More sad than horrifying, really. Substance abuse habit, having a friend OD, then tying up her friend's loose ends before OD'ing herself. The friend being named Yume (sounds like 'dream') kinda adds an even sadder metaphor: substance abuse killed her dreams and her future, and she watches...
I like the concept, even without any gesturing towards the supernatural. Being literally haunted by mail meant for the previous home owners, and then the slightly chilling realization that something big happened, that you'll never get the full story, and that your mail will continuously remind...
At this point I'm convinced any manga with more than 1 female main character who isn't a passive hyperfeminine damsel-in-distress stereotype gets an axe from Shueisha. Lili, the vampire boss, and the two women in the magic show arc was just too much, apparently.
Thank you all for the great one...
Thank you for the translations! Series seems intriguing - can't wait to see if they'll get turned into literal dolls or if the doll would just take regular vengeance on them.
I've said it a couple of times in other places: since we have "cautionary horror tales" aimed at kids (usually with the message of "listen to your parents" or "unruly kids get punished by supernatural forces"), we should also make it popular to have "cautionary horror tales" aimed at parents...
Valid crashout-
Parental neglect is genuinely horrifying, so I definitely feel they could have done better to avoid the comedic tone. But also, it's kinda impressive they managed to make it comedic in the first place.
It really is. It's like staring directly at the gap in the world their death left behind. Things that are important to them that are meaningless to everyone else (did the object's meaning disappear once they departed?), and all the things they planned or put off for a future they'll never get to...