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Description
From Manga-Sketchbook: One night, mild-mannered college student, Hiroshi Mori, bumps into a woman visiting his next-door neighbor. A large, creepy woman, she has long hair, wears a coat and carries shopping bags in both hands. He had never seen her before. But then, without warning, the woman starts stalking Hiroshi, shifting her attention from his next-door neighbor whom she had been visiting to Hiroshi himself. Who is she and what is she after?
Originally published in 1993 - before the term "stalker" was acknowledged in Japanese society, this well-written horror manga is about a young man pursued by a mystery woman.
Serialized for just ten weeks, this short, single-volume manga unusually became a hit bestseller, selling a staggering 400,000 copies. Regularly chosen as "the scariest manga ever" in magazine horror specials.
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Associated Names
座敷女 La Dame de la chambre close (French) ZashikiOnna
Intense, thrilling, suspenseful are some of the words I'd use to describe this. It's exciting and even very interesting to watch the main character's demise as he's entrapped in the delusions of the insane.
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That "the woman" truly has no identity and looks at "him" as a prey and even a projection for her own desires and compulsions makes the story even more creepy and fascinating.
The letdown was the ending, though. After all that suspense and buildup, the story crashes down like a house of cards. Even if the identity of the stalker was never to be revealed, I felt the story could've ended in a less anti-climatic manner.
The art was crappy. But it did creep me out. So it's all good. XD. Creepy>.>
Anyways, if you're looking for something to creep you out, you should try this manga. Notice how many times the word "creepy" is mentioned in this comment. lol
Man, when there were only seven chapters released, I obsessed about it. It was a cliffhanger worthy of being in a TOP 10. But seriously, the final chapters sucked ass. The ending was alright, but ... bah.
This manga, will, it one of the most creepiest manga i ever read but didn't give the scare i wanted, maybe because i'm not easily scared by anything nowadays but overrall it was great.
Seriously, prolonged exposure to this manga can turn you into a nervous wreck.
The fact that it CAN have such an influence on the reader means that it's an awesome manga. If you don't mind a trip to the dark side, you've gotta read this!
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