Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1

Kurzu-cho a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki the spiral the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells ferns whirlpools in water whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on peoples bodies the insane obsessions of Shuichis father the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads the inhabitants of Kurzu-cho are pulled ever deeper as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...