The short stories that are included in this present some of the most depraved, fucked up situations to the reader, but are actually played for laughs, in turn creating some the darkest humor I've came across in some time, and I kinda love it. I've read only the first volume of Dementia 21, so that's all of Kago's work I've been exposed to up until now, and these shorts came out of left field for me, and in the best way possible. They hit even stranger, because 3/4s of this collection is dedicated to the title story, Anamorphosis, which gave me all the vibes I expectedto get from Kago. It's twisty and turny and deliciously meta. The story is quite a banger itself and quality wise is every bit as good as those short tales; hell, it may be better than them. But the sheer amount of shocked laughing and excited page turning to see if the weird shit I was seeing could actually get any weirder (SPOILER!!! It can....) that I experienced throughout those 8-page gems is something I won't soon forget!

On the art side of things, while Kago's work doesn't quite hit the level of technical excellence here that he showed in Dementia 21, it's still phenomenal artwork that excels in highlighting all the gore and weird body horror that permeates the collection. If you're easily offended, Anamorphosis is not the manga for you, but if anything I mentioned here or the cover of the book piques your interests, I enthusiastically recommend you spare an hour to check it out.