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Anonymous No.280377964 >>280378591 >>280391406 >>280461103
Daily Junji Ito
The Licking Woman (originally published in 2006)
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why don't you do something, bitch
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>>280378089
Everywhere i go i see him.
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>>280378208
>Nothing out the ordinary was noted.

The Itoverse is too used to people with footlong tongues i guess.
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the old switcheroo
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>>280378400
Fucking Ito, man.
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Done. I know some of you fucks would be into this, don't try to deny it.
Got licked lately?
See you tomorrow!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRqIfU8-bGY
Anonymous No.280378591
>>280377964 (OP)
>the tongue partially hidden behind the hair
Anonymous No.280378628
>>280378400
Hate when that happens
Anonymous No.280378757
>>280378301
Unexpected yuri in top left panel
Anonymous No.280378805
>>280378427
Thanks OP
>Got licked lately?
No
Anonymous No.280379440
>>280378006
Reminds me of being around my dad's friend as a kid and he palyfully stuck his very cracked tongue out at me and it freaked me out
Anonymous No.280379457
>>280378259
Do not do this, it makes nerve gas
Anonymous No.280379463
>>280378052
Goddamn
Anonymous No.280379492
>>280378141
Jesus lady do something
Anonymous No.280379532 >>280379793 >>280382872 >>280385015 >>280408112
where's my nigga mo?
Anonymous No.280379539
>>280378195
It's like the scene from Alien, but more sexualised and less sexy
Anonymous No.280379548 >>280382913
>>280378427
Here was I expecting that the tongue was going to be some kind of parasite that attached itself to its victims and was going to attach itself to Yukio and turn her into the new licky lady
Anonymous No.280379583
>>280378228
Very pretty lady
Anonymous No.280379615
>>280378246
Something vaguely suspicious about this woman
Anonymous No.280379637
>>280378301
What was Ito on man
Anonymous No.280379661
>>280378335
So she was her after all
Strange
Anonymous No.280379692
>>280378385
RIP the other guy
Anonymous No.280379724
>>280378400
>>280378411
This is someone's fetish
Anonymous No.280379744 >>280379806 >>280394831
>>280378089
>You've got it all wrong.
Anonymous No.280379750
>>280378427
Thanks OP
I ate a messy burger today and licked my own fingers
Anonymous No.280379763
>>280349844
It has Tehol and Bugg, which should make you smile every time they banter. It has Karsa flipping the table right into the face of divine powers. It has the sad end of Trull.
Anonymous No.280379793
>>280379532
Taken by the spiral
Anonymous No.280379806
>>280379744
dammit anon, we were all trying to avoid saying it
Anonymous No.280379916
>>280378427
My cat licks me all the time.
Anonymous No.280379963
>>280378006
mmm
Anonymous No.280380060
>>280378036
He's already a dead man, isn't he?
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Anonymous No.280380447 >>280408251
>>280378400
>>280378411
>>280378427
What? So the evil tongue somehow was dormant in her, along with the potassium cyanide, until she kissed someone? What the fuck, Ito?

