Nikubami Honegishimi - Vol. 2 Ch. 5.2 - Crossroads Doll Heads (Latter)

[MangaDex]

 

[3141592653589]

Lovin' the casual shade Asama's throwing there at the end.

"Oh, I guess I just assumed that since your aunt loved hearing stories about decapitated dog monsters with doll heads at breakfast that you'd be down with it too. Guess not everybody's cut out to be an Inubousaki-tier paranormal reporter. My bad."

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapters.

 

[Weoooo]

This is such a fuckin' good series. Did we know he was an exorcist before this? Cause it's very clearly related to her death. The dude hated the supernatural, for very good reason. We're constantly seeing him throw up or get attacked or get sick or get infested with bugs or...
He actually just wanted to photograph food, man. He wouldn't become an exorcist for any other reason than losing his very close friend to something supernatural.

 

[VinylAT]

Man this series is so good. Love the artstyle and the horrors. But man it's wild how malicious most of the ghosts in the setting are. Thanks for the TL!

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

When the dog with the reporter's head fully rotted off, there'll be another killing or the spare doll head will be it? Dun dun dun...

 

[BalrogDeMorgoth]

Thanks for the chapter.

I guess the whole thing will naturally end once the old man dies.

 

[Pouco-chan]

But man it's wild how malicious most of the ghosts in the setting are. Thanks for the TL!

So far there have been very few "malicious ghosts", most of the malice, in fact, came from humans. The example is in this chapter, in which this entire land was cursed by the greed of the guy from the S Family, performing rituals with the doggies~

 

[StarGear]

This is such a fuckin' good series. Did we know he was an exorcist before this? Cause it's very clearly related to her death. The dude hated the supernatural, for very good reason. We're constantly seeing him throw up or get attacked or get sick or get infested with bugs or...
He actually just wanted to photograph food, man. He wouldn't become an exorcist for any other reason than losing his very close friend to something supernatural.

In the previous case, the caretaker of the land seemed to know his lineage, maybe even pointing to the direction that his family were also caretakers of some god's or spirit's land. Presumably the one involved to the death of his daughter? and ultimately the reporter, i guess.

 

[gundulgondrong]

👈 i have their heads

 

[capricieux]

poor dogs..

 

[friendly]

Wheeewwww. Now thats a hell of a take on Human Faced Dogs. Genuinely unnerving. Love the dark feeling to trying to re-create legends... giving birth to new ones...

 

[AcidVlad]

As always it is really good

 

[Kyte]

So far there have been very few "malicious ghosts", most of the malice, in fact, came from humans. The example is in this chapter, in which this entire land was cursed by the greed of the guy from the S Family, performing rituals with the doggies~

It sounds like the ritual, while cruel, went off just fine and wouldn't've caused any more trouble. The issue was the guy making those replacement head dolls unwittingly turned the dogs' bodies into receptacles for evil spirits. This ties back to the beginning of the chapter, where Asama mentions that it's better to have those dolls inhabited by something harmless, like human ghosts.

 

[izumabakumatsu]

This is such a fuckin' good series. Did we know he was an exorcist before this? Cause it's very clearly related to her death. The dude hated the supernatural, for very good reason. We're constantly seeing him throw up or get attacked or get sick or get infested with bugs or...
He actually just wanted to photograph food, man. He wouldn't become an exorcist for any other reason than losing his very close friend to something supernatural.

His last name, Asama, is probably the 1st hint. It's the name of a large shrine chain in Japan that worships Konoha-na-Sakuya, often associated with Mt. Fuji. The 2nd hint was during the Gerai village incident when the sane spirit said she recognized the Asama name and realizes that's why he's got some resistance to Gerai's tricks. Lastly during the Nephew has twice up to this chapter mentioned that Asama is now an exorcist though we have yet to know how or when he became one.

There's probably more hints from these if a Japanese person familiar with the shrines can explain.

 

[izumabakumatsu]

It sounds like the ritual, while cruel, went off just fine and wouldn't've caused any more trouble. The issue was the guy making those replacement head dolls unwittingly turned the dogs' bodies into receptacles for evil spirits. This ties back to the beginning of the chapter, where Asama mentions that it's better to have those dolls inhabited by something harmless, like human ghosts.

I do love how so far the cases within each chapter always seems to hint back to something that get mentioned in passing in the beginning. There's a beauty in the way the story is told that you appreciate more when reading a 2nd time.

 

[capricieux]

I do love how so far the cases within each chapter always seems to hint back to something that get mentioned in passing in the beginning. There's a beauty in the way the story is told that you appreciate more when reading a 2nd time.

Truly, this is my 2nd read too and it has been eye-opening. So many things I've missed before, partly because some things got more explanation in later chapters, like, what land descent is, and what relationship Asama had with his family.