Uzumaki de Junji Ito: un horror psihologic complex
Junji Ito’s Uzumaki: A Complex Psychological Horror Story

Summary/Abstract: Junji Ito is one of the most famous mangakas. His 1998-1999 work Uzumaki is a prime example of how mangas integrate symbols (such as that of the spiral) and narratives from literature and collective memory, creating complex stories. Manga, just like graphic novels, have suffered from the stigma of being considered not as “serious” as the more established genres, thus they have not been as much the object of academic research. In the following article, I show, through a descriptive and thematic analysis, that there are in fact a lot of intricacies when it comes to a work such as Uzumaki, and that the author manages to create a story as compelling as that of any well-written novel.

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