Uzumaki Anime Review | Nightmarish Imagery Comes to Life on Adult Swim
The character in “Through the Gates of the Silver Key,” a story by H.P. Lovecraft, who is appreciated by Junji Ito, creator of the manga “Uzumaki,” expresses an overwhelming sadness that surpasses death, doom, or anguish. This despair comes from losing one’s sense of identity and realizing that you are not a unique being anymore, but just a part of the vast, uncaring cosmos. In the manga “Uzumaki,” this feeling is the source of its horror, suggesting that reality doesn’t care about you, and there’s no ‘you’ separate from it.