Review:
The first five of the seven stories included in this are connected by a brother and sister duo. The brother, the older one of the two, spends all his time apologizing. His sister is a psychotic little monster with wide eyes and a creepy smile.
"Dissolving Classroom" - The introduction of Yuuma Azawa and his sister Chizumi. Melting brains and devil worship. Meh.
"Dissolving Beauty" - Yuuma is living in yet another town, dating girls and melting their faces with his profuse insistence that they're beautiful. Again, meh.
"Dissolving Apartment" - Residents of an apartment worry that the newest residents are abusing their children, creepy Chizumi and polite Yuuma. People dissolve. Meh.
"Chizumi in Love" - Chizumi falls in love with a little boy and wants to lick him, so she and Yuuma kidnap him. This one is gross. I mean, they're all pretty gross, but for some reason this one was particularly "ick" for me.
"Interview with the Devil" - The siblings are hunted down by a reporter, based on a tip from the sole survivor of Story #1. For some reason, Yuuma seems to be genuinely afraid, despite his ability to literally melt people with his apologies. Chizumi and Yuuma never really did much for me, and I was glad to be done with them.
"The Return" - Some guy's dead love comes back to "life" via an asteroid that smashes to Earth and then kills her again. Or something. Not scary, just weird.
"Children of Earth" - A bunch of kindergarteners are changed and swallowed up by the Earth. Creepy, but too brief.
All in all, this was probably my least favorite Junji Ito volume I've read so far.
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