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“Spiral obsession drives a town to madness in Kurouzu-cho, as Kirie and Shuuichi witness escalating horrors.”
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror
うずまき
8.16
609 rank · 253,904 readers · 15,818 favorites
Seinen
Drama
Horror
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Spiral obsession drives a town to madness in Kurouzu-cho, as Kirie and Shuuichi witness escalating horrors.
In the town of Kurouzu-cho, Kirie Goshima lives a fairly normal life with her family. As she walks to the train station one day to meet her boyfriend, Shuuichi Saito, she sees his father staring at a snail shell in an alley. Thinking nothing of it, she mentions the incident to Shuuichi, who says that his father has been acting weird lately. Shuuichi reveals his rising desire to leave the town with Kirie, saying that the town is infected with spirals. But his father's obsession with the shape soon proves deadly, beginning a chain of horrific and unexplainable events that causes the residents of Kurouzu-cho to spiral into madness.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 133 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 133 readers settled on.
92%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.77
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.77 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.8 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.8
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Score over time
↓ 0.26
Running avg · Dec 2007 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Uzumaki isnt scary to read, but it does give me freaky vibes. Mostly I just find it really funny and random. I didnt really like the ending but the rest of the story was cool. One of my favourite...”
- 10 “Just one word : astounding. Junji Itois one amazing mangaka. He manages to take any topic ever, from stinks to swirls, and makes them into a fantastic horror manga. Though, like Gyo, the storyline...”
- 10 “One of the best horror manga I've ever seen in my life. The story started off seeming disjointed, but the closer I got to the final chapter, the more it captivated me. Each chapter has mysteries...”
Verbosity
Short · 38%
Medium · 44%
Long · 19%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 19 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 32m approx
- Published Jan 1998 – Aug 1999
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0423 catalog