When I'm at my parents one of their cats likes to lick my armpits. Salt replenishment I guess.
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Anonymous No.280380468 >>280413506
>>280378036
Please don't let it happen like this pic related
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Anonymous No.280380676 >>280380711
How are these threads still going? Haven't you run out of Itonice pun stories yet?
Anonymous No.280380711
>>280380676
Still on 2006.
Anonymous No.280380761 >>280380789
>>280380584
>licking
Cropanon no
Anonymous No.280380789 >>280380916
>>280380761
It should be clear by now, but there are multiple crop anons
Anonymous No.280380792
>>280378427
Thanks OP. Luckily I have not been licked lately
Anonymous No.280380916
>>280380789
Going by the pattern, he's the one I consider the main one
Anonymous No.280381185
>>280380450
>ur a faget
Anonymous No.280381698
>>280378427
This is somehow one of the most confusing stories.
Anonymous No.280381930
>>280378052
Did she also lick his hand?
Anonymous No.280382011 >>280391980
>>280378117
I'm surprised they allowed a girl in the group what if she was the infiltrated licking woman?
Anonymous No.280382033
>>280378400
>>280378411
>>280378427
Curses are bullshit like that
Anonymous No.280382057
>>280378089
Anonymous No.280382119 >>280391916
>>280378259
Just casually discussing murder with this lady I just met
Anonymous No.280382168
>>280378323
Was this really necessary?
Anonymous No.280382220
>>280378427
It feels like he didn't know how to end this
Anonymous No.280382261
>>280378052
>>killing the doggie
I know you're a cat person Ito, but not cool
Anonymous No.280382278 >>280386419
>>280378089
Crazy woman with some kind of rare condition, curse, ghost, or monster? Place your bets.
Anonymous No.280382364
>>280378195
>Haunter vs Charmander
Anonymous No.280382388
>>280378052
Nasty
Anonymous No.280382506
>>280378195
>She's bisexual, I didn't know that
Anonymous No.280382542
>>280378172
You did all that and you didn't carry any weapons?
Anonymous No.280382636
>>280378052
RIP Pyon
Anonymous No.280382748
>>280378427
Thanks, anonsito.
Anonymous No.280382755
>>280378071
RIP fiancé
Anonymous No.280382775
>>280378246
I would suspect that she is the woman, but the nose is completely different
Anonymous No.280382797
>>280378208
I call BS, the people she licked all died.
Anonymous No.280382872
>>280379532
Where Tomie fears to look
Anonymous No.280382913
>>280379548
I thought so too. The tongue is parasitic to a certain extent, since it was able to survive after the woman died.
Anonymous No.280382923
>>280378259
just stab her
Anonymous No.280382950
>>280378301
I really didn't expect the tongue kiss
Anonymous No.280382970
>>280378310
YURI DENIED
Anonymous No.280383013
>>280378335
interesting
Anonymous No.280383072
>>280378370
so the tongue is some kind of monster that controls the victim and makes them commit murder. But the victim still has some kind of shortcoming and orchestrated all of this to kill herself because she couldn't stand this lifestyle.
Anonymous No.280383086
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua
Anonymous No.280383090
>>280378385
This is funny because she replaces her boyfriend and dog with another guy and dog who look identical.
Anonymous No.280383118
>>280378400
grotesque
Anonymous No.280383224
>>280378427
The confusing part of this story is that there are multiple tongue monsters? The first tongue didn't stay in her mouth; it went in and then came out. This could mean it left some kind of egg or egg that grew in the MC's mouth
The weird thing is that it had that acid... maybe acid is actually good for those tongues and makes them bigger and more monstrous? Because otherwise, it wouldn't have made sense that the tongue was trying to commit suicide. Another thing is, it's likely that the tongue can spread eggs into other people's mouths, and that's what it was looking for in the other victims. But it only managed to get its tongue into the MC's mouth.
Anonymous No.280383306
>>280378006
Ito is a tonguefag isn't he
Anonymous No.280383543
>>280378023
>Miku
omg it migu
Anonymous No.280383573
>>280378052
Fuck you Ito
Anonymous No.280383576
>>280378023
>Okay! I'm COOOOMING!
what did she mean by this?
Anonymous No.280383608
>>280378089
god I DON'T wish
Anonymous No.280383669
>>280378141
typical woman behavior
Anonymous No.280383710
>>280378228
>timeskip
Anonymous No.280383794
>>280378301
not a fan of this type of /u/ shit
Anonymous No.280383868
>>280378427
Thanks.
Anonymous No.280384508
>>280378427
Thanks anon
>Got licked lately?
Nope
Anonymous No.280385015
>>280379532
Mosko
Anonymous No.280385689
>>280378347
You guys think it laid the egg in her, and this >>280378400 was her baby?
Anonymous No.280385721 >>280386403
>>280380584
>>280380565
>>280380541
>>280380510
This bitch was actually pretty cute for an evil Ito character, even in her crazy mode
Anonymous No.280385741
>>280378427
How the fuck did that person even recognize this as tongue, let alone a giant tongue?
Anonymous No.280386403 >>280417516
>>280385721
she is peak sexo
Anonymous No.280386419
>>280382278
>Crazy woman with some kind of rare condition, curse, ghost, or monster? Place your bets.
so it was some kind of parasitic monster in the end
Anonymous No.280386548 >>280386675
>>280378259
This is the licking woman after she got out, isn't she.
Anonymous No.280386626
>>280378052
Pyon noooooooooo!
Anonymous No.280386675 >>280389565
>>280386548
Fucking knew it
Anonymous No.280386802
So it was some kinda ghost cursed tongue that latched on the girl and made her go insane and start licking people. I imagine the tongue only manifested when she went crazy so she couldn't attack the tongue herself and that's why she gave the poison to the main girl.
Anonymous No.280386903 >>280388100
>>280378301
I had a lot more trouble finding this image than I expected
Anonymous No.280388100
>>280386903
Shame how traditions die.
Anonymous No.280389131
>>280378052
Not the doggo!
Anonymous No.280389565
>>280386675
the nose is completely different tho
Anonymous No.280389592
Is this story an allegory of rape?
Anonymous No.280390571
>>280378208
>nothing out of the ordinary
yeah how about it being 10 times the size of a normal tongue and crusty as shit
Anonymous No.280390596
>>280378228
I want them to get it on
Anonymous No.280390611
>>280378259
>I think it's okay
>you'll propably be fine
Anonymous No.280390679
>>280378400
still think premarital kissing is cool?
Anonymous No.280391164
>>280378106
Dim Mak?!
Anonymous No.280391386 >>280391796 >>280392946
Are there ever male ghosts or apparitions? Feels like it's always females lately.
Anonymous No.280391406
>>280377964 (OP)
LET'S GHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Anonymous No.280391796
>>280391386
You should go ask for a fortune telling at a crossroads
Anonymous No.280391916
>>280382119
Women love true crime
Anonymous No.280391980
>>280382011
>hey what if that cute shortstack blonde tomboy is the licking lady infiltrating our watch group?
>someone should do something about this, who on earth would want to be licked by her? haha
Anonymous No.280392136
>>280378427
Thanks OP
My cat licks me sometimes when I pet it
Anonymous No.280392576 >>280404125
>licking is bad
Good moral, thanks Ito
Anonymous No.280392946
>>280391386
Ryusuke, the pretty boy in black, the deserter... I don't remember any other relevant male ghosts.
Anonymous No.280393879
>>280378141
if only they had a gun like free men do...
Anonymous No.280394029 >>280397880
>>280378427
>giant tongue jumping around
c'mon ito, what the fuck is this shit. and where this """scary""" big giant tongue was hidin anyway?
Anonymous No.280394831 >>280399364
>>280379744
I find incredibly funny that I never read Omega and still instantly thought of that
Anonymous No.280396975
>>280378427
How many places could a giant tongue hide anyway?
Anonymous No.280397880
>>280394029
>c'mon ito, what the fuck is this shit
Comedy mangaka.
Anonymous No.280399364
>>280394831
That panel is quite famous
Anonymous No.280401723
>>280378427
Thank you for posting.
Anonymous No.280404125
>>280392576
He's a wise man.
Anonymous No.280405635
It's a Tomie tongue.
Anonymous No.280407535
>>280378006
What dat tongue do.
Anonymous No.280407591 >>280408899
>>280378052
Probably one of the most brutal dog deaths in horror.
Anonymous No.280407636
>>280378089
Nasty.
Anonymous No.280407685
>>280378141
Woman your son is being licked to death, at least smack her.
Anonymous No.280407735
>>280378195
That third panel gives me the shivers.
Anonymous No.280407833
>>280378259
What a trustworthy lady suggesting you put cyanide on your skin.
Anonymous No.280408078
>>280378400
>>280378411
>>280378427
What an utterly fucked ending. Thanks OP.

