The Strange House, Vol. 2

変な家 [Henna Ie] #2

by Uketsu (Story), Kyo Ayano (Illustrator)

WHAT LIES BENEATH

The deeper I dig into the mystery of these strange houses, the more disturbing things get. Miyae-san’s theories about the Saitama House were plenty chilling on their own, but with Kurihara’s help, I’ve come to realize she’s only scratched the surface of its secrets—literally. Why did it have a secret basement? And was it really used—as Kurihara suspects—as a morgue?

Also adapted into a horror film called The Floor Plan!

Genres: Manga, Horror, Mystery, Graphic Novels, 漫画, Fiction, Thriller

182 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 30, 2023

About the author

Associated Names:
* Uketsu
* 雨穴
* อุเก็ตสึ (Thai Profile)

Reviews

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

EN I’m still amazed by the ability to craft such an engaging plot around the mysteries of a house. In fact, it’s no longer just one, but two.

It’s an in-depth exploration of the reasons behind the way the houses were built, with a family at the centre whose motivations remain unknown.

I’m really enjoying this thriller. Highly recommended for fans of horror and lighter thrillers.

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PT Continuo a achar fabulosa a capacidade de criar um enredo envolvente em torno dos mistérios de uma casa. Na verdade, já não é apenas uma, mas sim duas.

Trata-se de uma análise exaustiva às razões que levaram à construção das casas da forma como foram concebidas, tendo no centro uma família cujas motivações permanecem desconhecidas.

Estou a adorar este thriller. Recomendo vivamente a quem aprecia histórias de terror e thrillers mais leves.

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strange Houses Vol. 2 is peak “slow-burn horror but make it a brain teaser.”
Creepy floor plans, weird family secrets, and that subtle dread that follows you around like a stray cat.
Yeah, the plot gets a little messy and dialogue-heavy, but the mystery?? So addictive.
A fun, unsettling, architecturally cursed read. 4 stars — chaotic but elite.

[McKenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

And the plot thickens!

[Whitney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoying this series, where the mystery revolves around interpreting what the unusual architecture of a house implies.

[Priscilla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Je me suis jetée sur le deuxième tome de l'adaptation du thriller éponyme, et j'aime toujours autant cette série pleine de suspense ! Je trouve ça fascinant d'avoir créé toute une intrigue basée sur des plans architecturaux, c'est mystérieux, avec une légère pointe d'horreur, bref j'adore. Vivement la suite !

[naya · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75

[Chloe · Rating 5 out of 5]

That ending gave me goosebumps!!

[Lucifer "Argyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Literally, what in Tarantino is going on!?

First of all, the overreaching that these people do to make something sinister out of a nothing burger is wild. Then this other random person shows up and is like "I know a thing. Let me help. But oh, by the way, I lied to you about who I was." And now they're just like :oh yeah, my sister went missing when I was a kid. Just over night. All of her stuff disappeared, that wad weird."

And now it's like.... is the sister involved in this? What in the heck is happening?

This is still holding my attention, kind of, but it's also starting to get very frustrating. I'll have to see what happens in the next one.

At least the art is really cool, even if the story is weird.

[Natalie S · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one is good, and I like where its going... I keep wondering if all the info given is legit or if they give certain ideas to spin us the wrong way.

[Brenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really interested in how this series turns out. I wish it was something I could sit down and read at once. Alas I have to wait for the next book to be released.

[Aurora · Rating 3 out of 5]

There’s so much conjecture, it’s hard to get properly emotionally invested. 😅

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sviluppo delle indagini decisamente accattivante. La Signora Miyae non la contava giusta fin dal primo volume e ora, come volevasi dimostrare, ha gettato la maschera rivelando chi è davvero. Ma sarà attendibile questa nuova verità? Comunque, pure Kurihara mi inquieta un po' con tutte le sue terrificanti congetture.

[Kamons · Rating 4 out of 5]

[TH] ตัดจบได้แบบ~ ค้าง อยากรู้ตอนต่อไปมาก ซึ่งจะเป็นพาร์ทบ้านประหลาดของคุณปู่

[vi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every time I think I know where this is going I’m proved to be completely wrong

[Lena_seitenmeer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Banger, mehr kann ich dazu nicht sagen. Vielleicht, dass ich SEHR froh bin, dass ich den nächsten Band schon hier habe ✨️

[SabiAnnika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Im zweiten Teil dreht sich die Geschichte weniger um das, wofür die Häuser benutzt worden sein könnten, sondern mehr um die Hintergrundgeschichte der Familie. Dabei gibt vor allem Yuzuki viele hilfreiche Anhaltspunkte.

[Pauline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lowkey having a hard time following everything sometimes but I’m invested.

[Dee · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐

[Cecilia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Il mistero si infittisce e arrivano le prime risposte. Non vedo l'ora di scoprire come andrà avanti!

[https.sharleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Par pitié j’ai besoin du tome 3 svp, j’ai besoin de la suite

[Megthereader · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars*

[Hope Anderson (HopelessBookAddict) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg and it gets better!

