Magabanashi: Ghost Stories Spreading on Social Media - Vol. 2 Ch. 19 - Ceremony of the Corpse

[izumabakumatsu]

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[izumabakumatsu]

Ah, I was thinking that since the bones were scattered, the soul had broken free and is now trying to reincarnate through Natsuko (if she and Yousuke will have a child) - that's why it's considered 'not human.' It’s interesting because there could be a lot of interpretations here and it might even be based on actual folklore - but that’s the explanation that made the most sense to me.

That makes sense. I just felt it came out of nowhere with no explanation and honestly that was giving me more uneasy vibes than if it were explained properly.

 

[kodumen]

Bittersweet story.

The family can't see the altar/body which means they're cursed. They made new guy check it to see if the curse still exists. He can't see it, so they're still cursed. Girl had to break up with him to save him. Finally, he saw the corpse, which means it's done. She truly loved him.

 

[spookmctoasty]

I wonder why Natsuko apologized at the end. "I did something terrible, didn't I..." Did she do something that exacerbated the curse, in an attempt to stay with Yousuke?

...Actually, alternatively... Maybe she wanted him to be cursed by seeing the scattered skeleton again, and thus let them be together again.

That part stuck out to me too! I wonder if Natsuko tried to rearrange the bones in an attempt to fix the curse, so she could salvage things with Yousuke... And maybe that made things worse, and caused her family to "fall into despair" instead...

 

[spookmctoasty]

On page 29 in Yousuke's dream, I think the silhouettes of people watching him and the newly arranged corpse through the screen door could be Natsuko's family members.

They are all witnessing the corpse that wasn't supposed to be seen, thus joining the same side as the first person who watched the suicide and was mutilated and cursed from long ago - the whole family has been condemned the same way now.

 

[Yuyu_yusha]

What the hell did i just read?! I thought it's gonna be another daily life horror light story and not some Fatal Frame shit.

 

[Mekanike]

I wonder why Natsuko apologized at the end. "I did something terrible, didn't I..." Did she do something that exacerbated the curse, in an attempt to stay with Yousuke?

...Actually, alternatively... Maybe she wanted him to be cursed by seeing the scattered skeleton again, and thus let them be together again.

I think her apologizing at the end isnt about the curse but more so how she fixed it. The curse obviously hit everyone in the family and him seeing the body neat at the end signaled he was free from the curse but to do it she had to completely disappear from his life without any explanation because if she explained its possible he'd be in consideration for the curse to affect him like the servant was despite not being related to the family.

And they seemed to be in a pretty loving relationship with the girlfriend talking about marriage and kids with the boyfriend. The Boyfriend is just never gonna get closure about this and its pretty clear its been affecting him pretty bad already. Its a terrible thing to do to somebody but it had to be done to keep him safe. Side note i think it was a pretty clever way for the author to preserve the mystery of the curse since we only have the info the boyfriend got, like if we knew we could possibly be in consideration for the curse too