>Got licked lately?
Mercifully, no.
Anonymous No.280408112
>>280379532
In the place Oshikiri is too short to reach.
Anonymous No.280408251 >>280410912
>>280380447
My guess is that it 'marked' her as a prospective new host in >>280378195 (based on the fact she still felt something wrong with her skin even after washing off the poison) and proceeded to transfer itself over once the old host was successfully killed, possibly after having implanted itself in her when it shoved itself in her mouth.

I suspect the old host/Nagaoka had enough willpower to still set things up so she could kill herself, but not enough to stop it from controlling her and using her to murder people.
Anonymous No.280408315 >>280414910
Maybe it's like a guinea worm, where the adult lays it's eggs on your skin where it licks you and the eggs then burrow through your flesh until it emerges from your mouth?
Anonymous No.280408899
>>280407591
it pales in comparison to the most mundane dog death in jojo
Anonymous No.280410155
>>280378089
>WAZZUUUUUUPPP
Anonymous No.280410351
Spoon?
Anonymous No.280410912
>>280408251
But Miku wasn't really a host the way Nagaoka was. The tongue didn't possess her to kill people or infect them. It stayed dormant inside her until she licked someone and in that moment it killed her as well as the nearest potential host and jumped away. She was at best an incubator.
Anonymous No.280411019 >>280411098
Where the FUCK is OP
Anonymous No.280411098
>>280411019
Opoczno
Anonymous No.280411651 >>280411834 >>280412371 >>280412958 >>280413925
when do the junji ito dailies end...
Anonymous No.280411834
>>280411651
Never...
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>>280411651
Anonymous No.280412958 >>280413945 >>280414912
>>280411651
Ito is lurking is these threads, and as soon as we get near the end he'll start releasing more works to keep us trapped. Get ready for Tomie meets the Harlem Globetrotters, Souichi saves Christmas, and Gyo 2 (For Smell-O-Vision)
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Smashed
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>>280378006
Harlequin ichthyosis my beloved
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>>280413382
>Why would Ogi be a pancake like this
Kek
Anonymous No.280413506
>>280380468
>ice cream loli licking
Thank you Junji Ito
Anonymous No.280413507 >>280416329
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Just realized I forgot to mention (originally published in 2006)
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>>280413318
Bunch of cunts
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Done. Turns out, man was the real mosquito.
Do you have any addictions?
See you tomorrow!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN9Wczs2KXY
Anonymous No.280413918 >>280414089 >>280414150
>>280413792
So I guess the secret to surviving after eating the nectar is to share it with others?
Anonymous No.280413925
>>280411651
Last time I did the math I came up with some time after Halloween.
Anonymous No.280413945
>>280412958
unironically want to read all those
Anonymous No.280413960
>>280413161
AND SLAMMED
Anonymous No.280413961
>>280413243
That tongue right after the licky story...
Anonymous No.280413965
>>280413614
Piece of shit
Anonymous No.280414002 >>280439171
>>280413792
Who said Ito goes easy on his female characters?
Anonymous No.280414053
>>280413893
Thanks for posting. This is probably my favorite Ito story I've read aside from The Long Dream. It's just the right amount of weird and inexplicable without steering into outright comedy like so many of his stories do.
>Do you have any addictions?
Not really. I'm aware I have an addiction-prone personality so I avoid substances that might lead into addiction. I guess some might say I have porn addiction, but I consider that more of a bad habit than addiction.
Anonymous No.280414089
>>280413918
Nah, the girl ate it twice before that alone. The secret to surviving is to not get noticed by the tree when you eat.
Anonymous No.280414096
>>280413893
Thanks anon
Anonymous No.280414114
>>280413635
Sexy bottom panels
Anonymous No.280414150
>>280413918
Don't think so, otherwise why slap the glasses guy in the group meal and nobody else? I feel like the conditions that get you noticed by the tree are supposed to be as arbitrary and inscrutable as they would be for a mosquito trying to drink from a human.
Anonymous No.280414290
>>280413161
SLAMMED
Anonymous No.280414366
>>280413161
Oh hey, I actually remember this one
Anonymous No.280414427 >>280417516
>>280413445
So this confirms they're all stoners
Anonymous No.280414453
>>280413364
>plap plap plap
Lemme smash
Anonymous No.280414579
>>280413318
They deserve whatever bad end they get.
Anonymous No.280414611
>>280413336
Three of them are possessed by the freaky tongue.
Anonymous No.280414691
>>280413893
>Do you have any addictions?
Lengthy games of Gagas Bandas
Anonymous No.280414715
>>280413432
>I got yer Zerg right here, haha!
>>280413524
that's so fucking hot
>>280413893
thanks, OP. Agreeing to help people
Anonymous No.280414828
>>280413893
I get the impression Ito doesn't really respect young adults
Anonymous No.280414910 >>280415337 >>280415614
>>280408315
>guinea worm
I googled this and now my day has been ruined
Anonymous No.280414912
>>280412958
K-Kino...

