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marlowe1224.Betwixt edited by Junji Ito - Ok, this is the second disappointing Junji Ito manga in a row but in this case, it's not his fault. I just didn't know this was an anthology that he edited. So he edited it and half the stories are originally in Japanese and half are originally in English so you read it Japanese right to left and then English right to left (or vice versa). Some of these are good. Some are forgettable.
I liked the one about "don't open the window" because it's supposedly a dead woman coming at you. But then the one character looks and says "it's not a woman, it's something else" and it doesn't want to get close for revenge. It wants a better look at the people opening up the window. Also there's a story about a body under the ice for ice fishing with the one character going "no, let's go, that's me" and the body under the ice takes his place. So those were good. But just not Junji Ito levels (and these are new writers so they might be great later on but these are early works)
225.Fire Punch 7 by Tatsuki Fujimoto - And now we get the revenge plot more with Agni trying to live a normal life. Then the people come back and want to revive him. He's even dealing with the cults that started around him when he was on fire and burning things up. There's a lot of "kill Fire Punch" with the thought that maybe if he decides never to be fire punch again. The ending is ambiguous, but this is the penultimate chapter so it all leads into the conclusion.
226.Spirit & Cat Ears by Miyuki Nakayama - This is just as confused as the previous one. There's a whole story about possession and family sins. But there's also a cheesy poster of the characters in bikinis to start the thing. I don't really follow the story. It's fine but I'm not reading anymore.
I liked the one about "don't open the window" because it's supposedly a dead woman coming at you. But then the one character looks and says "it's not a woman, it's something else" and it doesn't want to get close for revenge. It wants a better look at the people opening up the window. Also there's a story about a body under the ice for ice fishing with the one character going "no, let's go, that's me" and the body under the ice takes his place. So those were good. But just not Junji Ito levels (and these are new writers so they might be great later on but these are early works)
225.Fire Punch 7 by Tatsuki Fujimoto - And now we get the revenge plot more with Agni trying to live a normal life. Then the people come back and want to revive him. He's even dealing with the cults that started around him when he was on fire and burning things up. There's a lot of "kill Fire Punch" with the thought that maybe if he decides never to be fire punch again. The ending is ambiguous, but this is the penultimate chapter so it all leads into the conclusion.
226.Spirit & Cat Ears by Miyuki Nakayama - This is just as confused as the previous one. There's a whole story about possession and family sins. But there's also a cheesy poster of the characters in bikinis to start the thing. I don't really follow the story. It's fine but I'm not reading anymore.
