Dissolving Classroom

A collection of horror stories revolving around a young man named Yuuma Azawa and his sister Chizumi.

This is an enjoyable newer Junji Ito work. The majority of the stories involve Yuuma and Chizumi causing people around them to dissolve. There’s a great dynamic between the creepy Chizumi who wants to suck brains and her quiet apologetic brother Yuuma. Both siblings blame each other for the horrors that befall people around them but it can also be interpreted that neither of them is innocent.

Ito delivers a lot of visuals of humans dissolving as viscous fluids flow out of eyes, noses and mouths. If you’re sensitive to those kinds of visuals I would suggest skipping this book. Otherwise this is another entertaining horror manga from Junji Ito that I would recommend.

Available from Vertical Comics.

~dakazu