Uzumaki – Part 2
Jul 19, 2024•2 hr 56 min
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Summary
The episode dives into the latter half of Junji Ito's Uzumaki, focusing on its escalating cosmic horror, the terrifying transformations of its characters into snail-people, and the town's eventual collapse into a massive spiral structure. The hosts analyze Ito's narrative techniques, the psychoanalytic undertones of the horror, and the story's profound, yet ambiguous, ending. They also share personal reflections on the manga's themes and its place in horror literature.Episode description
We read the rest of Uzumaki.
CWs for: body horror and gore, medical horror, cannibalism.
For the next show, we are reading all of Gyo.
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The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.
The show is produced by Jordan Mallory (https://linktr.ee/jordanmallory)
The show theme song is composed and performed by Cinder Well (https://cinderwellmusic.com/)
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