Magabanashi: Ghost Stories Spreading on Social Media - Vol. 1 Ch. 9 - Fan House

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I love this. Inexplicable rituals are so much fun. Just knowing that something is wrong, but not knowing why is so compelling. Bonus points if everyone is in on it for no explicable reason.

While this on its own is a really nice balance of realism and horror, I can’t help but think that the protagonists of Ura Baito would do their part and fulfill this job to the fullest, with all the potentially gruesome outcomes it might incur. That sort of horror is also entertaining in its own right!
 
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i get needing the money but other than enjoying the social appeal to it and such, feels like working a job even part time in the middle of college would be draining too

(tho dang even if it's takeout i imagine sushi is still a step above in price compared to pizza)

oof sounds tedious but i wonder how many ppl would forget/move on, tho i wonder if it'd affect some 'scifi'/futuristic thing if a DBH like android was in charge of it and followed the orders without question, though you'd think they'd also call an exorcist rather than leaving it to some housesitter unless they planned to sacrifice them from the start
 
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I like this one a lot. I like the uncertain ritual and lack of answers. Is the fan there to re-create some specific conditions for the haunting...? Is it there to cover up for the haunting? Why the shooting range type toys? No real way to know. And looking into it would probably cause nothing but problems.
 
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Hey, it's almost the twice the page of 'avenging university student' chapter. I guess the author needs to keep up the horror suspense, keeping the readers engaged.
 
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I thought the kid died in there since there are toys for the "ritual", and fans? Pretty elaborate "fuck you" suicide or maybe those are the wards else shit gonna be even more nasty.
 
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This is another story that isn't necessarily scary, but it makes me feel uneasy and strangely melancholic.

What kind of people were the family that lived here, that they couldn't be bothered to try to properly put this woman to rest, and instead made this ritual that seems to have just been about making sure the ghost stayed in that room by blowing the "body" around? Was the ghost mostly leaving the boys alone because she knew they had nothing to do with the family, but at the same time was bothered they were doing the ritual? Will the people who move in at some point in the future try to help her pass on properly?

We're never gonna know, and that gives this one a real "Mimi's Ghost Stories" kind of feel.
 
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i get needing the money but other than enjoying the social appeal to it and such, feels like working a job even part time in the middle of college would be draining too

(tho dang even if it's takeout i imagine sushi is still a step above in price compared to pizza)

oof sounds tedious but i wonder how many ppl would forget/move on, tho i wonder if it'd affect some 'scifi'/futuristic thing if a DBH like android was in charge of it and followed the orders without question, though you'd think they'd also call an exorcist rather than leaving it to some housesitter unless they planned to sacrifice them from the start
This was during summer break so most students get summer jobs. Even if they don't need the money they still need to build up work experience.
 
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This was during summer break so most students get summer jobs. Even if they don't need the money they still need to build up work experience.
I see, i suppose 'surviving a haunted house' is impressive but that's just inviting ppl in to give you more 'supernatural' related jobs lol

Although i feel like if they try to check it'll mysteriously disappear or the houseowners would be dead and not be able to give you a good 'reference' (tho makes me wonder if ppl don't just 'house sit' for their relatives/neighbors or so as an 'easy' way to get 'experience' [although other jobs would prolly require more unless it was like elderly patient car])
 
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This one was actually pretty creepy.
Seriously, the built up, the slow sense of dread, the creepiness of the situation all culminating in that perfectly executed jumpscare. My god I read this at 3 in the morning and had to open the lights. Holy hell I doesn't get scared like this much. The face is so creepy. The uncanny feeling it generated is something else. Wow
 

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