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It's time for today's volume of 10 chilling chapters of anthology horror in the lead up to Halloween!
Previous threads:
Vol. 1 - >>283204443
Vol. 2 - >>283221488
Join us.

Ch. 21

>About yesterday's events
>>283225836 & >>283225856
A bedroom door slamming shut on it's own and a pencil spontaneously inserting itself in a lady's palm
Y-Yeah dear readers... Don't worry about any of that right now, just listen to this!

ABSOLUTELY NOT. No way, no how.

Yeah, I don't think Stanley Steemer is helping with this...

Reminds me of that one Junji Ito story about the dude who lent his new home to a Mold researcher. I think Ito-sensei would be very proud.

He doesn't seem all THAT upset that her hand got Vlad the Impale'd.[

Ch. 22

>>283247038 (OP)
Thanks for dumping OP.

>>283247493
NP, thanks for the bump.

>>283247401
The moment mommy dearest isn't there to keep him in line, he forgets to put his backpack in its place immediately. Untidy boy!

Mieruko-chan but it's somehow even more disquieting without the comedy/cuteness to temper the the terror.

>>283247543
>The moment mommy dearest isn't there to keep him in line, he forgets to put his backpack in its place immediately. Untidy boy!
That's right he's a firm hand across the face to keep him in l- OH WAIT.

Okay that's just not fair.

>Stepmother
So it's like THAT huh?

Ch. 23

>It's Sleep for breakfast/dinner again

>>283247759
Also Yuuma's arms here...

>>283247759
Everyone with a bit of savvy guessed the abuse backstory was coming, so I appreciate we got the reveal before the bruises. Would've been too unsubtle.

>>283247862
>Everyone with a bit of savvy guessed the abuse backstory was coming, so I appreciate we got the reveal before the bruises. Would've been too unsubtle.
I appreciate how the Lion's Share of it happens off-panel away from the viewer's watch not only for how delicately the subject matter is handled, but unfortunately mirroring how realistically t happens IRL. Also notice how caring and remorseful the father figure is in this story of Yuuma's is depicted by comparison.

Interlude

Ch. 24

Ch. 25

>>283248411
This could have been avoided if the mother had been able to recognize that the situation seemed suspicious and had answered the daughter's questions, but it's very common for parents to just get angry and throw reason aside when they think their child is disobeying them.

FUCKING BODYSNATCHING GRANNIES

Hina-chan to the rescue!

Ch. 26 - We're now over a quarter of the way in the Round of 100 Stories.

*Insert Stock Cash Register Ring-up Sound*

>Bringing snacks
>After this story and when Yuuma spent days in a box with only melon bread to eat
MAN.

Ch. 27

>>283249047
Hina's stories continue to be less horrific.

>>283249145
>Hina's stories continue to be less horrific.
Gentle souls tell gentle stories. I personally enjoy the palate cleanser.

>>283248723
>>283248703
I'm sure 90% of /a/ would unironically want to do this.

>>283249216
>I'm sure 90% of /a/ would unironically want to do this.
I wish to be the little girl.

>>283248428
This is the second instance of an imprisoned child getting melonpan dumped in their cell by their abusive caretakers I've seen in a manga.

>>283249287
>This is the second instance of an imprisoned child getting melonpan dumped in their cell by their abusive caretakers I've seen in a manga.
And I'm hesitant to ask, but....the first?

>>283249136
If his gf is coming, who's she?

>>283247038 (OP)
Thank you again, OP. I really look forward to every thread you make!

>>283249370
A real Prince Charming this guy is, huh?

This story might be taking notes from the Japanese concept of the Ikiryo or Living Ghost:
https://thejapanbox.com/blogs/japanese-mythology/ikiryo
Essentially, a tradition folklore in which an individual may subconsciously conjure and expel a piece of their own spirit to curse and haunt someone if their own bottled up ill-will reaches a certain boiling point.

UMAKIN! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!!!

Ch. 28

>>283249531
RIP to a true friend.

>>283249394
>Thank you again, OP. I really look forward to every thread you make!
Glad you're enjoying it.

>Cute waifu spirit necromancy
[>>>/x/ furiously taking notes]

REAL fucking schizo hours here...

Valid Crashout

Ch. 29

Just want to say this is one of the most genuinely horrifying (in every sense of the word) stories I've ever read.
Just imagine if passing on and final rites worked like this. Instead of gently nudging departed loved ones on who only want to remain by your side you're just torturing and killing them twice over, unknowingly.

