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Oct 8, 1:44 PM
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Apr 2022
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Genuinely BEAUTIFUL animation on a scale unseen before and a musical identity unlike anything else 10/10
Oct 9, 6:49 PM
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Aug 2022
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@Uuhhwyhwhe266 without affecting the pace? The whole Timeline was mixed up. I guess you didn't notice, the quick cuts inbetween different stories, it feels unnatural, Kirie is at multiple places so frequently....they didn't follow a linear approach and it kinda mixed up the stories, moreover the episode length was short, so it didn't work to build the tension and tie 🪢 the stories up simultaneous.
@Anayan_Kashyap I feel incredibly ashamed for saying a good thing about this piece of shit :((((
Oct 9, 9:51 PM
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Jun 2024
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Magnificent! Masterpiece
Oct 9, 10:45 PM

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Oct 2020
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@Anayan_Kashyap I feel incredibly ashamed for saying a good thing about this piece of shit :((((
@Uuhhwyhwhe266 no worries, it happens quite often. Don't be ashamed of what u feel.
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Oct 10, 4:12 AM
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Mar 2017
2
Amazingly disturbing, as an anime from a Junji Ito manga should be. Great introductory episode.
Oct 11, 8:15 AM
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Jun 2021
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Way too fast-paced, the animation was pretty anyway.
Oct 11, 12:13 PM
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Mar 2020
2
It was a bit rushed, but it was good.
Oct 13, 9:27 AM
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Jan 2023
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Excellent first episode, it manages to perfectly convey the horror that the characters are going through.
Oct 13, 9:35 AM

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Apr 2021
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amazing scary, the spiral will not leave you.
Oct 13, 10:47 AM
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Mar 2023
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Initially wanted to buy a manga but just as I was about to buy I got to knoe the release for the anime. Man what a episode totally liked it. Just excitedn for the next one
Oct 13, 8:43 PM
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Jul 2015
281
This is supposed to be the better episode and yet so much was skipped. We don't need a panel by panel copy of the manga, but the pacing is too fast, there's no buildup like the manga. The change to show concurrent chapters/characters spiralizations would have worked even better if they didn't cut so much out.
Oct 15, 11:35 AM
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Jun 2021
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An exellent first episode, with a incredible direction and photography. The animationis very interesting, with a beautiful black-and-white aesthetic. The script is perfec by Junji Ito.
Oct 15, 9:00 PM
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Jun 2019
6
The pacing is the true horror this adaptation has to offer.

Oct 15, 11:32 PM

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Apr 2017
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Uzumaki está em preto e branco, não me importo. Animação top melhor que a maioria dos animes, e a trilha sonora ficou ótima com o tema do desenho.
No começo Kirie se mostra inocente sobre a cidade maligna, único momento de humor, porque toda história é macabra e terror. Incrível poder do Shuuichi, poder paranormal que JESUS identificava demônios em pessoas. E lógico, tudo ligado ao espiral é bizarro.
Leviata_ReisOct 23, 4:14 PM
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Oct 17, 9:45 PM
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Aug 2021
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Very unsettling... I never read any Junji Ito manga, but I heard this adaptation was good, and I have to agree.
Oct 19, 5:17 PM

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I can't believe that the creepy terror is just ramping up. How far can the spiral go?
Oct 20, 2:22 AM
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Apr 2018
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Well, I don't really know what to say because this first episode was actually perfect and if the animation stayed like that it would be one of the best horror adaptation ever but it seems like it becomes really bad after this... so I won't hype myself at all sadly but at least we got this incredible first episode
Oct 20, 10:58 PM

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Feb 2021
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Well, that's a quite bit horror to see finger got cut off by using scissor just because afraid of spiral...
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Oct 21, 3:10 AM
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Aug 2017
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I refuse to watch the rest after what I saw. To me, this ended in episode 1.
Oct 24, 9:53 PM
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Aug 2020
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It was a pretty nice, and the eerie feeling it gave, was really amazing.
Oct 25, 4:18 AM
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Apr 2023
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what a great first episode. sure hope the animation doesn't take a slight turn for the worse next episode!
Oct 25, 1:40 PM
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Jan 2017
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I know it's offtopic but today I learned that Uzumaki means Spiral and that Naruto's last name is literally Naruto Spiral lol.

On topic pretty solid episode. I only wanted to watch this cuz I know of Naruto even though I know it's not connected at all. I am intrigued by it so far. Even though I am late to the party.
Oct 26, 6:22 PM
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May 2020
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the only good episode
Oct 27, 5:41 AM

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Jul 2022
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I heard this anime isn't like most horror shows, which contain scary characters accompanied by "jumpscare". Some say that this anime will make you feel uncomfortable; in the worst case possible, it might be able to make you vomit. Therefore, let's try!