>>280413161
Oh, this one.
Anonymous No.280415010
>>280413318
Assholes.
Anonymous No.280415103
>>280413351
>>280413364
Just some wall art. Nothing to be bothered by.
Anonymous No.280415153
>>280413410
>five equal parts
>conveniently covers the massive fucking jar of nectar with his arm
Anonymous No.280415191
>>280413432
Guy got turned into an abstract painting.
Anonymous No.280415242
>>280413488
>eating while covered in the blood of their dead friend
Anonymous No.280415288
>>280413524
>second panel
>spirals
AAAAAAAAAUGH IT'S THE SPIRAL THE SPIRAL IS BEHIND THIS
Anonymous No.280415337
>>280414910
Did you watch a video on how they extract them?
Anonymous No.280415373
>>280413614
What a dick.
Anonymous No.280415469
>>280413893
Thanks OP.

>Do you have any addictions?
Soda, chocolate, and porn.
Anonymous No.280415614
>>280414910
Don't worry, guinea worm is on track to being eradicated like smallpox. Now it only exists in five countries. This thing will soon be extinct.
Anonymous No.280415897
>>280413524
Thanks OP, I was so scared...... I didn't know what year it was and I was going insane.
Anonymous No.280415978
>>280413161
oh this one
Anonymous No.280416037
>>280413216
so some kind of plant god?
Anonymous No.280416167
>>280413351
amazing art
Anonymous No.280416275
>>280413445
are they retarded?
Anonymous No.280416329 >>280424178
>>280413507
STOP EATING THE GOD DAMN NECTAR
Anonymous No.280416389
>>280413161
ROLL CREDITS
Anonymous No.280416457
>>280413286
Never share your cool shit with cunts
Anonymous No.280416486
>>280413543
>>280413524
oooohhh something tells me that those indigenous people gave him the nectar knowing that he would die, as a kind of joke
Anonymous No.280416497
>>280413351
Holy shit
Anonymous No.280416518
>>280413382
How do they manage to suck even more
Anonymous No.280416523
>>280413614
nectar seems to be more of a curse.
Anonymous No.280416540
>>280413432
Holy SHIT
Anonymous No.280416562
>>280413893
Thanks OP
>Do you have any addictions?
Chocolatte and cheese
Anonymous No.280416567
>>280413469
What the fuck is this prick's problem
Anonymous No.280416591
>>280413843
impressive
Anonymous No.280416593
>>280413893
unironically my favorite ito short story.
Anonymous No.280416605
>>280413524
>When you eat the nectar, you get Smashed (originally published in 2006)
Anonymous No.280416636
>>280413543
Thought he got smashed too for a second
Anonymous No.280416702
>>280413635
Imagine if that was my dick instead haha
Anonymous No.280416708
>>280413862
The Nectar God may be the third most powerful monster in Ito's stories after Remina and Uzumaki. its branches cover over ten thousand kilometers in one or two seconds and can bypass walls, so covering doesn't help at all.
Anonymous No.280416737
>>280413682
Thought he'd last a little longer
Anonymous No.280416768 >>280416980
>>280413746
>>280413763
>run around to not get caught
>go to where humans have incredibly limited movement
Anonymous No.280416790
>>280413843
It's Eren
Anonymous No.280416799
>>280413893
Impressive story. I really like the concept of a divine tree that treats humans like mosquitoes. Very interesting.
In general, I like the concept of parts of nature being treated as divine, like that forest that drained the blood of the people who lived there.
>Do you have any addictions?
I don't remember right now. I think I'm obsessed with some computer games, but if I have to say about food, I'd say that when I was younger I was addicted to salted popcorn, but I stopped when I was diagnosed with high blood pressure.
Anonymous No.280416827
>>280413893
Thanks OP
Genuinely I think jerking off, but I believe I have myself under decent control lately
Anonymous No.280416980 >>280418123 >>280424146 >>280424757 >>280428236
>>280416768
I have no idea what her plan was. I thought she'd hide underwater, which wouldn't have been a bad idea, but she stayed on the surface.
Even if she hid underwater, I don't think it helped at all, since being inside a house didn't help others either.
I genuinely believe the only way to avoid it is to hide from the tree and only that tribe seems to know the secret.
Anonymous No.280417516
>>280378427
My dog likes to lick my face when I come home from work.

