The Enigma of Amigara Fault

[cyberghostface]

Happy Halloween, everyone!

I posted this story last year I think, but thanks to Pict, it's no longer available. So I figured I'd post it again for Halloween. Hopefully, there might be some new readers who haven't experienced it, but if not, it's worth a look again IMO. And yes, this is 1/3 of the original story.

The beginning of the story explains that there was a big earthquake. Following the earthquake, a large fault is discovered near the epicenter of on the north slope of Amigara Mountain.

Two hikers, a boy named Owaki and a girl named Yoshida, meet up near the fault. Both of them had seen the fault on television and knew they had to visit it.

Remember to read right to left.



The holes puzzle the scientist, who can't figure out how they were carved or how deep they go. Nor do they know what purpose it served.

Yoshida believes that one of the holes was made for her, and so do many others. Okawi is skeptical, being that they are thousands of years old, but one man proves it.



A crowd gathers around the hole, but there's no sign of the man. The rescue squad arrives but they are unable to help.



The next morning, Yoshida discovers her hole at the foot of the fault, identical to her.



Meanwhile, more people are discovering their holes in the fault and are walking in.



Owaki fills her hole with rocks to prevent her from entering.






Owaki wakes up from the nightmare and discovers that Yoshida is missing.



Dejected, he sits down in defeat, when something catches his eye...

Comments

[kamino_neko]

For some reason this comic is so hilarious to me, not scary,

Junji Ito in general is like this for me.

I mean I LOVE his stuff, but a few chapters of Tomie is about all that's actually scared me. (Which reminds me...I recently got ahold of most of the Tomie movies...I need to get around to watching them.)

[whitesycamore]

I love how he is completely ridiculous, and yet creepy at the same time. That panel in Uzumaki of the snail boy slithering into class is a perfect example.

I'm also amazed at how he manages to create that "oh no, I can hardly look, what's going to HAPPEN NEXT" feeling in such a static medium. He manages to create so much momentum that I feel swept along with the narrative. Damn that sounds so gushy, but it's MAGICAL.