For some reason, Toshio, Shuuichi's father, is obsessed with spiral. He likes and often spends time drawing and observing spirals. Toshio is so attached to the spiral, to the point that whatever he does must have a spiral in it. Over time, those obsessed with spirals are not only Toshio. Obsession with the spiral began to spread throughout the city of Kurouzu.

Not long after that, Toshio Saitou's obsession ended with his death. Do you know why Toshio died? It turned out that he died because he "turned" into a spiral by forcing himself into a tub. This does not stop there, the smoke of the cremation of his body also forms a spiral in the sky. This made Shuuichi's mother experience severe trauma, and it seems like she now has "Uzumakiphobia".

It seems the "infection" of the spiral was spread by Azami Kurotani, a friend of Kirie Goshima. However, the person who first suspected, or rather realized that, was Shuuichi Saitou, the MC. The spiral spread from Azami's forehead. Initially it was only a crescent-shaped scar, but over time the condition of Azami's forehead was getting strange. Increasingly here, Azami's forehead seems to be "consumed" by the spiral that continues to grow. In the end, Azami disappeared, "swallowed" by the spiral.
KingNotSkilledNov 8, 1:50 AM
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Great first episode. The animation is really good and the art style is almost indentical to the manga. The pacing is a bit too fast, but I wouldn't consider it bad.
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Oct 2013
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Spirals! Spirals everywhere!

Marvelous first episode. Great animation, with beautiful art resembling the manga's art style, just set in motion (we're talking about an anime, after all, haha), stunning atmosphere.
Oct 27, 8:43 AM
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Oct 2024
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it was aight, could be better
Oct 31, 8:11 AM

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Mar 2011
436
This adaptation felt completely true to the source material. The animation was spot on and even improved on aspects of the source material. I had lofty expectations and this anime has exceeded them.
Oct 31, 2:06 PM
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Jun 2021
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this ep and this art is masterpiece
Oct 31, 8:36 PM
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May 2023
672
Excellent episode, I've heard good things about Junji Ito and his works so I'm sure I'll give the others a chance.
I love that it's like a manga but animated and in an amazing way although unfortunately I found out what happens with the animation later so F but I'm still going to watch it to the end... it's 4 episodes and I wonder how bad is it?
I like the detail that there are spirals in almost the whole episode and I'm interested to know what causes this: witchcraft, experiments, curses, etc.
I didn't understand exactly (to escape I guess but wasn't it better to run haha) why Shuichi climbed a tree haha it was pretty random.

PS: I had to watch something scary for Halloween so I chose this one, plus it's short even though I'm not going to finish it this Halloween

Nov 1, 5:14 PM
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Jul 2016
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20/10 y GOD.
El resto una poronga.
Nov 2, 4:08 PM

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Apr 2023
128
What could have been...

Great episode. I stop here.
Nov 2, 8:46 PM

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Oct 2024
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So erm.... The dad seems to get a likin' in thingies that swirl , so he just kills himself and becomes a spiral. Wow, very scary (it wasn't , just a lil weird).

I feel like theres different types of horror, scary and disturbing and I think this anime is tryna be all weird and disturbing.


Honestly I was a bit bored after watching, it just might not be my cup of tea to watch people get obsessed with swirlie things the whole episode.



Honestly if i was the mc and saw my friend get sucked up by some spirial i'd be running away IMMEDIATLEY to the next town over.

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Nov 6, 3:49 PM
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Nov 2024
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animation was odd at times but it kinda fit the vibe of the show
Nov 10, 8:18 PM
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Jun 2016
3
.<3 good episode.
Nov 12, 5:50 AM

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Nov 2012
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the first ep is actually good, I did hear tho that eps 2-4 is where this series falls apart, into the inferno we go lool

the bit with the cutting off the finger tips was super cringe inducing
I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers
Nov 15, 3:51 PM
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Sep 2024
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Nov 15, 5:48 PM
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Apr 2018
2
For real, I only watched the first episode and drop it
Nov 15, 9:11 PM
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Jan 2019
2
The best adaptation of Junji Ito's work that I've ever seen. Sad to know what happens afterwards
Nov 17, 4:06 PM
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Apr 2024
1
good first episode, everything else garbo
Nov 20, 9:54 PM
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Jul 2019
5
going in fully blind, it's a good start to a horror anime.
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