I've recently read translations of Uzumaki and Gyo and really enjoyed them. (There is a short comic that accompanied Gyo that had to do with a section of mountain with mysterious people shaped holes in the side of it. Freakiest story I've read yet.) I like how there doesn't have to be a rationale or explanation for why things happen. They just happened and they're wierd and you either accept that or you don't.
Western horror tends to overanalyze wierd happenings. There HAS to be a backstory and it HAS to be explained by the end of the story or your reader is unhappy. IMO, not all mysteries need to be resolved and the Western explanations all tend to fall along the same lines anyways; a human died and their death has left a mark.
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:55 pm (UTC)Western horror tends to overanalyze wierd happenings. There HAS to be a backstory and it HAS to be explained by the end of the story or your reader is unhappy. IMO, not all mysteries need to be resolved and the Western explanations all tend to fall along the same lines anyways; a human died and their death has left a mark.