This ranks with his best. The grim and gory story of four friends who make a suicide pact that goes way, way wrong.
Ito and Stephen King have the same pattern: scary and simple premise, excellent atmosphere and tension building, and a complete whiff on the ending.
This is that. Some of the art in this was genuinely jarring, and as with the best Ito there are moments when you hesitate to turn the page because something nasty awaits. That earns some forgiveness for the weak ending. But if you measure Ito’s work on how much the art follows you in your nightmares, this is a tier-one read.
My kid agrees, and they’re an Ito superfan.