in 3 stories, 2 of them are in Lovesickness, 1 is in The Liminal Zone, but it's in the second volume and it will only release on March next year
Tomio appears in 2 stories, both are on Fragments of Horror: Futon and Red Turtleneck
Uzumaki, Tomie and Gyo are his most famous stories, but I highly recomend Hellstar Remina, it's my favorite
There aren't any episodes adapting Dissolving Classroom
Souichi is great, I love his stories. You can read basically all of his stories by buying Souichi and Smashed. His crossover with Tomie isn't in any English release, but it only got 4 pages and it's mid anyway
Cat Diary has a Japanese volume with 10 stories, but Junji Ito wrote 4 more stories after that, I don't know if they are in the English release
Uzumaki: 20 chapters, ? adapted
Gyo: 19 chapters, badly adapted on a terrible movie
Fragments of Horror: 8 stories, 2 adapted
Lingering Farewell - Junji Ito Collection
Whispering Woman - Maniac
Tomie: 20 stories, 4 adapted
Tomie - Junji Ito Collection
Morita Hospital - Junji Ito Collection
Photograph - Maniac
Painter - Junji Ito Collection
Dissolving Classroom: 7 stories, 0 adapted
Shivers: 10 stories, 9 adapted
In Old Records - Junji Ito Collection
Shivers - Junji Ito Collection
Fashion Model - Junji Ito Collection
The Hanging Balloons - Maniac
Marionette Mansion - Junji Ito Collection
Painter - Junji Ito Collection (it's the same from Tomie)
Long Dream - Junji Ito Collection
My Dear Ancestors - Junji Ito Collection
Greased - Junji Ito Collection
Frankenstein: 11 stories, 3 adapted
Trespassers - Maniac
Further Tales of Oshikiri - Junji Ito Collection
A Doll's Hellish Burial - Junji Ito Collection
Smashed: 13 stories, 3 adapted
Souichi’s Beloved Pet - Maniac
Library of Illusions - Maniac
Smashed - Junji Ito Collection
No Longer Human: 24 chapters, 0 adapted
Venus in the Blind Spot: 10 stories, 0 adapted
Remina: 6 chapters, 0 adapted
Lovesickness: 10 stories, 2 adapted
The Intersection Bishounen - Junji Ito Collection
The Bizarre Hikizuri Siblings: The Seance - Maniac
Sensor: 7 chapters, 0 adapted
Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu: 10-14 stories?, 0 adapted
Deserter: 12 stories, 4 adapted
Den of the Sleep Demon - Maniac
The Long Hair in the Attic - Maniac
Unbearable Maze - Maniac
The Bully - Maniac
The Liminal Zone: 8 stories, 0 adapted
Black Paradox: 6 chapters, 0 adapted
Tombs: 9 stories, 5 adapted
Tombs - Maniac
Slug Girl - Junji Ito Collection
The Window Next Door - Junji Ito Collection
The Thing That Drifted Ashore - Maniac
The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel - Maniac
Souichi: 10 stories, 4 adapted
Mannequin Teachers - Junji Ito Collection
Souichi's Convenient Curse - Junji Ito Collection
The Room of Four Heavy Walls - Maniac
Rumors - Junji Ito Collection
Mimi's Ghost Stories: 9 stories, 0 adapted
Alley: 10 stories, 4 adapted
Alley - Maniac
Mold - Maniac
The Town Without Streets - Junji Ito Collection
Ice Cream Bus - Maniac
Not in any English release:
The Circus is Here - Junji Ito Collection
Blood-Bubble Bushes - Junji Ito Collection
The Bridge - Junji Ito Collection
Scarecrows - Junji Ito Collection
Layers of Fear - Maniac
Headless Sculptures - Maniac
Tomie has 3 stories not in any book: Souichi Possessed, Takeover and Control
Fuchi is a kinda recurring character related to Souichi, she appears in 5 stories: Fashion Model, Rumors, Secret of the Haunted Mansion, The Souichi Front and Fashion Model: Cursed Frame. These stories are in Shivers, Souichi and Smashed
Oshikiri is a recurring character and his stories are great, there are 6 and all of them are in Frankenstein
Lovesickness has an ongoing story of 5 chapters
The Bizarre Hikizuri Siblings are minor recurring characters, they appear in 3 stories, 2 of them are in Lovesickness, 1 is in The Liminal Zone, but it's in the second volume and it will only release on March next year
Tomio appears in 2 stories, both are on Fragments of Horror: Futon and Red Turtleneck
| @Kampos GD, someone delivered! Thank you! "Gyo: 19 chapters, badly adapted on a terrible movie" - oof, yeah, had a feeling. I mean, tbh I haven't heard the best about most attempts to adapt Junji Ito, to be fair. But the worst I've heard of is probably the Gyo movie and maybe a live-action Uzumaki made years ago with what I assume is unintentionally hilarious editing. Of course, having not read Gyo myself yet, I'll be making a note to read it first and try not to let the anime's reputation cloud my view when reading the story. I appreciate the full list you gave me! This is really the tactical approach I needed for what I wanted to do. Especially pointing out works that have been adapted but not in EN releases yet, that was a great touch. That was all probably quite a bit of work, so thank you! At the very least, I already own and have read a copy of Uzumaki, that I picked up on a tri out to a bookstore with a friend. The same can be said for Dissolving Classroom, but it was a copy a friend picked up for me since she works at a nerdy trade-in store, so it was really just luck of the draw that that one turned up. It was the paperback copy though, so regardless of if it's been adapted, I've been planning on replacing it eventually. So I still need to buy everything but Uzumaki, BUT I know which ones I need to prioritize for what reasons, at least, so there's that. Edit: I found scanlations of the volumes with the missing chapters you told me about, and their entire here on MAL. Layers of Fear looks to be a one-shot, but while I can find where I can read it, it doesn't seem to have a MAL entry, unless I'm mistaken? Plz link me if I'm just being blind |
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@Kampos GD, someone delivered! Thank you!
