My Dear Ancestors

[cyberghostface]

Once again, remember to read from right to left.

Disclaimer: Some gore/disturbing imagery. This is 1/3 of the complete story.

Risa has lost her memory. The doctors can't figure out what is as there is no sign of abnormality; they figure it's an emotional problem brought on by intense shock. Her boyfriend Makita tries to help her recover. 


That night Risa is overcome by dread when a giant caterpillar crawls into her room.



Makita decides to take Risa outside.



Afterwards, Makita takes Risa to his house where she meets his dad.



The father asks them when they are going to get married and Makita tells him that she doesn't remember saying yes. The father says that he doesn't much time left and asks Rita to take care of his son before moving backwards into the room again.

Later that night, Risa begins to feel a sense of dread and is worried that her amnesia has something to do with the house. Makita runs to her, saying that his father is asking for her in his delirium and that she has to come quick and see him.





He tells her that the minds of his ancestors stretch back centuries and that they share the same memories. The father tells Makita that he doesn't have much time left and that they need a progeny.



He tells her if he doesn't have a heir the bloodline and the ensuing knowledge kept over centuries will be lost. She turns to run but the rope of heads(?) prevent her going anywhere.

Suddenly Makita starts to clutch at his own head and the 'ancestors' retreat. He says that his dad is dead.

Comments

[rainspirit]

See my avatar.

Magnified x10000.

*quietly screaming*

[darkblade]

That's just fucking creepy.

[crinos]

For fucks sake Junji Ito. I just learned about "The day the clown cried", and now this? I can only take so much "what is even the hell" in a day you know.

[mab_browne]

That is pretty amazingly creepy.

[sinisterlink]

Okay, a lot of Ito stuff is just so WTF that it doesn't even creep me out, but this story is pretty horrifying. *shudders*

You know, I think I would prefer it being a giant caterpillar rather than what it actually is.

[lieut_kettch]

I can only imagine how royally screwed up a kid raised by a catatonic mother and a human centipede father will be.

[md84]

....Well that was probably the most horrible thing I've ever seen. And I've seen Ito's other works.

And the above comment just reminded me of the Human Centipede, another horrible thing I wish didn't exist.

[kraesil]

WAHHHHH!

I agree with Risa. EEEEEEK!!!!

I'm gonna have nightmares... I'm gonna have nightmares... trying not to think about it..

[silverzeo]

.... a man/his ancestors... are going to force marry a woman is broken by pure nightmare... have sex with her... and then going to add her to the head-pile... that is more messed up than that Syvilan film, where it ends with a distraught father committing murder-suicide on his family... only to have film makers make a porno with their bodies, starting off with the kid...

[shadowpsykie]

The day the clown cried

do... do i want to know?

[shadowpsykie]

Syvilan film, where it ends with a distraught father committing murder-suicide on his family... only to have film makers make a porno with their bodies, starting off with the kid...

WTF?!? WTF?!?!

[shadowpsykie]

AH AH AH AH AH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shadowpsykie]

So... i clicked oon the Junji Ito tag... and despite the fact that I am ensuring life long nightmares.... i can't stop looking at them... some one help me... please.....

[filthysize]

You mean Serbian?

[captainbellman]

It's called "A Serbian Film". It was made with the intent of referencing the violent history of Serbia. Look up the plot summary...if you dare...

[arilou_skiff]

That would be "A Serbian Film" no? The wikipedia summary is... Disturbing (no, I wouldn't watch it, or ever, ever want to)

[silverzeo]

Yep, those are the ones.

[darkblade]

To steal a joke from the last Junji Ito thread.

This is your tag, it was meant for you.

[crinos]

I really don't want to bring it up here. Look it up on TV tropes if you're morbidly curious.

Lets just say you'll never be able to look at Jerry Lewis the same way ever again.

[slippy]

I now hold the record for saying "nope" the most times in one minute.

But the worst thing is that one jackass who says "Looks like Risa lost her head again". That is such a family reunion kind of joke! Great grand-uncle/third cousin/grandmother-in-law, please just shut up and have the potato salad.

[shadowpsykie]

i just read The Window Next door. AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shadowpsykie]

OH MY GOD....

[pyrrhocorax]

If they hadn't forced her, it could have been kind of sweet...at least you'd never be lonely.

[icon_uk]

How is this fucked up? Let me count the ways... actually, I don't think I can count that high... Not so much creepy as just... grotesquely hideous.

[apintrix]

Ahhh! The panel with the caterpillar who resolves suddenly into an iteration of the father's head-- what a *beautifully* creepy double-take. Ito!! <3

[crinos]

Yeah that was pretty much my reaction too.

[shadowpsykie]

i mean i don't think it would be a BAD movie... but still.... its not a happy movie....

actually it kinda reminds me a Life Is Beautiful sort of....

[crinos]

Crazy thing is Jerry is STILL trying to get it released to this day. Dude is convinced it will win him an Oscar.

[shadowpsykie]

hmmm the film coniseur in me wants to see that... but i feel like i will suffer from eternal sadness after.....

like i said, it reminds me alot of Life is Beautiful.... but infinitely sadder....

[mastermahan]

I love Junji Ito's work, but damn I never want to meet him in person.

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT ;_;

[salamangkiero]

Thank god it's an early morning with bright sunlight through my window. Otherwise, I ahve a bad feeling I wouldn't be getting any sleep. Caterpillar heads? dammmmmmnnnnnnn.

And yet, I am now strangely attracted to his works.

[rainspirit]

Why wouldn't we.

*originator of terrible quote :D*

[katzedecimal]

Oh you just HAD to say it, didn't you? *claws out mind's eyes*

[blackruzsa]

HA!

[blackruzsa]

He's a dentist!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH >8D
No but seriously, he is. Or he was? IDK I think his manga earns him big bucks now. I'd just never want to meet him in the clinic or anything.

[blackruzsa]

I've gotten so used to Junji Ito that I know to read his stories in the daylight or in the presence of other people so I won't freak the fuck out his stories don't scare me anymore.

[sir_mikael]

Well done!