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Junji Ito: Japan’s Master of Horror Manga　日本當代恐怖漫畫大師 ── 伊藤潤二

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This well-known comic artist goes beyond cheap scares to deliver deeply disturbing works of art.

這位知名漫畫家以超越低俗驚恐的方式來傳達其令人深深不安的創作故事。

Junji Ito is one of Japan’s top manga artists. Reading his stories often feels like having a nightmare that keeps getting worse and worse. Unlike other horror writers, Ito’s comics do not feature lots of blood or famed monsters. Most of the time, his stories are scary because they are about facing the fear of the unknown.

伊藤潤二是日本頂尖的漫畫家之一。看他的故事常常就像是作了一個越來越糟的惡夢。與其他的恐怖漫畫作家不同的是，伊藤的漫畫並不是以大量的血腥或是著名的怪物為其特色。他的故事時常很嚇人是因為故事裡面臨著未知的恐懼。

The ideas behind Ito’s works are always interesting and special. Uzumaki is about a town where people can’t stop looking at spiral shapes. Over time, the spirals make them either kill themselves or go crazy. Gyo shows strange fish with legs that attack people because they are controlled by an evil smell. Tomie tells the tale of a pretty woman whose beauty drives men crazy, making them do terrible things.

伊藤潤二作品背後的概念一直都是令人著迷又特別。《漩渦》講的是一座城鎮上的人忍不住去看螺旋的形狀。久而久之，這些螺旋形之物不是讓他們自相殘殺就是令他們發狂。《魚》描繪有腳的怪魚由於被惡臭控制而去攻擊人類。《富江》則講述著一個美女的故事，她的美貌會導致男人們發狂，讓他們去做出很可怕的事情。

People say that Ito is a master at building tension. Most of his works begin with a simple idea. Then, readers learn a little bit more about the story with each turn of the page. By the end, Ito reveals to them the full picture and the terrible evils that his characters are facing.

讀者們總說伊藤潤二是個營造緊張感的大師。他大多數的作品都只是以一個簡單的概念來開頭。然後，讀者們可以在每次翻頁時一點一點地得知更多的故事內容。在故事結束之前，伊藤就會向他們揭露他故事主角所面臨事件的全貌及可怕的惡意。