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The column also covers Paru Itagaki's Witching Hour Vol. 1, Kohei Horikoshi's Quit Laughing, Shijima, a Junji Ito picture book, Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 16, and a deluxe Pokémon Adventures: Red and Blue edition.","whyItMatters":"The column puts VIZ Media's three Horror Picture Books alongside new horror-adjacent work from Itagaki and Horikoshi, framing the Halloween season around established manga authors moving into picture-book and adult horror material.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe roundup groups three VIZ Media Horror Picture Books with a batch of manga releases. Miyuki Miyabe wrote A Bad Book, and Hisanori Yoshida drew its illustrations, which the column describes as starting out as warm children\u0026#39;s decor and growing more menacing. The other two picture books in the set are Is It There or Not and Looking at Me.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParu Itagaki\u0026#39;s Witching Hour Vol. 1 follows a housewife named Megumi and a zombie she calls Gho. The column notes sexual content, nudity, and coarse language and labels the volume strictly for adults. 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Horror manga's biggest name now shares shelf space with prose horror for young readers.","twitterPost":"Junji Ito's Shijima and Miyuki Miyabe's A Bad Book share one Beneath the Tangles list, both from VIZ Media. Horror manga and picture books are merging shelves.","threadsPost":"Beneath the Tangles puts Junji Ito's Shijima beside Miyuki Miyabe's A Bad Book, two VIZ Media horror picture books in one Halloween list. The format is the detail: Ito's horror now reaches readers who meet him through an illustrated book, not a manga volume.","newsletterBlurb":"Beneath the Tangles' Reader's Corner marks Halloween with seven releases, including three Japanese horror picture books from VIZ Media. Miyuki Miyabe's A Bad Book leads the set, with Paru Itagaki's adult zombie story Witching Hour Vol. 1 and Kohei Horikoshi's Quit Laughing, Shijima alongside. 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