>>280386403
>I can fix her

>>280414427
That's what I was thinking when I read this. Like it is an allegory for drug use.
Anonymous No.280418123 >>280418813
>>280416980
They might have a couple tricks but they don't know how to escape it perfectly. The tree is covered in splatted humans.
Anonymous No.280418795
>>280413893
honestly Ito had a bunch of weak stories after Gyo, this one i liked
Anonymous No.280418813
>>280418123
But they managed to extract the nectar. Meanwhile, the guy we saw trying to extract the encantar was killed instantly.
There were many tries and failures, but it seems the tribe discovered the secret.
Anonymous No.280419019
>>280413893
Thanks anon
>Do you have any addictions?
None
Anonymous No.280419213
>>280413243
that fucking tongue
Anonymous No.280419261
>>280413351
now that's some good art
Anonymous No.280419283
>>280413382
pancaked
Anonymous No.280419315
>>280413432
hate when that happens
Anonymous No.280419466
>>280413635
omf
Anonymous No.280419513
>>280413700
NOW SHE'S LOST IT
Anonymous No.280419566
>>280413893
Thanks, OP.
Right now? The goddamn horse game.
Anonymous No.280420133
>>280378427
test
Anonymous No.280420487
>>280378400
what i think is that the tonge parasite feed up with random fags it found and it could read the mind of the host but could retract and hide inside of the body whenevr it wanted
the first woman just got the licking tongue captured and forced to retreat thats why it used the body of its actual host to make a plan using the hospital stuff
later that based nigga just waited until that posinous bitch falls in love and get her life together to put her down right when she thought she had a chance at life, dumb parasite (the woman that captured the tongue)

10/10 would read again because that tongue is brilliant
Anonymous No.280420580
>>280413318
based
Anonymous No.280420803
>>280413614
based
Anonymous No.280420904
>>280413893
Thanks OP. This is one of my favorites It balances the absurdness and the horror well, plus that tree is so cool. Realizing the entire concept was just a metaphor for mosquitos at the end is also hilarious

>Do you have any addictions?
soda and jerking off, like a real man.
Anonymous No.280421570
>>280413893
Thanks, anonsito.
Anonymous No.280422720
>>280413843
Look all the cool skin patches the tree got
Anonymous No.280424146 >>280426453 >>280428259
>>280416980
>I genuinely believe the only way to avoid it is to hide from the tree and only that tribe seems to know the secret.
The tree is covered in splatters. Even the tribe doesn't seem to know how to completely dodge its notice.
Anonymous No.280424178
>>280416329
Even if they wanted to, they literally can't anymore. All other food tastes vile to them now so they'd literally starve if they don't indulge in the nectar.
Anonymous No.280424491
>>280413432
I had a cousin who died like this, fuckin' nectar man
Anonymous No.280424630
>>280413575
Poor restaurant Joyfull, gonna get terrible reviews
Anonymous No.280424757
>>280416980
>I have no idea what her plan was.
It's a crushing force so by being in the middle of water she wouldn't have any hard surface to be splattered on. I guess she was wrong.
Anonymous No.280424853
>>280378089
Head game be mad ridiculous

>>280413161
>Welcome to the JAM!

>>280413445
>Where did he go?
>Hang in there
Comedy Mangaka

>>280413700
Calling it: they're like mosquitoes drinking the blood of gods
Anonymous No.280425093
>>280413216
>>280413243
guys, don't dip your dirty fucking tar fingers into the jar, use a spoon or something
Anonymous No.280425253
>>280413445
>Hang in there bro, I'll get some bandaid
Anonymous No.280425286
>>280413286
>Normie gets one cool thing shared with.
>Doesnt take a week till he comes back with 5 others to apply social pressure to get more.

Fucking sheep.
Anonymous No.280425383
>>280413364
God, I could really go for some fruit leather right now.
Anonymous No.280426276
Anonymous No.280426453 >>280428920
>>280424146
But somehow they can successfully extract it without being noticed by the tree. But I don't think they drink the nectar it's common.
We know the tree is a god to them, so they must treat the nectar as something divine. Probably something exclusive to priests or kings. especially because of the effects it has
What I don't understand is why they gave the nectar to a stranger and only gave him vague warnings on how not to be killed by the tree.
Anonymous No.280426613 >>280428259
>>280413614
reminds me of the zoldyck experimenting with alluka
Anonymous No.280427868
>>280413180
Why did they do it?
Anonymous No.280427882
>>280413318
Girl on the left's face is already SMASHED and SLAMMED
Anonymous No.280427915
>>280413351
Imagine the smell
Anonymous No.280427996
>>280413488
Seeing my friend get smashed like a fly really works up my appetite
Anonymous No.280428082
>>280413635
I like how Kameda is just observing in silence to see if he can learn anything from her
Anonymous No.280428128
>>280413664
>>280413682
>Just chugs it straight from the bottle
What did he expect?
Anonymous No.280428145
>>280413336
Alright so people in the ito verse just have fucked up tongues, that explains the cult leader in Remina, or why the doctors didn't notice anything strange about the licking lady's tongue
Anonymous No.280428172
>>280413792
RIP cutie
Anonymous No.280428206
>>280413893
Thanks OP
>Do you have any addictions?
Internet and manga
Anonymous No.280428236 >>280428312
>>280416980
maybe the trick is "distracting" the tree. would also explain why they were willing to share the nectar so another person could distract the tree to make eating and collecting safer?
Anonymous No.280428259
>>280426613
When I read it the first time the way they get killed immediately reminded me of Nanika/Ai too

