The cover and forward are by Junji Ito whom I adore and I liked his musings on the theme for this anthology "In between". The covers are awesome and I can't stop flipping it over and over soaking in the details.

The gimmick of having an American side and you need to flip the book over for the Japanese side is just chefs kiss. I love it so much and I don't care if anyone thinks it's silly.

I'll do a little ranking of each story out of 5 for each of these: Art, Story, Theme (how does it measure up to the Betwixt), Scare (did it creep me out) and intrigue (did I want MORE). Here we go~

Kamei (heck yeah a Kappa story): Art= 5 Story= 4 Theme=4 Scare= 2 Intrigue= 2 I didn't need more but the concept was super cool.

Film Ephemera: Art= 5 Story= 3 Theme=5 Scare=5 Intrigue=3 This was a perfect capsule of a story. it didn't need more.

The Window: Art=2* (i feel the style was possibly an attempt to mimic American comic books which is a shame because I could tell by the framing on some panels was great but the hyper undetailed style wasn't great but it made the last reveal POP. Story=4 Theme=3 Scare=4 Intrigue=5 I want to know more. This felt like it was just starting when it ended and I wanted more.

Shadow: Art=4 Story=3 Theme=3 Scare=3 Intrigue=3 This needed to be so much longer then it was because it felt like a beginning.

Mirror, Mirror: Art=4 Story=4 Theme=5 Scare=3 Intrigue=5

Never Left: Art=5 Story=5 Theme=5 Scare=5 Intrigue=5 This was a slam dunk all the way!

I enjoyed my time with this. It's a very quick read and I liked seeing the possible influence of Junji Ito. Kamei reminded me of a Tomie story and omg the amount of Ito stories involving windows that traumatized me to this day.

Time will be the test on if anything sticks to me!