禍話 弐 SNSで伝播する令和怪談

by 大家

眠れなくなる夜を、あなたへ。怖い話好き待望の第2弾。

夜な夜な奇妙で禍々しい話を語るネットラジオ「禍話」の漫画化、第２弾。
『禍話』とは、SNSで多くのファンが漫画や小説作品にした怪談をアップし、人々の間に拡散されている話題の怪談ラジオ。
ちなみに、書(描)いた人・聞いた人の身に何が起こってもそれは自己責任なので気を付けてください。
今回は、禍話ファンに応募形式で厳選された話から、さらに11の恐怖体験を選び抜き、漫画に。
生きている者か死んでいる者か、はたまた人間ではない「なにか」。あらゆる恐怖は今日もあなたの後ろにいるのです。

とあるキャンプ場で語られた怪談話から始まってしまった恐怖の夜ーー『キャンプの嘘話』
善意からの行動が引き寄せてしまったのはーー『見つけてくれる人』
とあるいわくつきの廃屋で肝試しをした男が迎えた奇妙な死に方とはーー『例の家』
あなたが子供の頃、通学路に「変なもの」を売るおじさんはいましたか？ーー『写真を売る男』
夜中にその女性を絶対にタクシーに乗せてはいけないーー『ミナミさん』
「ばらばら死体がでる」という言葉をあなたは信じますか？ーー『ばらばらの山』
安心できるはずの家に、全く知らない”隣人”がいたらーー『間借りの家』
彼女の実家に挨拶しに行った男が“ならわし”として参加させられたのはーー『遺骸の儀式』
夢と現実、嘘と本当、交差した人間はどうなってしまうのかーー『六文銭の夢』
「それ」は本当に妻ですか？ーー『妻は死んでいない』
因果は巡り、「何か」があなたのために復讐をするーー『３、２、１！』

224 pages, Paperback

Published November 20, 2024

Reviews

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here we go again! First story, don't make up fake stories in campsites as it may just come true, oh chuckle! 4.5 stars.
Second story, following a woman working in a store and a girl who is thankful that through her she keeps finding what she needs... not always in the best way, this one just took such a spin and I loved it! 5 stars.
Third story, 3 stars, mostly because it just ended and that last panel was weird as fuck. I would have also liked to see what the guys saw that caused them to be that, I wanted to see whatever lurked there, not just read about it/see them guessing.
Story 4: 4 stars. So did the man cause it? Or did he just predict what would happen? Anyway, this was creepy. I could understand meeting him outside but that last part with him revealing the master was just so creepy. And then of course the cycle continues. This was spooky!
Story 5: 4.5 stars. Oh this one was good! Taps in all that urban legend stuff and I love it! A new taxidriver picks up a woman and has to drive between stations... I already knew what she was and I was just screaming at the guy to go go go. I loved the ending, A-plus for warning that new guy!
Story 6: Oh, oh, oh snap. 4.5 stars. This wasn't that spooky but it definitely had spooky tones. A strange man with a strange sign is haunting people. Do you want to talk about a dismembered body??? NOPE.
Story 7: 4 stars. The mysterious renter in a home, yep, what would you do if a door just opens up in your room or on the stairs and something came out? This got progressively more spooky and I had fun. I loved that last panel, indeed, what if? Oh my.
Story 8: 2 stars. By far the weakest story as I had no clue what was going on exactly. So the girl became a sacrifice? She was destined to end up in those tunnels? What is in the tunnels? What? WHy?
Story 9: 1.5 stars. I mean, it was a bit scary, but mostly confusing and boring. I wasn't that into it. A shame. I hope that the last chapters/stories are better again.
Story 10: Um, wait whut? So his dead wife came back to him? Or it was someone else? Or what? What is living with him??? What happened to him???? It was a strange little tale and a tad spooky. Mostly confusing. Booooo, I don't want this one to end on such meh stories. Give me bangers again. This one is 2 stars.
Last story, 4 stars. Well, that was creepy. Trauma creating something. And that something taking revenge. This was a good one!

All in all, a good mix of stories, I especially liked the earlier ones over the later ones. Still happy I got to read this one, it was good! I love these short story collections. I am going to hunt for some more!