>>280424146
Maybe it's not that they don't know hot to not get noticed, could be that they just let their addiction get the better of them and were careless, or maybe they were inexperienced gatherers
Anonymous No.280428265
>>280413893
>Do you have any addictions?
caffeine, nicotin, alcohol, jerking off, the internet
Anonymous No.280428312
>>280428236
Good theory
They have to know that even if he managed to eat all the nectar without getting smashed, all food would taste terrible so he would either starve to death or have to come back to get more
Worst present of all time
Anonymous No.280428778 >>280428920 >>280429041
What I wonder about the natives, if they consume the nectar it should mean they also can't eat anything else and would be solely reliant on it for food
Anonymous No.280428920 >>280431042 >>280459671
>>280426453
>>280428778
They probably don't even eat it outside of their highest tribal positions, if even that. I'm 99% certain the real reason they gave it to the dude was just to get him killed, whether to test the limits of the tree or because he said something unknowingly offensive.
Anonymous No.280429041
>>280428778
maybe they dilute it or mix with other food?
Anonymous No.280430802
>>280413351
talk about smashed
Anonymous No.280430966
>>280413893
good story, thanks op.
Anonymous No.280431042
>>280428920
maybe he was a sacrifice?
Anonymous No.280432715
>>280413893
Thank you for posting.
Anonymous No.280433954 >>280436933
This is the type of Junji Ito stories that I prefer, where some supernatural shit happens to people with gory and gruesome implications, and in the end the mystery is kind of revealed and you get what the hell happened.
Anonymous No.280435284 >>280435774
>eating in public is evil
Anonymous No.280435774 >>280453607
>>280435284
More like 'squashing bugs is evil'
Anonymous No.280436933 >>280436975 >>280442919 >>280448438 >>280448731
>>280433954
I still don't get what were the rules though
Anonymous No.280436975 >>280437215
>>280436933
The rule is if the tree notices you eating it's nectar, it squishes you. What exactly are you unclear on?
Anonymous No.280437029
>>280413664
Cute middle panel, probably the cutest thing ito has ever drawn
Anonymous No.280437215 >>280437252 >>280437267
>>280436975
How does it notice you millions of km away?
Anonymous No.280437252
>>280437215
the same way you notice a mosquito on the other side of the room
Anonymous No.280437267
>>280437215
Presumably the same way it squishes you from millions of km away.
Anonymous No.280438936 >>280439523
>>280413351
Ito goes into the absurd and grotesque a lot, so his stuff can be laughable sometimes. But you can tell he used his anatomical experience from his medical career here. That is remarkably well rendered.
Anonymous No.280438977
>>280413364
And then he just has it slough off, and it's funny again.
Anonymous No.280439171 >>280439418
>>280414002
This was a quick death, very soft
Anonymous No.280439418
>>280439171
Instant painless death, the tree is kind
Anonymous No.280439523 >>280440340 >>280440378 >>280440421
>>280438936
I'm not sure dentists are overly familiar with steel-setting factory accidents and double-truck collisions
Anonymous No.280440340
>>280439523
Maybe YOURS isn't
Anonymous No.280440378 >>280445342
>>280439523
>his village dentist isn't also the village barber, surgeon and executioner
Anonymous No.280440421
>>280439523
Dentist here, we have a long standing tradition of driving trucks into steel factories.
Anonymous No.280442919
>>280436933
Same way a mosquito doesn't "get" what the rules are for stinging a human
Anonymous No.280445342 >>280449416
>>280440378
He's a versatile man!
Anonymous No.280445564 >>280451349
I assume the tribesman give away the nectar to distract the tree so they can go steal some more nectar. The tree might be momentarily busy squashing bugs on the other side of the planet and might not pay as much attention to its body when doing so.
Anonymous No.280447134 >>280447188 >>280447351
Where the FUCK is OP
Anonymous No.280447188 >>280447239 >>280447422
>>280447134
Behind you!
Anonymous No.280447239
>>280447188
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Anonymous No.280447351
>>280447134
Opoczno
Anonymous No.280447422
>>280447188
Impossible, I would've smelled him
Anonymous No.280448438 >>280448731
>>280436933
>don't be noticed eating the nectar
>see rule 1
If anyone in the story had figured out how to not be noticed doing so, then they wouldn't have died. Honestly as a horror story I'd argue it's better this way: it would lose its tension if there were a clear way to beat the monster, instead of just the vague uncertainty we have.
Anonymous No.280448731
>>280448438
>>280436933
When I'm immersed in work or playing a game, mosquitoes bite me the most, even though I know there are mosquitoes nearby. Perhaps the tribe did something similar by giving honey to the foreigner and making the tree concentrate on Japan.
Another time is when I'm asleep, maybe the tree has a period of inactivity.
or when I try to catch a mosquito, and stop paying attention to the others
Anonymous No.280449416 >>280449475
>>280445342
Like a spiral
Anonymous No.280449475
>>280449416
Now that you mention versatility and the spiral, the spiral must be the most versatile structural entity in ito. It could do anything as long as it had a vague connection with spinning, twisting, or the spirals.
Anonymous No.280449852 >>280460674
>>280413432
The only limitation the tree seems to have is that it only strikes one person at a time. Maybe it can tell that its nectar is being eaten somewhere but not whether multiple people are doing it, so it slaps one of them at random.
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Splendid Shadow Song (originally published in 2006)
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>>280450807
listen to her song
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Should have just had her listen to baby shark
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Done. I guess this is what you call a memetic hazard.
Got an earworm you like?
See you tomorrow!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5nAZXrYJnE
Anonymous No.280451349
>>280445564
I like that theory. Seems pretty absurd for the tribe to give away a whole jar of some incredibly hard to get nectar just to be nice.
Anonymous No.280451371 >>280476155
>>280451293
I guess that song was... mindblowing!
Anonymous No.280451400
>>280450788
>Splendid Shadow Song
>Yami no Zesshou
Any dekirus know if there's something about the title that lends itself to the alliteration when translated?

