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Friday, October 3, 2014

A Scaredy-Cat Reads Junji Ito- In The Soil


SPOILER ALERT
I WILL BE SUMMARIZING THE ENTIRE STORY, SO IF YOU WANT TO READ IT YOURSELF BEFORE GOING FURTHER IN, CLICK HERE.

SUMMARY
At a twenty year junior high school anniversary, everyone is having a good time socializing  and seeing what old friends and classmates had been up to since they last saw each other. When the time comes to dig up the time capsule they all buried in the front garden during their senior year, they all head outside. As it is being dug up, two of the women discuss how close their class had been and how everyone had generally been friendly with each other. Everyone except a girl named Kumi. She looked normal enough, but she spent a lot of her time complaining and being a general downer, which annoyed her classmates. 
After this unsettling conversation, the capsule was finally dug up. The two women then realize that Kumi didn't show up for the reunion, and one mentioned how she was still getting calls from Kumi, who complained as if the past twenty years had never gone by and they were still in Junior High. The time capsule is lifted out and opened. Everyone looked in horror as the shriveled body of Kumi is revealed, still in her uniform.

REVIEW
That was one that was short, sweet, and to the point. Pretty much as I remembered it being, I really enjoyed this one. I knew girls like this, and wonder now if any of them would have been crazy enough to do something similar. Too bad it was only sixteen pages, is all I can say. Despite the length, I give it the final verdict of:

COOL

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