Uzumaki
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Genres
Supernatural, Comedy, Romance, Seinen, Psychological, Drama, Mystery, Horror, Mature, Tragedy
Summary
- A small town is cursed by supernatural occurrences
- For unknown reasons, people in Kurozu-cho become obsessed with spirals
- Kirie and her boyfriend Shuichi try to uncover the mystery but can they escape the curse?
Description
Kurozuchou, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...
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Published
Jan 12, 1998 to Aug 30, 1999
Serialization
Big Comic Spirits
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