Tuesday, December 30, 2025

REVIEW: Remina (manga) by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen

Remina is sci-fi horror. I bought my copy new.

Review:

A Japanese scientist discovers a wormhole that spits out a strangely moving planet and names the planet "Remina," after his 16-year-old daughter. Remina the girl then becomes popular and reluctantly agrees to become an idol. Unfortunately, Remina the planet seems to be eating the stars and planets nearby it, and now it's headed towards Earth. Everyone goes batshit insane, and many decide that the only way to save the Earth is to kill Remina's discoverer and his daughter.

I want an xkcd style look at what would actually happen in this situation. I'm betting people would die a lot sooner, and there would be no survivors. But then we'd all lose out on a lot of the craziness.

Anyway, there are no answers here as to what Remina the planet really is, besides incredibly freaky. As usual, Ito's horror strongly features eyes, tongues, and screaming young women.

This was nuts in a way that kept my eyes glued to the story, even when things got gross. Although, honestly, there are grosser Junji Ito stories out there.

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