A book a day: Junji Ito: Black Paradox

Títutulu Original: Burakku Paradokusu

Four strangers undertake a trip with the intention of committing suicide. From this premise, the junji itito horror mangaka is part Black Paradox.

The story, which initially seemed relatively simple and linear, immediately twists and bifurca. Ito delivers through it several ideas, to which more crazy, and manages to be integrated into the whole. So, Black Paradox It is a horror and science fiction pastiche in which there is a bit of everything: “Doppelgängers”, “Body Horror”, portals to another dimension, unscrupulous scientists, etc …

Without the argument, the leading cast or the drawing of Black Paradox They are among the best of Ito (the bar is too high), this is undoubtedly an interesting and well -solved manga that will especially like lovers of the horror genre and the completeness of the Japanese author.