[mojida · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want the next one asap😭😭😭😭😭😭 that cliffhanger was brutal. I want to know moreee.

[Justin · Rating 1 out of 5]

This might be the slowest-burn horror story I've ever run into. And I admit, part of my dissatisfaction with this series lies in my expectations going in. The initial premise seemed to be painting the titular house as something supernatural, housing horrors akin to the Backrooms, or maybe Poltergeist. But the reality is none of those things; this isn't even The Amityville Horror. The Strange House is a bad version of the old Tom Hanks movie, The Burbs, where the only things the main characters have to base their conspiracy theories off of are the floor plans. There aren't any suspicious comings and goings witnessed by the neighbors. There aren't lights on at odd hours of the night, or strange noises, or shadowy figures digging holes under cover of darkness. No one has snuck in to try and get to the bottom of things. The Strange House is still, almost in its entirety, nothing but people sitting around, looking at blueprints, and coming up with the most ridiculous, baseless assumptions about the people who lived in and built these houses.

I have run into scarier things on Zillow Gone Wild, where at least you can look at an actual photograph and shudder at the fact that somebody actually had a prison cell in their basement, or a stairway that leads to a cave system, or whatever. But this? This is just, "These houses are laid out kinda weird, so clearly the people who lived here were assassins for hire, and they used this layout to transport the bodies!" It's terrible, it's repetitious, and not a bloody thing ever actually happens. Even the new character who gets introduced, who has connections to the family pretty much just sits around and talks about the floor plans.

I take it back: This isn't a slow burn. This is a kid at summer camp rubbing two sticks together and getting nothing but blisters for his effort.

[Donatela ⋆꙳❅ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.6/5 ⭐
I decided to read this book after reading the first and honestly, it exceeded my expectations. I may be biased because I find the idea of "random" situations complementing and connecting to each other a very clever and very interesting form of writing a suspense, also it being one of my favorites. It didn't have any "unbiased" conclusions like the first one, the story that was being built was, even though kind of predictable, was very well built and in the end, even had its own form of "plot twist". Overall, if you liked the idea of the first one, but didn't enjoy its execution, however, enjoyed Strange Pictures, don't be afraid, this read has all you need!

REMINDER!!: I am not reading the manga... as I previously said on my updates, I am reading "Strange Houses 2; the mystery of the 11 blueprints", but, I couldn't find it on here so I decided to use the vol 2 of the manga instead :)

[Estibaliz · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5, and I'm definitely sold on this one now.

Deliciously atmospheric, funny at times, quirky in the nature of the mystery, with house plans being an odd leit motif for the whole investigation; this second volume ups the ante, and is not short in new revelations regarding some of the main elements/people directly related to the mystery.

And all that, while still keeping a lot of things in the dark, but not in an annoying way. Which is not a small feat in this kind of sleuth murder stories.

Looking forward to volume 3 and the mystery broadening, or narrowing, with a new visit to the past, a new scenario... and possibly more house plans!

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's getting more fun, I like how the mystery is getting more complex, but that random scene where Kurihara explains everything to the kids??? I was like this is so unbelievably dumb, but I assumed this was going to be an eye-opening moment with the kids seeing something the adults couldn't, but uh, no, that didn't happen, and it was just a random explanation of the entire case for no reason and we gained nothing... Also there was genuinely no reason for Yuzuki to lie and it pisses me off how straightforward everything seems to be now that she told the truth 😒

[Les petits livres · Rating 5 out of 5]

Une suite qui nous donne des réponses mais qui nous pose encore davantage de questions !

L'histoire est captivante, on va suivre un auteur spécialisé dans l'occulte qui, après être tombé sur des plans de maisons étranges, va collaborer avec un ami architecte pour découvrir ce qui cloche dans ces maisons.

C'est un thriller captivant avec des personnages attachants et intéressants, l'histoire est parfaitement maîtrisée et les révélations se font à un rythme très agréable à suivre, j'aime beaucoup cette saga et j'ai hâte d'avoir le tome trois !

[Shiritaku · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was für eine dramatische Wendung! Da passiert so viel, womit ich absolut nicht gerechnet hab! Man erfährt neue Einzelheiten und grübelt weiter mit den Charakteren mit.. vieles ergibt so viel Sinn, dass man es kaum noch in Frage stellt und so formt sich immer mehr eine Idee, was es mit den Grundrissen, Häusern und Bewohnern auf sich hat. Doch dann gibt es eine Wendunge und neue Fragen kommen auf.
Es bleibt weiterhin super spannend und ich bin mittlerweile sehr hooked! 🔥

[Worm · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I didn't quite care for the humor (seemingly shoehorned in to lighten the mood a bit), the story still kept me guessing!

While I didn't personally mind it too much in the first volume- the second volume really continues to speculate and go with the assumption that those speculations are correct. I was also pretty off-put by the conduct of the architect friend explaining the case to children.

That being said, it's still a fun read and I'm curious to see where it goes!