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The author confirmed that this manga will end in Z.

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this story. I’ve also read the novel this was based from, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the differences. Edit: I've posted the translation of the novel's ending in my discord comm.

Got nuked - it's been picked up by an English publisher so we've dropped it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ghostislandcomic/the-cave-man-volume-1-a-claustrophobic-horror-manga

Mangadex was down earlier thus the triple uploads! Please disregard the rest - I've been trying to delete them for the past 10 minutes.

Thanks! I was going to respond to the previous comment that yes, it also means "demon's path." I thought a T/N wasn't necessary as I gave it away in the second bubble page 14.

Lol no, Hiroto-kun was already there before the mom became a "corpse" and the "children/eggs" are not Kiwako's - they're being "planted" by the monsters to their human hosts. Kiwako and her family is just a victim of Hidamari. It's a bit hard to connect the dots as the manga didn't go into so...

Sorry, it was supposed to be that "I knew it's a bad idea to bring it home" - I struggled a bit to translate that nuance but I've now corrected it.

I can't decide whether to laugh or heart your comment :lol: You're very welcome, glad you're enjoying the stuff we put out!

yeah where unbelievably she's sort of a

Thanks for reading! If anyone wants to pick up the sequel Erika Futatabi, message me and I'll send you the raws. I'll not be doing that one as it crosses the line of series I don't want to scanlate lol

Thank you! Just wanna add in quick that I'm only editing the series and this is being translated by the awesome @Shirokuro.anosi

Just a heads up: For those who’ve already read the original novel, please avoid posting any spoilers here. Let’s keep the discussion focused on the manga! Thanks.

Creepy creeeepy! Thanks for the updates.

The "girl" stalking him isn’t human. She’s not evil, not vengeful, not even alive in a way we’d understand. She’s something that was never meant to be explained (embodiment of the unknown). MC unfortunately encounters her and has been marked to death. He tries to fight it but that drives him...

Absolutely great distinction. Though some of the best J-horror walks that line intentionally. It’s not about why it happens, but about how the characters process something they can’t reason their way out of. Western horror usually externalizes the threat - you fight it, outsmart it, or at least...

Yes exactly! It's a kind of fatalism that’s rooted in Shinto-Buddhist cosmology where spirits, nature, and death coexist without clear hierarchy or fairness. I like it when the horror comes from realizing there’s no human logic to cling to. It’s the same reason why so many J-horror protagonists...

Yeah, totally - I think that’s kind of the point though. In a lot of J-horror, there’s no moral logic to the curse. You don’t "earn" it, it just happens. That unpredictability makes it scarier for me than the usual "punishment for a mistake" approach.

Guy with the phone on pg. 14 looks like the cult speaker from ch. 19. Might be interconnected after all.

I've updated the manga description to include this. This oneshot won the RED Newcomer Manga Award (Encouragement Prize) - which is printed on the original Japanese cover page. These awards often recognize artistic potential or storytelling promise, not just plot depth.