後遺症ラジオ 4

PTSD Radio #4

by Masaaki Nakayama, 中山昌亮

………ゴク…………ビチャ……ズル…ズズ…………っまほ……んじゃで………影………ぶばろ゛お゛お゛ぉ゛ぁ゛………目ッ……はァ…はァ………の灰……ジ…故………人形ガガガ………ォ断チ……ィマス…………ゴッ！…………多血………忌ミ……ピチャ………ガサガサガサガサ…………がっ…げ……げべべ………………コチラハＡＥＲＮ－ＢＢＣ、「後遺症ラジオ」デス。チューニングノ必要ハ……アリマセン。

Genres: Manga, Horror, Graphic Novels, Comics Manga, Short Stories, Paranormal, Comics

163 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 9, 2016

About the author

Masaaki Nakayama (中山昌亮) is a horror manga artist, and author of the series Fuan no Tane (Seeds of Anxiety).

Reviews

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't like this collection at first, but now I'm completely enamoured. I honestly don't care if the events are explained or not; it's all in the atmosphere. I can gaze at the art for hours because I adore it so much. When you read it, you have the uneasy sensation that someone is watching you just as they are observing the story's protagonist.

[☾❀Mirelle✩ · Rating 4 out of 5]

What we find scary or creepy is completely subjective. Among ten people watching the same horror movie, some of them will be terrified and some of them will remain completely unfazed, no matter how objectively good or bad the movies is. For me, this collection of short stories rooted in Japanese folklore encompasses everything I find scary in horror manga. It has a kind of body horror mixed with eerie atmosphere which reminds me of Junji Ito, my favourite manga author, and to me it's just terrifying. I absolutely love these scary faces. I would recommend this to all Ito's fans.

[Maija · Rating 3 out of 5]

I almost gave this one 2.5 stars like I did volume 3, but the old story about the two lost girls brought some more context to the plot again.

[STEPH · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now this is starting to make sense to me. I see running, I see more unhinged imagery. And hair—so much hair.

Some sequences from the first volumes were explained here, and everything started to fall into place. How these events were seemingly connected. I’m just curious how this would end.

Not as creepy or terrifying as the first and second volumes. This one is actually less scary. That scene with the girl opening her window because she thought someone was singing their heart out was quite funny to me. I knew some creepy, distorted face would appear, but it still made me laugh. Am I being desensitized? Oh no. And that guy who decided to brush off the creepy presence and convince himself it was just his eyes playing tricks on him was hilarious. Like, dude—you’re being hunted. Haha. Your eyes aren’t the problem.

What happened to Kiku & Tsubomi? I want to know.

Piece of advice: if you want to understand this series, you’d better read it in one go, or you’ll get lost in a maze of profound horror.

[Anastasia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jeeesus...

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 4 out of 5]

A series of vaguely connected horror vignettes revolving around paranoia, urban legends and irrational fears coming to life in unexpected ways.

PTSD Radio is a unique horror manga that manages to be oddly captivating despite being vague and full of unanswered questions. It relies on primal fears and urban superstitions. Stuff like thinking you see a face in the shadows if you stare at the crack of a slightly closed door for long enough. Thinking someone is standing behind you when you close your eyes in the shower. Feeling like someone is hovering over you staring directly into your closed eyes when you’re trying to sleep in the middle of the night by yourself. The type of stuff that irrational anxiety and sleep paralysis demons are made of.

The artwork of the horror scenes always pop up right in your face with some really unnerving portrayals of paranoia-inducing oddities. It happens quite frequently as well, as the chapters are extremely short and always end with a bizarre twist. I wouldn’t say anything in here is truly terrifying, but it’s constantly eerie, atmospheric and visually uncomfortable.

There’s not really a conclusive end to the saga, just a series of loosely connected strange body-horror tales that last about 3-6 pages each. It’s good for a quick read with a lot of visual peculiarity.

My rating: 3.5/5

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phew, Band 4 ist wieder VIEL besser als der vorherige Teil.
Zwar sind auch hier leider die Kurzgeschichten nicht mehr untereinander verbunden, wie das in Band 1 der Fall war, aber dafür haben wir Kurzgeschichten mit richtigen Monstern und unangenehmen Schatten etc. Es hat wieder deutlich mehr an Junji Ito oder Lovecraft erinnert, das Monsterdesign is ekelhaft-schön. Ich bin glücklich, dass es nicht so schlecht weiterging.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

The story about not drinking or looking at your phone while driving was only a few pages long but it managed to seriously creep me out! That jump scare when you turn the page was... really effective 😅

[Keiko the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don’t you even try to breathe.

[chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

The guest who visited tomorrow
beckons the brightly shining darkness.
A single child and six mothers
drag the newborn grandmother by the leg
and sink their teeth into flesh covered in bone.

[Mal Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot is starting to pull itself together more. I'm not sure if I'm a big fan of all of the jumping around throughout the story. The art style is still creepy and intriguing.

[TheyThemree · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice art. Wish there was some plot

[Kristin Katsuye · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is kind of losing me a bit.. maybe would have enjoyed it if I binged it all in one sitting/night? I have to wait for the library copies to be available, but it’s still within a month, so not bad. However, because the stories are so short & semi connected yet also not is losing my interest. I would say this series is more of a short story segment of horror tales. Some are a bit reoccurring. Not sure if they’re connected in any way. One major one seems to be this little statue guy from ancient Japan all the way to modern. That’s the real story of why I’m here. It’s all the other little stories that get sprinkled in that I’m not caring about as much.

Some of this can get confusing, because I didn’t see anything continuing the hair pulling storyline in this one. I liked that story. The last volume or so brought these little guys that enter your body. More of that was in here. I’m not really sure what to make of this series. I saw someone mention to pay attention to the chapter radio frequencies. I’m not, so maybe that’s part of my loss of understanding.

I’m not hating this. I’m still enjoying it. It’s just not what I thought it would be. I was hyped up with those covers alone. I find the stories themselves to be too short to really be terrifying. It’s over before it even begins to start. Some of the illustrations are pretty creepy though. That’s always fun. These are quick reads & is interesting enough to go through, so I plan to continue with the series.

[Kris A. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series was a trip, i've never read anything like it. I will say, i much preferred the first 3 in the series. They were truly terrifying. Not sure if i just got used to the art style which made me less scared or if the actual plot lines were just less interesting. But nonetheless I had a great time.

Do I wish the series kept going? 100%. But, if we are believing the author at the end... I completely understand the reasoning for stepping away. Any right minded person would tbh.

Overall a fucking wild series that anyone looking for genuine thrills will love.

[Alejandro Yrigoyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cerramos pequeños capítulos de Vol pasados, tenemos otras pequeñas historias de manifestación del demonio y por fin la historia de donde salió el dios Ogushima!! Dos niñas comenzaron todo y de ahí todo es historia. Rifo por ese pedazo de Lore increíble.

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Satisfyingly loops around to things we've seen and recontextualises them while dripping with horrifying imagery that is starting to make its own kind of sense.

[skaska123 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stuff is explained a bit more

[emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25

[B0R3D · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first I liked that the stories weren't straight forward but now it's kinda annoying.

[Rylei B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Page 320 is burned into my brain oml.
I think the underlying theme for this one is pettiness. Putting all those cryptic messages at the ends of each chapter together reveals more to the stories.

[flowers for vases · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[josie ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨♡୧⋆ ˚｡⋆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was literally terrifying???

[Luz · Rating 5 out of 5]

The stories are connecting more clearly in this one and there's a bit of backstory.

[Aidan Rice · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honnkkkkk shoooooo

[Pauline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Starting to get a clearer plot and a bit more answers, definitely curious about how it all ties together in the end.

[Carly F · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Lilly S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whoah!
I am still loving the art style so much. I have no idea what’s going on half the time but I’m enjoying the creep factor!

[F · Rating 4 out of 5]

creepy
crawl
benevolent god turned vengeful
out of humanity's neglect and selfishness
who to be empathic for god or human

[Kai Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

my library has all of the rest of the series so I'm bingeing. this really is getting better. I'm grossed out a bit, all the hair...

[Hannah]

why do i keep doing this to myself