As a story, the adaptation itself was pretty thorough. I was, however, pretty fond of the beginning of the story, which felt rather grave and serious, despite what was to come. I could accept this bizarreness as presented by Junji Ito, but it doesn’t carry quite the same feeling in the show. Slug Girl was never a very deep or unsettling story – just bizarre. Admittedly, I was less impressed with it in animation than I was in its original format. Slug Girl is another one of Ito’s small snippets that never really comes with much of an explanation. But soon he realizes that ghosts still wander the streets, lamenting their love lives… This installment covers the first chapter of Lovesick Dead, ending on a… kind of… happy note? However, there’s quite a bit more story after this, and I’m wondering if they’ll explore the next chapter in the next episode, or leave it disjointed.At the end, there’s a short story of a girl whose deep fear of slugs becomes a nightmare when her tongue turns into one. Ryuusuke soon becomes obsessed with trying to find the intersection pretty boy, and wandering the crossroads answering fortunes. She wastes away trying to get his attention, and soon commits suicide as well. Afterwards, Reishi becomes obsessed with Ryuusuke, who she claims to have fallen in love with. Unfortunately, it’s the intersection pretty boy that comes across her first and tells her to worry about her own love life. Concerned for her friend’s relationship, Reishi attempts to get a fortune told on behalf of Midori. When Ryuusuke realizes his own bad experience with intersection fortune telling is related to a tragedy experienced by Midori’s family, he tries to pull away. It’s clear there’s something between them, and Midori’s friend Reishi encourages them to pursue each other. At school, Ryuusuke reconnects with Midori – a girl he used to go to school with. Intersection fortune telling seems like a cute game, but girls keep killing themselves while playing – often after running into an otherworldly, beautiful boy that appears during times of thick fog.
Ryuusuke, returning to town for the first time since he was young, doesn’t like the sound of this game – it turns out he had his own experience with intersection fortune telling ten years ago that ended in tragedy. All a person has to do is stand at a corner of an intersection, and ask the first person coming by to give them a fortune. Note: Normally this review runs on Sundays, and will be back on time again next week… Sadly not all sick time comes with a side of anime! By: RaeIn a town prone to heavy fog, schoolgirls have become obsessed with intersection fortune telling.
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