Best Junji Ito books

Tomie wins 71% of its duels and tops the Junji Ito ranking ahead of Remina.

Tomie claims the top spot with 1343 ELO points over 21 duels, followed by Remina at 1320 points. The biggest gap in the ranking sits between Lovesick Dead at rank 3 and Black Paradox at rank 4, with 27 ELO points separating them. Black Paradox posts a strong 70% win rate despite landing outside the podium, suggesting that voters face tough choices among Ito's most acclaimed works. Circus of Horrors rounds out the top 5 with 1267 ELO points and a 68% win rate across 22 duels. At the bottom, Short Stories languishes at rank 27 with 1069 points and a 31% win rate, while Liminal Zone Vol. 2 sits just above it at 1103 points. The lower ranks reveal that voters reserve their enthusiasm for standalone volumes over compilations and later entries.

This ranking draws on 2150 duels submitted by 26 players, comparing all 27 contenders in Ito's catalog. The figures reflect the state of the vote as of 12 October 2026. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own duels and shape the ranking: every matchup you judge shifts the ELO scores and determines which volume rises or falls. Your vote counts whether you champion the classics or argue for an overlooked entry.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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