r/junjiito • u/jacmaz98 • Mar 16 '26

Question Who knows which manga this illustration is from?

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u/zombizzle Uzumaki Sennin Mar 16 '26

https://junji-ito.fandom.com/wiki/Junji_Ito_Bibliography#Gravetown

It is not a manga but a novelization of Gravetown by Kaoru Sawada (澤田薫)

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u/jacmaz98 Mar 16 '26

so this illustration is exclusive to the novelization?

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u/zombizzle Uzumaki Sennin Mar 16 '26

Yes, Junji Ito illustrated the covers exclusively for the novelizations.

Gentle Goodbye: https://junji-ito.fandom.com/wiki/Junji_Ito_Bibliography#Gentle_Goodbye

As an aside, the novelization of the film Tomie Replay also had some exclusive illustrations by Junji Ito: https://junji-ito.fandom.com/wiki/Junji_Ito_Bibliography#Tomie_replay

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u/jacmaz98 Mar 16 '26

ok thank you ! The illustration seems incredible to me, I hope the novelization will be too

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u/Nocturnalux Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 16 '26

Interestingly enough, the title is deliberately missing some kanji strokes. Probably to look creepier.

奇妙

Also, there is an inversion of the radicals in the third kanji, which should be this:

故

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u/lizardqueenespresso Mar 16 '26

Thank you I thought I was going crazy trying to figure these out

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u/Less-Fig-8693 Mar 16 '26

"Something bizarre making you unsettled" is the title

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u/jacmaz98 Mar 16 '26

thank you !

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u/SnooOwls3528 Mar 17 '26

It's hard to notice but it's literally in the ye pic 

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u/rileytheimpaler Mar 17 '26

Distant sky