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Man, there are so many levels of fucked-up going on in this manga.

Oh dear. I never actually questioned why their mother was the only relative ever mentioned, but it looks like that was actually important.

Her desire to become her brother is so weird, I can’t wait to find out what is behind it.

My current theory: the brother murdered Nakama and brought him back at the eventual cost of his own life, resulting in the curse. Maybe it’s like, “I brought him back so now he’s my property.” Of course, this could be wildly wrong — there are so many secrets between the two of them (why is...

wtf did nakama do! he clearly knows what she’s getting at.

I’m very curious about what the conditions are for seeing the ghost, as well as what convinced Kanoko that it was her brother in the first place.

It’s hard to tell because we have a sample size of two, but Genma also seems to have a shallower depth of emotion than other demons. The rooster-thing in chapter 2 mocks her out of spite and this bug demon is deeply resentful of both human rejection and Genma’s pity. Genma isn’t unaffected by...

I really like the demon designs in this. The robot rooster puppeteer is weird as hell and I love it.

idk if it’s just me, but I’m getting child sexual abuse vibes from those flashbacks to young Kanoko and her brother.

This is wild. Certainly one of the most compelling trainwreck family dynamics I’ve seen in a while. We’ll see how it goes.

The girl reading her essay said she was “giving” something to God, so it’s possible she/her mom knew the massacre would happen. Dying for God — especially if it’s framed positively — would fit with the cult themes.

Man, I love horror stories from the perspective of someone who accepts it all as normal.

Well, that reveal about his dad is a) fucked up b) raises so many new questions. What happened to him? What’s up with the head family?

I really like this art style, but the writing is in the unfortunate midpoint of “too vague” and “not so vague as to become surreal Lynchian bizzarity”. And I’m disappointed by the lack of actual yokai masturbation.

This is interesting. Certainly something I’d be interested in seeing turned into a longer story.