THE SOICHI FRONT, by Junji Ito

[daniellau]

So I started work on another Junji Ito compilation, NEW VOICES IN THE DARK, and found the sequel to a story I posted here.

If anyone remembers this story, they will also remember the haunted house being run by a character aptly described by a scans_daily poster as "that Lon Chaney motherfucker". Well, it turns out that this is one of Ito's few recurring characters. He appears mostly as a deranged little boy named Soichi. Ito's been drawing him for years. He's like a violent Charlie Brown who really, really deserves his misfortune.

We've come into the tail end of his story here, where he's grown older but not any wiser or less violent. A childhood friend of the family is searching for his family, who he um, enslaved.















Google will find you the rest, but I will say that Ito whips out the cheapest storytelling trick in the book to ensure there will be more Soichi stories in the future. If you don't believe me, the VERY NEXT CHAPTER is about him, too.

Comments welcome below.

Tags:
genre: horror, creator: junji ito, title: new voices in the dark

Comments

[crinos]

YEAAAAAAAHHHHH!

Also, I was the one to coin "Lon Chaney looking mother fucker", which he totally is.

But the ending: WTF!?!

[darkblade]

Thats not worthy of a Who YEAAAAAHHHHH.

That'd be more like.

Looks like those kids. ~Glasses~ Hit the nail on the head.

YEAAAAAAHHHH!

[rhythmbandit]

Or:

Thank god we took care of those creepy little kids.
Their moms should have told them... ~glasses~ not to bite their nails.

YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh