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Ima Ichiko: Hyakkiyakôshô vol. 8
One warning: if you do not actually understand Japanese fully but can follow most manga, you probably shouldn't pick up Ima Ichiko. She'll ruin your confidence in your Japanese abilities.
So much text! No furigana! Not-linear-at-all stories!
But it's damn good.
This is a semi-horror story about monsters and ghosts. It's technically set in modern day Japan, but the designs and atmosphere is Taishô-esque -- which I adore, with the old Japanese houses and women in kimono and yokai in montsuki. The stories are more sentimental and melancholic than scary, and though they have a few shock moments, the scariness is more of the sort that reminds you of stories you heard as a child from your superstitious grandmother. The yokai (monsters) are for the most part cute and slightly pathetic, while they sometimes show their true nature and reminds us that there are lines into the other side we shouldn't pass easily.
I love it.
Category: Shojo/ladies | Posted by Alicia at October 1, 2004 11:54 AM