Kanjuten - Vol. 1 Ch. 12 - The Gift

[MangaDex]

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Uh huh...Okay.

 

[farranpoison]

Uh... What?

What a strange way to end the series. Was there any hint from the previous chapters that it was a curse by the old man's family?

 

[EchoGirl]

ah yes time loop, a true horror


well i didn't expect it to go on for too long but didn't expect an end already either lol, thanks!

https://mangadex.org/title/098b39e5-880e-4631-a7fe-ac983cb08983/hinata-to-onii-chan
https://mangadex.org/title/251afc21-8932-464b-906f-eeb976a14e55/strange-and-mysterious-daily-tales

would you maybe consider picking up either of these? (i think there was another one that was interesting but it was more of 'horror of humans being crappy' versus supernatural leaning tho i've skimmed too many manga i don't recall it off the top of my head lol)

tho nothing wrong with starting a new series from the start lol

Uh... What?

What a strange way to end the series. Was there any hint from the previous chapters that it was a curse by the old man's family?

I think the young girl didn't show up again til this chapter so i'm not sure

 

[ScarecrowB]

Happy ending.

 

[beggarSoChan2020l2r3]

axe-kun ?

 

[AxelFaiz]

Wait, I still don't get how this story related to the previous stories with blind girl, stinky kidnapper girl, and sexual abuse editor. The only related story is the past/back story of current chapter, even then it doesn't relate with the other stories.

 

[ErikTheRed]

This could have benefitted from a couple more chapters

 

[Spiraphobia]

This could have benefitted from a couple more chapters

I agree - but I think the author's original intention was to create a horror anthology centered around the senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch etc thus the title). It just happens that there are chapters that are interconnected.

Though I too think that there should be more of the blind girl, the siblings and cannibal couple. It was mentioned here that bodies were discovered in that town (why it took 11 years I guess we'll just never know).

 

[fatto_catto]

Wait, I still don't get how this story related to the previous stories with blind girl, stinky kidnapper girl, and sexual abuse editor. The only related story is the past/back story of current chapter, even then it doesn't relate with the other stories.

The evil thing behind the old man's daughter-in-law looks like the ghosts that the blind girl "sees", while the sister with magic hearing saw that old man fall. I don't think everything is supposed to be directly connected, I would describe it like looking at grander picture, instead of focusing on one part of it.

 

[twincubus]

I agree - but I think the author's original intention was to create a horror anthology centered around the senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch etc thus the title). It just happens that there are chapters that are interconnected.

Though I too think that there should be more of the blind girl, the siblings and cannibal couple. It was mentioned here that bodies were discovered in that town (why it took 11 years I guess we'll just never know).

i liked that the author brought back the little girl, this story really fit with the 'the paranormal as a blessing and a curse' theme. plus, it wasn't as deeply tied to the other plots, which i liked since this is supposed to be an anthology.

 

[BakedBanana]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[ssukunas]

i enjoyed reading this thank u for translating!

 

[zawarudo]

Thanks for completing this @Spiraphobia. I'm curious about the Kuchisake Onna image you use as your afterword signature, where is it from?

 

[Spiraphobia]

Thanks for completing this @Spiraphobia. I'm curious about the Kuchisake Onna image you use as your afterword signature, where is it from?

It's from Insomnia by Hokazono Masaya ch. 14 https://mangadex.org/title/8b7af8c8-6e09-4863-81f2-d55dc2ae8815/insomnia

 

[3141592653589]

Talk about an awkward interaction. Imagine keeping a secret that you might have once committed manslaughter for more than a decade, constantly wrestling with feelings of guilt and paranoia that someone might find out. Then you meet your former neighbor on the street and she reveals that not only has she known all along, but she also set you up in the first place. And then she reveals that she trapped you in a time loop so that you could finally find the motivation to improve your drawing skills enough to get into art school in what's gotta be one of the most backhanded ways of saying thanks imaginable.

The only thing that could make this worse is if she somehow found out that she also indirectly ruined the life of a high school girl who witnessed the old man's death by setting in motion a chain of events that ended in her getting kidnapped by a killer cannibal and a stinky recluse.

 

[strawberrywarrior]

Thanks for the translation! This was a wild ride. Love that we got another glimpse of the girl with the bird - and that we basically had a 'where they are now' stories for all the protags. I wish there was a bit more about the lady with the pet bunny - that one was too cryptic.

 

[Ribura]

Talk about an awkward interaction. Imagine keeping a secret that you might have once committed manslaughter for more than a decade, constantly wrestling with feelings of guilt and paranoia that someone might find out. Then you meet your former neighbor on the street and she reveals that not only has she known all along, but she also set you up in the first place. And then she reveals that she trapped you in a time loop so that you could finally find the motivation to improve your drawing skills enough to get into art school in what's gotta be one of the most backhanded ways of saying thanks imaginable.

The only thing that could make this worse is if she somehow found out that she also indirectly ruined the life of a high school girl who witnessed the old man's death by setting in motion a chain of events that ended in her getting kidnapped by a killer cannibal and a stinky recluse.

I don't think the death of the old man and the time loop "blessing" were intentional. Just that ladies wishes being unintentionally strong.

People with dementia tend to wander/escape any chance they get, so the daughter was probably exausted taking care of him and he wandered off while she was thinking "god, I wish I free of this."

She probably put two and two together and realized the little girl must of said/done something to the old man which lead to her father's death. So she kept on wishing. Wishing that the little girl who "saved" her would have a happy future which became "pass her exams on the first try!"

The lady has a power but but doesn't even realize she HAS that power.

 

[NZPIEFACE]

The only thing that could make this worse is if she somehow found out that she also indirectly ruined the life of a high school girl who witnessed the old man's death by setting in motion a chain of events that ended in her getting kidnapped by a killer cannibal and a stinky recluse.

holy fuck i just realised this as well. man, at least this girl has nothing to do with mrs bunny murderer.

 

[wotta57]

Thanks for the translation.

Overall, a really fun read. I wasn't expecting all the stories to come together in the way that they did (Yeah I know the description says as much but I thought it was talking more about overlapping concepts rather than recurring characters and plotlines).