| Volume | Chapters | Title | Key Horror Element | |--------|----------|-------|--------------------| | 1 | 1 | The Spiral Obsession, Part 1 | Shuichi’s father becomes obsessed with spiral patterns, dies contorted into a spiral. | | 1 | 2 | The Spiral Obsession, Part 2 | The father’s ashes form a spiral; Kilie’s first direct curse exposure. | | 1 | 3 | The Scar | A rival’s spiral-shaped scar begins to move and infect her entire body. | | 1 | 4 | The Firing Effect | A potter creates spiral ceramics that cause madness. | | 2 | 5 | Twisted Souls | People in a lighthouse become permanently twisted into spirals. | | 2 | 6 | The Snail | A classmate turns into a giant snail-human hybrid. | | 2 | 7 | The Black Mark of the Spiral | Mysterious spiral-shaped marks appear on townspeople’s bodies. | | 2 | 8 | The Umbilical Cord | Pregnant women give birth to spiral-shaped infants. | | 3 | 9 | The Medusa | Intertwining hair becomes a sentient spiral. | | 3 | 10 | The Jack-in-the-Box | A killer rebuilds his body using spiral mechanisms. | | 3 | 11 | The Ghost of the Spiral | Ghosts manifest as spiral-shaped funeral smoke. | | 3 | 12 | The Ebb and Flow | A tidal pool creates time loops and spiral whirlpools. | | 4–5 | 13–16 | The Spiral Tattoos / The Escape | Citizens try fleeing the town, only to be drawn back. | | 5 | 17–18 | The Town of the Spiral | The curse reveals itself as ancient, cosmic, and geological. | | 5 | 19–20 | The Completion / Collapse | The entire town transforms into a giant spiral stone ruin. |

: Uzumaki uses the spiral as a metaphor for the self-destructive nature of obsession, demonstrating how internal fixations eventually manifest as external physical and societal decay. II. The Individual: Obsession and Body Horror Focus : Chapters 1–6 (The early victims).

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