Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection

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Soichi Tsujii chews on iron nails, mutters curses under his breath, and ruins everything he touches — not through supernatural power (though he thinks he has it) but through the sheer force of his obnoxious, unhinged personality. He is the worst member of an otherwise normal family, and every story follows the same pattern: Soichi schemes, Soichi fails, and everyone around him suffers anyway. Junji Ito's most comedic creation is also one of his most unsettling — a character who exists at the exact intersection of pathetic and genuinely dangerous, where you're never sure if you should laugh or lock the door. A horror-comedy collection about the family member no one can get rid of — because cursing him would be redundant.