"Gyo: 19 chapters, badly adapted on a terrible movie" - oof, yeah, had a feeling. I mean, tbh I haven't heard the best about most attempts to adapt Junji Ito, to be fair. But the worst I've heard of is probably the Gyo movie and maybe a live-action Uzumaki made years ago with what I assume is unintentionally hilarious editing. Of course, having not read Gyo myself yet, I'll be making a note to read it first and try not to let the anime's reputation cloud my view when reading the story.
I appreciate the full list you gave me! This is really the tactical approach I needed for what I wanted to do. Especially pointing out works that have been adapted but not in EN releases yet, that was a great touch. That was all probably quite a bit of work, so thank you!
At the very least, I already own and have read a copy of Uzumaki, that I picked up on a tri out to a bookstore with a friend. The same can be said for Dissolving Classroom, but it was a copy a friend picked up for me since she works at a nerdy trade-in store, so it was really just luck of the draw that that one turned up. It was the paperback copy though, so regardless of if it's been adapted, I've been planning on replacing it eventually. So I still need to buy everything but Uzumaki, BUT I know which ones I need to prioritize for what reasons, at least, so there's that.
Edit: I found scanlations of the volumes with the missing chapters you told me about, and their entire here on MAL. Layers of Fear looks to be a one-shot, but while I can find where I can read it, it doesn't seem to have a MAL entry, unless I'm mistaken? Plz link me if I'm just being blind
"Gyo: 19 chapters, badly adapted on a terrible movie" - oof, yeah, had a feeling. I mean, tbh I haven't heard the best about most attempts to adapt Junji Ito, to be fair. But the worst I've heard of is probably the Gyo movie and maybe a live-action Uzumaki made years ago with what I assume is unintentionally hilarious editing. Of course, having not read Gyo myself yet, I'll be making a note to read it first and try not to let the anime's reputation cloud my view when reading the story.
I appreciate the full list you gave me! This is really the tactical approach I needed for what I wanted to do. Especially pointing out works that have been adapted but not in EN releases yet, that was a great touch. That was all probably quite a bit of work, so thank you!
At the very least, I already own and have read a copy of Uzumaki, that I picked up on a tri out to a bookstore with a friend. The same can be said for Dissolving Classroom, but it was a copy a friend picked up for me since she works at a nerdy trade-in store, so it was really just luck of the draw that that one turned up. It was the paperback copy though, so regardless of if it's been adapted, I've been planning on replacing it eventually. So I still need to buy everything but Uzumaki, BUT I know which ones I need to prioritize for what reasons, at least, so there's that.
Edit: I found scanlations of the volumes with the missing chapters you told me about, and their entire here on MAL. Layers of Fear looks to be a one-shot, but while I can find where I can read it, it doesn't seem to have a MAL entry, unless I'm mistaken? Plz link me if I'm just being blind
| @MoonSpider Layers of Fear is here Also, I've read almost everything from Junji Ito and love making lists, so on my Manga List here on MAL I've listed each chapter on each entry. I think it only works on a PC tho, mobile version sucks |
| Small update since I can: I was able to pick up copies of both Soichi and Cat Diary recently, so I now have that plus Uzumaki and Dissolving Classroom in my personal library. Baby steps since only half of them all have touched adaptations so far, but once again I appreciate being given the information so I know which manga to prioritize in the future. Logging them still looks to be something of a pain, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to them. |
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