Venus in the Blind Spot

This volume includes ten of Junji Ito’s short stories, as selected exclusively from the Shōgakukan publisher catalog and presented and accompanied with a gallery of six color illustrations.

Stories: 1: Army of One / Billions Alone (Okuman Bocchi, 億万ぼっち)

2: The Human Chair (Ningen Isu, 人間椅子) A woman enters a furniture store in search of a chair, but the proprietor is all too eager to reveal its past...

3: Venus in the Blind Spot (Mouten no Venus, 盲点のビーナス)

4: The Licking Woman (Name Onna, 舐め女)

5: Umezz Kazuo and Me (Umezu-sensei to Watashi, 楳図先生と私) A oneshot that appeared in Monthly Spirits 2014-11 to celebrate Ito and Kazuo being in an interview together.

6: An Unearthly Love (Kono Yo no Hoka no Koi, この世のほかの恋)

7: How Love Came to Professor Kirida (Miirareta Kirida Kyouju, 魅入られた切田教授)

8: The Enigma of the Amigara Fault (Amigara Dansou no Kai, 阿彌陀羅断層の怪)

9: The Sad Tale of the Principal Post (Daikokubashira Hiwa, 大黒柱悲話)

10: Keepsake (Wasuregatami, 忘れ形見)

Pin-up: 1: ''Kirie'' 2: ''Ningen Shikkaku no Onna-tachi''

Gallery: 1: ''Frankenstein in Innsmouth'' 2: ''Ningen Shikkaku'' 3: ''Uzumaki'' 4: ''Ningen Shikkaku''