Recommended to me by @Rory.

This manga was demented, insane, deranged. Junji Ito knows how to convey a creepy and disturbing story. I wouldn't say it was scary for me, but some stories made me feel uneasy.

The imagery was quite grotesque and explicit. The mental states of the characters transmitted the obsession and madness, more than the actual town did. I like how the curse had its own way to get into people, the different manners it could ramified, perverting, tangling and twisting all around it.

I didn't like the main lead, Kirie Goshima, her decisions and actions didn't seem to fit the experience she was having. More often that not, I found her to be a damsel-in-distress type, who needed constant rescue.

But I enjoyed Shuichi Saito, for being the outcast who knew (or felt, or sense) the evil and tried to warn everyone else, even if that meant wearing the freak tag. How do you know you're sane when you're surrounded by insanity?

I love symbolism as much as I love metaphors. I love how art can represent the darkest parts of human nature. I'm not sure if seeing spirals with trigger the hell out of me, but I'm sure I'll remember this manga. I'm looking at you Fibonacci ¬¬