THE DARK DRINKS BLOOD, by Junji Ito (Voices in the Dark ch1)

Happy Halloween! Here’s a new Junji Ito translation project.

Voices in the Dark is a collection of horror shorts from Junji Ito, published in 2003. The stories themselves were previously published in bimonthly serials in magazines from Asahi Sonorama.

What sets these apart from the other translated Ito shorts you can find online is their length. This first story, “The Dark Drinks Blood”, weighs in at 40 pages. OK it’s also the longest, but there are none under 20 pages. Seven stories make up the volume, and let’s see if I can do ‘em all.

I don’t expect this to make a huge splash since it’s been translated into English by other groups, but it’s been a year since any updates from either of them. I’m throwing my hat in the ring to do the whole volume, and for continuity’s sake, I wanted to do the first story too.

OK!

Choose a download location:

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Like last time, I’ll be collecting all the stories into one file when it’s fully done. Unlike last time, these stories are completely independent and it makes no difference if you read them together or not.

Questions, comments, welcome below.