Wow, amazing work! The possible connection to the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami is interesting. Sorting the entries by location I noted that the string of incidents in Suginami Ward seemed to occur largely during the 90s into the early 2000s, while those in Sapporo happened in the late 2000s...
I'm not sure if it has meaning but apart from Sapporo, another recurrent location in both this and in Seeds of Anxiety + is Suginami Ward within the Tokyo Metropolis.
No dateline was given at the end this time so it's also possible (although not likely) it's the same guy who visited it as a boy then (2009). The doll's head at the end also appeared at the end of chapter 82.
Well what I most wanted out of the epilogue was Satsuki to make up with her Dad and so getting that leaves me sorta-satisfied.
Still as an Akira-stan I yet feel defeated. Also there was never any true justice for Michiru manipulated by Seo with Miho getting her phone, nor VP for her hand in the...
This chapter references several famous Japanese fables that have numerous variations in their retellings and adaptions.
Here are freely-available English translations of each:
The first story excerpt refers to Hanasaka Jijii: The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Blossom.
The...
Dialing my phone
Hello, is this the Ministry of Myopic Delusions? Yes, I'd like to report a severe outbreak of special pleading at a certain local high school...
Good Julia-focused chapter, it's funny that she genuinely believes in the Spider Exorcism Power she thinks Miko has.
Speaking of Miko, she's gotta start keeping Hana on a shorter leash and away from local abandoned shrines...