Turning his hand to folk horror, Ito crafts another bleak homecoming in Village of the Siren. The devastating reason for that will soon be revealed, but in the meantime, his arrival coincides with a trend of young women seeking out "crossroads fortunes." Soon the bodies of school girls who ask strangers for their fortunes begin to turn up brutally murdered but who is to blame? How does it connect with Ryusuke's pass? This wonderfully chilly mystery is one of the most memorable of Ito's tales and introduces one of his scariest creations. The teen boy is moving back to his hometown after years away, but the simple notion of it haunts him.
The first-and throughline-story from his Lovesickness collection is a great example of just that. Ito often writes of love and how it can curse us.
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