When he was in junior high school, he was influenced by
Hideshi Hino's manga ''Zoroku's Strange Disease
which his younger brother had bought for him. After dropping out of college, he began submitting manga in earnest while working a part-time job, and started out as a comedy manga artist for Young Animal'' in 1996. In 1998, he switched to being a horror manga artist with "The Girl in the Clock Mansion" which won an award, the short story had themes of
lesbianism and
transhumanism. Since then, Noroi Michiru mostly published in
josei and
shōjo horror
anthologies and magazines. He often uses
urban legends as basis for his short stories. He believes that the appeal of horror for teen girls is because its at that age people begin to become aware of their relationship to society and their own bodies, and horror answers the mysteries and absurdities of life. The depictions of horror seen in his manga have received praise from
Junji Ito, Ito describes Noroi as one of his favorite artists. The 2 part collection of early works
Noroi Michiru Shoki Kessakusen is being released in English by
Star Fruit Books with the title of
The Horrors of Noroi Michiru. The French edition of
Noroi Michiru Shoki Kessakusen features introductions written by Junji Ito and
Miyako Cojima and an interview. ==Books==