Flesh-Colored Horror

Flesh-Colored Horror
Cover of the volume
肉色の怪 (Niku Iro no Kai)
Genre	Horror[1]
Manga
Written by	Junji Ito
Published by	Asahi Sonorama
English publisher	NA: ComicsOne
Magazine	Monthly Halloween
Demographic	Shōjo
Published	December 25, 1997
Volumes	1

Flesh-Colored Horror (Japanese: 肉色の怪, Hepburn: Niku Iro no Kai) is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Its short stories were serialized in Asahi Sonorama's Monthly Halloween from 1988–1997; the anthology was released in December 1997.

Publication

Flesh-Colored Horror is an anthology that collects short stories written and illustrated by Junji Ito in Asahi Sonorama's magazine Monthly Halloween from 1988–1997.[1] The anthology was released on December 25, 1997.[2]

ComicsOne published the manga in English.[3]

Reception

Josephine Fortune of Mania felt the stories were scary and liked that the stories covered a broad range of topics. However, Fortune also noted that the art was not on par with other Ito works.[4] A columnist for Manga News felt the collection was nice to read, though they also felt some of Ito's other works were better.[5] In Manga: The Complete Guide, Jason Thompson wrote that "[Ito's] storytelling is clear and his faces and figures are realistic".[1]

References

1. Thompson, Jason (July 3, 2012). Manga: The Complete Guide (Google Play Books). Del Rey Books. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-34-553944-1.
2. "Niku Iro no Kai jp". Manga News (in French). Retrieved March 14, 2016.
3. Pineda, Rafael (June 8, 2022). "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre Anime Adapts 20 Stories in 2023". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
4. Fortune, Josephine (April 10, 2006). "Flesh Colored Horror Vol. #01". Mania. Archived from the original on September 2, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
5. "Mystère de la chair (le) - Junji Ito collection N°1 : Critiques". Manga News (in French). January 24, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2024.

External links

• Flesh-Colored Horror (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia