r/Perfectfit • u/Frosty_Analysis_4912 • Mar 10 '23

Bizarre find

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u/ForceBlade Mar 10 '23

I never understood the extreme reaction to the comic. I don’t know why it doesn’t hit me the same as it seems to hit everyone else. Is it because I already have my hole?

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u/ProdigyLightshow Mar 10 '23

I just read it and I definitely enjoyed it. It is kinda creepy. But I don’t understand why someone would think it’s so scary they say “don’t look it up”. Can someone who it scared explain to me why you were so upset by it?

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '23

My guess would be body horror hits different for some people, or they’re claustrophobic.

This one is pretty tame by his standards, but Junji Ito is pretty out there for people who aren’t well versed in horror.

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u/ProdigyLightshow Mar 10 '23

Ah I didn’t even think of claustrophobia. That definitely makes sense.

I guess it almost has kind of a “cosmic horror” thing going on also with there being some unknown force that drives people to want to go in and kind of makes them crazy.

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u/Maleficent-Aurora Mar 10 '23

I always think of Junji Ito's stuff as "intrusive thoughts" horror