>>283248055
This one reminds me a lot of the one last thread with the girl and the house. Are we seeing a pattern here, maybe?

Ch. 30

>>283250223
>This one reminds me a lot of the one last thread with the girl and the house. Are we seeing a pattern here, maybe?
Maaaaaybe.

Lovely usage of space and buildup of impending dread here.

You know what? I think I'm gonna have to agree with the female teacher in >>283250296 on this one.

Obligatory further reading reference material:
https://yokai.com/teketeke/
https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/01/05/teke-teke-the-vengeful-ghost-of-modern-day-japan/

Guess who's come baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack~! :D

Bonus

>>283248765
Whose closet is he in?
His own? I didn't think Japanese doors like that had locks but I guess I was wrong.

Everyone reading ITT Merry Christma- wait, that's not right...

Credits & End. Hope you enjoyed reading along.
We'll begin volume 4 tomorrow same time between 5-6 PM CST.

>>283249104
Where's his stuffed animal?
Would she really take it from him?
What a bitch.

>>283250675
Thanks anon
Wasn't reading anything for halloween, gonna go back to catch up

>>283250614
>Whose closet is he in?
>His own? I didn't think Japanese doors like that had locks but I guess I was wrong.
Parents really taking cues from the "The People Under the Stairs".

>>283250738
>Where's his stuffed animal?
>Would she really take it from him?
>What a bitch.
The sheer pettiness and banality of evil.

>>283250758
>Wasn't reading anything for halloween, gonna go back to catch up
Nice, hope you enjoy. We're dumping a volume a day leading up to said BEEG Pumpkin Day.

>>283250569
Umakin's a good boy!

>>283250519
Reminds me of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYMaq1oZDz4

>>283249737
>>283249818
The change in the items...

>>283250614
He doesn't have a closet with a sliding door in his room.

>>283251086
>Fruit is gone
>Portrait missing the wife
>Flowers wilted
Holy shit I never noticed...

I think I know what our POV item is now :(

>>283250943
He did NOTHING WRONG!

>>283250519
What a fun twist in this one!

>>283250569
YESSSS

>>283250675
Awesome! Looking forward to it, OP!

>>283251262
I haven't guessed it yet, I assumed it was **a camera**

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Would anyone mind telling me how to spoil my text?

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>>283252546
>>283252570
Thank you!!!

>>283251262
I'm not yet sure myself, but I think it's probably a camera

>>283251262
The very first chapter actually gives a hint as to what 'we' are

Good stuff OP. Thanks for posting.

>>283247038 (OP)
LET'S GHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>283255455
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST!

>>283247985
>>283250569
author really likes his freaky horses, i wonder if horse carousel and umakin are meant to look similar

>>283256088
>author really likes his freaky horses, i wonder if horse carousel and umakin are meant to look similar
You're the first reader other than myself to notice that and I don't believe the resemblance is a coincidence. I think Umakin deserves to be placed in the pantheon of eerie equestrian-esqe abominations alongside the Beserk Horse and François (Mieruko-chan).

>>283255455
>>283255888

>>283247038 (OP)
Please don't upload page to catbox, I can't access it

>>283250675
Thank you for posting.

Why does the art style look like Attack on Titan?
This panel >>283250519 especially look like a Titan attack.

>>283261298
Maybe the cruder lineart combined with the hard crosshatching? That panel also features a creature with wonky anatomy that amplifies its creepiness.

>>283261298
>cruder lineart combined with the hard crosshatching
Maybe. Even the characters reminds me of Isayama's old style where he drew everyone with these big creepy eyes.

>>283250087
Couldn't the kid have tried communicating with his parents? He can interact with the environment to an extent and he seems old enough to know basic hiragana, he could write something in the spilled incense ash.

>>283250569
REMOVE HORSE

>>283262028
Hatching, lots and lots of cross-hatched shading. Also the characters are drawn small, or rather thin, for their panel size which contributes to feeling of fragility within the story.

>>283262384
>Couldn't the kid have tried communicating with his parents? He can interact with the environment to an extent and he seems old enough to know basic hiragana, he could write something in the spilled incense ash.
The story works because it reverses the common notions of a "haunting" on their head ascribing negative motivations to ghostly behavior where there were none. Even if he wrote out a cry for help, it would probably either be misunderstood or not trusted.

>>283263311
>REMOVE HORSE
GTFO Stepmom! You want a No. 2 pencil stigmata through the other hand?

>>283250569
Hair in its mouth, with screaming in the previous page, makes me think that he took a big ol' bite out of someones head

>>283265462
I didn't even think of that.