Facial Horror: Baracchi pulls aside her hair to reveal a cluster of jewels crowding out of her birthmark. Barefoot Captives: Marisou is shoeless for the entire duration when she's Chained to a Bed by Dr. Suga. The art isn’t the best, It’s ok, which coming from a short horror manga is not that important either way, I take more into consideration in this kind of horror/psychological piece that exists a really detailed, confusing and dimensional art style, which unfortunately the author doesn’t give us.

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Nobushi: Would you say that most of your works are based on experiences you had and information you learned in your childhood? Ben K: Your manga has been adapted into anime and live action films. Do you have an interest in games?The robot designed after Piitan's image. It is powered by Piitan's own soul inside one of the spirit jewels. Although initially perfect, it becomes suicidal like Piitan after being revived by the spirit energy. It can also be used to enter Piitan's portal and retrieve the spirit jewels from the other world. As with every Junji Itou's story, the signature uneasiness and creep factor are always present, especially in the later chapters. Four Is Death: Four strangers decide to kill themselves in a suicide pact, and their antics inevitably brought forth the apocalypse.

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On par with Ito's other mangas, as the paradonite jewels come out of various parts of the friends' bodies. Then Dr. Suka starts cultivating the tissues to keep the gateways open and allow them to expand.

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Ito: Yes. The manga I was reading wasn't that scary. On the other hand, TV shows where they went into haunted houses or had a medium who could summon spirits, I thought those were scary. Interesting, but scary. I couldn't go to the bathroom by myself. Especially since the bathroom in my house was at the end of an underground tunnel. When they showed photos with ghostly apparitions on those shows, that was scary. I was scared by things that seemed real to me. As for manga, of course, some of it was scary but for the most part, I found it interesting and intriguing. I loved Kazuo Umezu's drawings. Strange creatures, the grotesque. They fascinated me, so I enjoyed reading his manga. But that bathroom was scary... Ito: (Laughs) Yūji Mitsuya. He's a veteran voice actor whose work I've been familiar with for many years... Now, as someone with suicidal tendencies, I actually very much enjoy how Ito utilises it within this manga. Although it won't be for everyone - and Ben K: Yes, but isn't it because you studied such words in vocational school that you had the idea?