A collection of horror short stories by Mr. Natsuhiko. I'm sorry to say I quit after the second story. They're not bad stories, just not horror for the most part and horror is what I was looking when I picked this one up. The stories here are very sparing of fantastical and horror elements.
Take the first story for example, 手首を拾う (Picking up a wrist). Most of it is the main character reminescing about his wife and talking about the trail to the inn he'll be staying. The fantastical element happens in 4 sentences and it's over. It feels tangential at times.
There's a lot of build up through environment description and reminiscencing of characters that maybe are not that reliable. I didn't feel like the fantastical twists and the horror crunch was enough to give this stories enough dread. Again, not bad, but the horror is few and far between and not particularly imaginative. I'll have to come back in the right mood for it.
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