Utsusemi Kaidan Jitsuwa Shui (Take Shobo Kaidan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The long-awaited debut work by the author who drew attention for his depiction of vernacular ghosts rooted in local customs in a true ghost story contest. A demon's street exists in a certain region of Kyushu. Suddenly, they can no longer breathe, and the reason for this is... In "Insect Possession," when a person dies in a village, he or she has to hide a hand mirror until the seventh day of the first month of the year. If the mirror is seen by others, terrible things will happen... Jizo (a statue of Buddha) stands at the exit of a tunnel in the Chugoku region of Japan. It is said to have been built as a memorial for a traffic accident, but it is deteriorating unusually fast... In "Increase", young men play with a lonely transfer student between rice paddies. However, it is rumored to be haunted by the spirits of the former Japanese army... Bamboo Dragonfly" and more.

実話怪談コンテストで地方の習俗に根差したヴァナキュラーな怪を描き注目された著者が放つ待望のデビュー作。九州のとある地方に存在する魔の辻。突然息ができなくなるのだが、その原因は...「ムシが憑く」、集落で人が亡くなると初七日まで手鏡を隠し持たねばならない風習。鏡を他人に見られると恐ろしいことが...「鏡の中のパクパク」、中国地方のトンネルを出たところに立つお地蔵さま。交通事故の慰霊に建てられたというが、異様に劣化が速く...「増えていく」、田んぼの畦で孤独な転校生と遊んでくれた青年たち。だが、そこは旧日本軍の霊が出ると噂で...「竹とんぼ」他、収録。