Also thanks OP. Be careful when you eat that nectar.
Anonymous No.280451422
>>280451293
Thanks, OP.
Anonymous No.280451431
>>280450823
Good reaction panels
Anonymous No.280451490
>>280450866
Earworms are horrifying
Anonymous No.280451741
>>280451293
Thanks, anonsito.
Anonymous No.280451845
>>280450807
https://youtu.be/PudybhN0gmM
instantly thought of this
Anonymous No.280451910 >>280460993
>>280450823
Anonymous No.280452002
>>280451293
Thanks OP. Reminds me of the ending to Brain Damage
Anonymous No.280452520
>>280451187
He needs to get the timing right.
Anonymous No.280452568
>>280451293
That's a pretty bad case of tinnitus.
Anonymous No.280452645
>>280451250
forehead pussy not even the first one I've seen in a comic
Anonymous No.280453067
>>280450866
Cursed earworm
Anonymous No.280453089
>>280450977
Seems like the singer is cursed by her own song
Anonymous No.280453137
>>280451107
Jeez, wasn't expecting this turn of events
Anonymous No.280453177
>>280451293
Thanks anon
Anonymous No.280453201
>>280451250
!!!
>>280451266
>>280451279
>>280451293
Sonic exorcism gone wrong
Anonymous No.280453356
>>280450989
>idolfags
Anonymous No.280453506
>>280451293
At least she doesn't have to suffer anymore.
Anonymous No.280453607
>>280435774
No, BEING a bug is evil. Squashing is the righteous punishment for mosquito behaviour
Anonymous No.280454602
>>280451293
cute forehead hole
i would
Anonymous No.280454726
>>280450960
>>280450977
Seems like a typical rock band to me
Anonymous No.280455218 >>280456781 >>280457603
>>280378301
Anonymous No.280456781
>>280455218
Nah, tongues are inherently erotic
Anonymous No.280457273 >>280460466
>>280451293
Is this the first scientist that is actually not a complete asshole with hidden agenda and actually trying to solve a problem?
Anonymous No.280457603
>>280455218
ugly bastard (female) enjoyer
Anonymous No.280457733
>>280451107
Male moment
Anonymous No.280457798
>>280451187
Freakin' science
Anonymous No.280457902
>>280450977
So she's like GG Allin?
Anonymous No.280458522
>>280451250
>trying to exorcize a ghost with science
>it works
Anonymous No.280459176
>>280450866
the secon panel fits with that bon jovi song
>whoooaa we're halfay theere, living in a prayer
Anonymous No.280459231
>>280451293
I imagined her music sounding something like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF0g-2SeoMM
Anonymous No.280459572
>>280450977
whew
Anonymous No.280459597
>>280450989
>the appeal of those songs?! Hear them once, and they'll be stuck in your head forever!
Why would anyone buy this?
If anything they should be avoiding them like the plague
Anonymous No.280459671
>>280428920
They actually save the nectar exclusively to give it to outsiders as a nitro prank
Anonymous No.280459809
>>280450788
More haunted music
Anonymous No.280459820
>>280450823
Death to buskers
Anonymous No.280459914
>>280451095
Whatever happened to patient confidentiality
Anonymous No.280459924
>>280451107
Remember lads, do ANYTHING to get her attention
This works
Anonymous No.280459984
>>280451250
>>280451266
Of course
Anonymous No.280460002 >>280460466
>>280451293
Doctor was surprisingly not totally evil
Anyway thanks OP
Not right now
Anonymous No.280460466 >>280461172
>>280457273
>>280460002
yeah I also suspected some sort of twist, because the guy loos kinda shady too but it seems like he genuinly wanted to help, although he isn't really phased by the death and is focused on the research. The last line sounds kinda ominous.
Anonymous No.280460674 >>280460831 >>280465175
>>280449852
>one person at a time

