Junji Ito Collection Episode 8: There Are No Words

Review:

Again two stories though this week I kind of watched both in more or less stunned silence. The first one because by the time you kind of really knew what the story was about it ended and the second one because it was just too weird. The audience sitting through all those deaths just pushed credibility too far. And neither story was particularly interesting.

The biggest problem with the first story, like with so many others in this series, is a lack of development. We enter the story after it has already begun, we see a quick snap shot as the situation escalates, and then it ends, all before we’ve had a chance to care about anything that is going on. As weird as the concept might be it just doesn’t sink in.

However, the circus story is perhaps the weakest so far in this series. While it is apparent the ring master is evil, the only way this is actually confirmed is through a plea by the girl to the guy she loves when she declares the ring master is a demon. Whether he is or not is never answered and answering that might have helped bridge the credibility gap as to why the audience hadn’t really reacted to the copious scenes of death.

This show continues to remain on my watch list but I’m not really expecting much from it any more so I wasn’t disappointed this week.

Previous Review:

• Episode 7: Round and Round We Go
• Episode 6: Once Again, Possibilities Squandered
• Episode 5: Souichi is Just Really Kind of Annoying
• Episode 4: Did I Ever Mention I Find Puppets Creepy?
• Episode 3: Still Not Scary But The Second Story Is A Little Disturbing
• Episode 2: Not Much Improvement But Setting A Tone
• Episode 1: Sit Back And Listen To A Twisted Tale

Thanks for reading.

Karandi James

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