Not to be confused, in any way, with the main character of Naruto. So begins the terrifying three-volume manga by Junji Ito (creator of The Enigma of Amigara Fault), centering upon a supposed curse placed upon the town. All ships coming and going are sunk by whirlpools, all air travel is disrupted by violent tornadoes, and the tunnel that leads to the outside world becomes an endless trip. To make matters worse, the small island town is completely cut off from the rest of the world. The "snail people" are marked by their spiral-shaped birthmarks, which slowly transform into shells. The student's scar becomes a spiral in its transformation into a black hole. A suicidal man's body is contorted into a spiral. What do all these events have in common? The spiral. People start transforming into giant snails. A man commits suicide in his own bathtub. KurĂ´zu-cho, a small Japanese seaside town, is plagued by mysterious happenings. the strange events that took place here."
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