The tree has a bunch of branches

how are you limiting it to one at a time
Anonymous No.280460831 >>280461009
>>280460674
A person has more than one limb, yet we rarely slap more than one mosquito at a time.
Anonymous No.280460944 >>280461036
>>280451107
this was the curse of Wonderwall the entire time? How horrifying
Anonymous No.280460993
>>280451910
This song wasn't even that good
Anonymous No.280461009 >>280461025
>>280460831
>he's never done the clappaclappaclappa technique
Anonymous No.280461025
>>280461009
Anonymous No.280461036
>>280460944
>Wonderwall
You motherfucker
Anonymous No.280461103
>>280377964 (OP)
Allegory for trannies spreading AIDS.
Anonymous No.280461172
>>280460466
He clearly values the ends over the means, but he's not like other Ito doctors
Anonymous No.280461277 >>280461361
When are you going to dump Boukensha Zettai Korosu Dungeon OP?
Anonymous No.280461361
>>280461277
He's saving it for when he redumps the entire Dowman catalog
Anonymous No.280461876
>>280451095
Those hips
Anonymous No.280461966
>>280451293
Thanks OP
>Got an earworm you like?
No
Anonymous No.280462269 >>280463350
>>280450788
It's literally "Splendid/Superb Song of Darkness". Nothing that would suggest an alliteration is there.
Anonymous No.280463350
>>280462269
Maybe the alliteration was an accident
Anonymous No.280463352
>>280450807
whoa
Anonymous No.280463511
>>280450908
another apocalyptic event?
Anonymous No.280463553
>>280450930
ngtl i love her look
Anonymous No.280463574
>>280450944
I feel like she's using ghosts like comedians girls
Anonymous No.280463598
>>280450977
>>280450960
I think I love her
Anonymous No.280463696
>>280450989
It sounds like this could escalate into a world-ending event.
Anonymous No.280463765 >>280464843 >>280466428
>>280451107
What a bitch, this time the curse was deserved. But the bitch wanted to take as many people with her as she could.
Anonymous No.280463853
>>280451187
>>280451175
I feel like this would be solved if she called a priest like this guy or the girl who eats ghosts.
Anonymous No.280463914
>>280451293
>>280451279
>>280451266
SCIENCE WILL NEVER BEAT MAGIC SHIT, JUST CALL A FUCKING SHINTO PRIEST TO EXORCISE IT
Anonymous No.280464843 >>280466014
>>280463765
>What a bitch, this time the curse was deserved
Really? A break up deserves a death curse?
Anonymous No.280465175 >>280466014 >>280466433 >>280466729
>>280460674
One branch is big enough to cover more than one person, but despite five people eating the nectar at the same time, only one of them got flattened. Later when Ogi and the girl were drinking next to the river, the tree spared her even though she'd drunk nectar two seconds ago and was right next to Ogi. So my theory is that the tree gets confused when multiple people in close proximity drink nectar and randomly picks one of them to kill.
Anonymous No.280465222 >>280465244
did we have the long dream story yet?
Anonymous No.280465244 >>280466639
>>280465222
Yep
Anonymous No.280465341
>>280451293
thanks anon.
Anonymous No.280466014
>>280465175
The blonde dude was testing that when he gave some of the nectar to his other friends while he ate it himself.

>>280464843
If anything I'd say she got off lite.
Anonymous No.280466219
>>280450977
Imagine sticking your dick in there
Anonymous No.280466361
>>280451266
>>280451279
It sounds more like the ghost of the ex bf was singing straight from inside her head all along.
Anonymous No.280466428
>>280463765
Falling out of love is normal, and considering the guy turn out to be mentally ill schizoid just from a break up, she probably did the right choice
Anonymous No.280466433 >>280466729
>>280465175
It's possible. Or maybe the tree simply doesn't have a clear perception and it's just random whether you get noticed or note. There have been plenty of times where the group ate the stuff together and nothing happened.
Anonymous No.280466562
>>280413862
>>280413843
>>280413893
The tree has such a good design
Anonymous No.280466639 >>280467385
>>280465244
awwww man
Anonymous No.280466729
>>280466433
>>280465175
The first Japanese survived all the way from the Amazon to Japan while consuming the nectar...
Perhaps the key is to eat the nectar while moving. This story compares humans to mosquitoes in a tree. Mosquitoes are harder to identify when they're moving. That's why the first type was able to survive so long until it reached its home and stayed still while consuming the nectar.
There may be more than one trick. Another trick could be the number of people consuming the nectar, and that number could attract the tree's attention. The tree began to pay more attention to Japan because it identified more consumers and began killing them faster. In the same way, you'll be more determined to kill mosquitoes if there are a lot of them, but you won't bother wasting energy if there are only one or two.
Another thing, not a trick, but how the tree acts, if it is similar to a human being, then it can seek revenge on the mosquitoes after being stung by several of them. Which implies that they were already doomed when the tree found them, although perhaps it could only identify them with the nectar.
Anonymous No.280467385 >>280477484
>>280466639
https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/278133209/#278133209
Anonymous No.280468671 >>280474784
I've realized in this storytime that Ito's stories are actually pretty lewd. But not in an obvious way.
I used to think he was more of a mangaka who wrote asexual works.
Anonymous No.280469109
>>280413445
>hang in there
pretty sure he's already doing that
Anonymous No.280471405
>>280451293
Thank you for posting.
Anonymous No.280473200
Ito on page 1!
Anonymous No.280474784
>>280468671
You're learning.
Anonymous No.280476155
>>280451371
get out of here
Anonymous No.280477484
>>280467385
NTA but thanks
Anonymous No.280480790
Next thread
>>280479289