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カヤちゃんはコワくない [Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai] #5
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May 18, 2026
Shrug? I like this, but if I stop reading it, I won’t miss it. We won’t belabour that Mieruko-chan is far and away its superior; even in a vacuum this is merely okay and not much else.
It has its creepy moments, as usual, but it alternates between ‘somebody gets in trouble and Kaya disperses the spirit’ and ‘here’s the not so interesting main plotline’. Now featuring yet another relative. Because I’m not invested in the main arc, the side stories have to do the heavy lifting and this time they weren’t quite as compelling.
Our big new introduction this volume is Namu, a loner who has lousy people skills, even though that lets him reveal the dramatic truth at the end of the volume about what’s really happening with Kaya. He’s okay, as characters go.
It just feels very uninvolving for something that should be much more compelling. There was an older series from Dark Horse, Mail, that was a horror anthology where every episode was exactly the same in terms of structure and outcome. That series was leagues better because it knew how to ooze atmosphere straight from the page. It was good despite the repetition. This is not so much.
Sometimes the scenarios are okay. The smoker who gets an eyeful is decent and the sandbox one is fine. The one about the bike rack might be my favourite. Another where a supposedly perfect parent gets her comeuppance is way too predictable to offer much.
Outside of that, I will call out the festival story as being especially chilling because it exchanges the supernatural elements for a far more real version of terror. Ironically, this one is the most effective and genuinely terrifying at points.
Not bad, but not especially good, trending towards adequate. I think part of the problem is the artwork, which I find just the wrong side of adequate for a story of this nature. A different style would make this a lot better.
3 stars - sure, it’s okay. I’m still not sure if I’ll continue with it, but right now I’m feeling okay about doing so. One of those series I run really hot and cold with, unfortunately.
It has its creepy moments, as usual, but it alternates between ‘somebody gets in trouble and Kaya disperses the spirit’ and ‘here’s the not so interesting main plotline’. Now featuring yet another relative. Because I’m not invested in the main arc, the side stories have to do the heavy lifting and this time they weren’t quite as compelling.
Our big new introduction this volume is Namu, a loner who has lousy people skills, even though that lets him reveal the dramatic truth at the end of the volume about what’s really happening with Kaya. He’s okay, as characters go.
It just feels very uninvolving for something that should be much more compelling. There was an older series from Dark Horse, Mail, that was a horror anthology where every episode was exactly the same in terms of structure and outcome. That series was leagues better because it knew how to ooze atmosphere straight from the page. It was good despite the repetition. This is not so much.
Sometimes the scenarios are okay. The smoker who gets an eyeful is decent and the sandbox one is fine. The one about the bike rack might be my favourite. Another where a supposedly perfect parent gets her comeuppance is way too predictable to offer much.
Outside of that, I will call out the festival story as being especially chilling because it exchanges the supernatural elements for a far more real version of terror. Ironically, this one is the most effective and genuinely terrifying at points.
Not bad, but not especially good, trending towards adequate. I think part of the problem is the artwork, which I find just the wrong side of adequate for a story of this nature. A different style would make this a lot better.
3 stars - sure, it’s okay. I’m still not sure if I’ll continue with it, but right now I’m feeling okay about doing so. One of those series I run really hot and cold with, unfortunately.
October 21, 2025
What better time to read this one further than during Spooktober? I had to read back a bit to see what I missed again as it continued almost seamlessly from the previous volume. But then I knew! Namu, his powers, that guy who says he is a psychic (and is disciple of Namu). Loved getting a backstory on Namu and see what happened to him and how he met that one guy that became his disciple, poor Namu!
And there is also a lot of Kaya of course! She is dispelling creepy monsters and ghosts (seriously, the artist is so awesome with how he drew these supernatural creepies) left and right in her own special way, either by dropkicking them, throwing a ball and more, because how else would you dispel them? Right? I really had fun reading, though I saw that Kaya wasn't doing so hot as a darkness crept over her. And then that last chapter, holy heck! You cannot just go there and then end it there! On to the next volume.
Oh, and I didn't like that one mom who was haunted by something.
And there is also a lot of Kaya of course! She is dispelling creepy monsters and ghosts (seriously, the artist is so awesome with how he drew these supernatural creepies) left and right in her own special way, either by dropkicking them, throwing a ball and more, because how else would you dispel them? Right? I really had fun reading, though I saw that Kaya wasn't doing so hot as a darkness crept over her. And then that last chapter, holy heck! You cannot just go there and then end it there! On to the next volume.
Oh, and I didn't like that one mom who was haunted by something.
July 3, 2026
3.5 stars
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