It's a toe, so it's even worse.Did not care for page 17 but at least our girl Ichinose is thankfully still alive. I know everyone in this town is some type of insane but carrying around your dead bestie's severed finger* and treating it as your imaginary friend is another level even for this town. Mommy priest-kun (allegedly) turning their dad into an infant so they could raise him as their own child looks relatively sane by comparison.
*It must smell awful too.
I am also loving the gender stuff. I was a little worried earlier in the series that the cases of the week would fall into a predictable pattern, but each one is more interesting than the last!Holy heck the gender play in this series! I love the subtle changes Yoshida’s face goes through between being discovered and then the final reveal of their plan! And then their figure! The priest garb was already cinched about the waist, but then to turn that into a more feminine hourglass figure in the end? Sally B be cooking!
I thought it was a thumb, but rereading you are right. Gross.It's a toe, so it's even worse.
It’s like Scooby-Doominomicon! Because the spirits are both eldritch and unknowable, few if any have human-like personalities, there has to be a human element to interact with. It helps keep the horror and uncanny elements notched up to eleven by keeping them inhuman. Slenderman or Cthulhu would be a lot less creepy if they suddenly broke out into an evil monologue at the climax of the story.Kind of a ew chapter, but now I can see the rhythm here. The specters/spirits form an ambient, almost ecological backdrop, but the frontal focus is always human personalities & twisted motivations. Ironically this variety of cynicism is very similar to Scooby Doo. If it weren't for those meddling lesbians etc. etc.
Difference is that in Scooby Doo, that skeptical attitude is almost a form of empowerment - "in the face of the unknown, there's always a truth to be uncovered" - but here it forms the basis of an object lesson in second guessing basic human kindness.
Unrelated note but my god this author is great with duos. Should be neat to see this particular dynamic play out