# The best Junji Ito manga

The works by the master of Japanese horror that rankings and readers rate highest, from Uzumaki to Gyo.

- 8 votes · 14 items
- Jul 16, 2025 · Mercedes Álvarez Diez
- https://even.best/en/l/2623/the-best-junji-ito-manga

## Top 14

1. **Tomie** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — From 1987. A girl who keeps coming back to life.
2. **Uzumaki** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1998-1999. A town obsessed with spirals.
3. **The Enigma of Amigara Fault** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2002. Human-shaped holes in a mountain.
4. **Hellstar Remina** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2005. A planet named after a girl… and it's coming closer.
5. **No Longer Human** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2017-2018. His version of Osamu Dazai's novel.
6. **Gyo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2001-2002. Fish on mechanical legs invade Japan.
7. **Shiver** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A selection of stories chosen by the author himself.
8. **Frankenstein** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic.
9. **Sensor** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2019. A woman and a village covered in golden volcanic hair.
10. **Black Paradox** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Four strangers, eerie doubles and a mysterious stone.
11. **Soichi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The boy with nails in his mouth, between comedy and fear.
12. **Smashed** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A story collection with the "honey tree" tale.
13. **Fragments of Horror** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 2014. His return to horror after years of comedy.
14. **Lovesickness** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A fog-bound town and a handsome boy on a street corner.

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