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血の轍 [Chi no Wadachi] #11
Blood on the Tracks, Vol. 11
Shigeru's midnight visit leads Seiichi back up the hill where his mother dropped him as a child...and as events begin to fold in on themselves like the layers of his psyche, Seiichi starts to see the past through Mommy's eyes...
With one symbolic act, Seiichi can finally free himself of his mother's malign influence—but is this a nightmare, or is it all too real?!
With one symbolic act, Seiichi can finally free himself of his mother's malign influence—but is this a nightmare, or is it all too real?!
256 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2021
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About the author
Shuzo Oshimi
137 books1,049 followersShuzo Oshimi (押見修造, Oshimi Shūzō) is a Japanese manga creator.
Drawn in a realistic art style, his comics tend to be psychological dramas exploring the difficulties in human relationships and often touching on disturbing situations and perversions.
Oshimi debuted in 2001 with the manga series Avant-Garde Yumeko, appeared in Kodansha's 'Monthly Shōnen Magazine.' Most of his works since then have been published by Kodansha and Futabasha.
Among his first successes the single volume manga Sweet Poolside (2004), later adapted into a live-action film, and the series Drifting Net Café (2008–2011), also adapted for TV.
Oshimi reached international acclaims with The Flowers of Evil (2009–2014) and Inside Mari (2012–2016), both adapted into successful anime. Other notable works are Blood on the Tracks (2017–2023) and Welcome Back, Alice (2020-2023) .
Drawn in a realistic art style, his comics tend to be psychological dramas exploring the difficulties in human relationships and often touching on disturbing situations and perversions.
Oshimi debuted in 2001 with the manga series Avant-Garde Yumeko, appeared in Kodansha's 'Monthly Shōnen Magazine.' Most of his works since then have been published by Kodansha and Futabasha.
Among his first successes the single volume manga Sweet Poolside (2004), later adapted into a live-action film, and the series Drifting Net Café (2008–2011), also adapted for TV.
Oshimi reached international acclaims with The Flowers of Evil (2009–2014) and Inside Mari (2012–2016), both adapted into successful anime. Other notable works are Blood on the Tracks (2017–2023) and Welcome Back, Alice (2020-2023) .
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October 27, 2022
Reading Vlog: https://youtu.be/QbHhvmL5QtU
WHATTHEFUCK omgomgomg I love this so damn much. It's cinematic. Lyrical. Horrifying. Stunning.
This is such a strong addition to the series. I can't begin to imagine where this series is going. I am stunned with every volume.
WHATTHEFUCK omgomgomg I love this so damn much. It's cinematic. Lyrical. Horrifying. Stunning.
This is such a strong addition to the series. I can't begin to imagine where this series is going. I am stunned with every volume.
November 24, 2022
I just…..I need the next volume now
August 30, 2021
Oh no... I expected something like this to happen... although I thought of something a little bit more interesting... This story feels average for now, I really want to see where the author is headed!
June 19, 2022
Man, this sure is fucked-up. Seiichi is now detained for killing his cousin, and his weird connection with his mother is ever stronger, resonating in the very core of his soul in the shape of a butterfly. Gut-wrenching, disturbing, mind-achingly beautiful art from Shuzo Oshimi for volume 11 of this terrifying series. The blood on the tracks keeps getting thicker, staining the pure white snow in a dark angry shade of red color.
July 7, 2021
She really fucked that boy up
July 16, 2024
what the hell 😭
October 5, 2021
This is serious gaslighting and manipulating. I wonder what the author went through in his childhood.
Poor Seiichi is just making up stories to excuse his mom.
Oh shit, I think he's not hallucinating and that's actually Shigeru and if he pushes his kid self, he will push Shigeru in real life...
I knew it...I'm just lost for words right now...
Oh god, the cycle keeps happening.
Damn Shigeru if only he wasn't so push-able.
Hypothermia enters the chat.
The bento box or rice ball reminds me of his mum asking a red bean or meat dumpling. He never has a choice.
Is that a prison? mf that's a capsule hotel
You can already tell Seiichi is gonna become a serial killer by the end of this.
Poor Seiichi is just making up stories to excuse his mom.
Oh shit, I think he's not hallucinating and that's actually Shigeru and if he pushes his kid self, he will push Shigeru in real life...
I knew it...I'm just lost for words right now...
Oh god, the cycle keeps happening.
Damn Shigeru if only he wasn't so push-able.
Hypothermia enters the chat.
The bento box or rice ball reminds me of his mum asking a red bean or meat dumpling. He never has a choice.
Is that a prison? mf that's a capsule hotel
You can already tell Seiichi is gonna become a serial killer by the end of this.
February 26, 2023
I don’t like the direction this series is going
September 23, 2024
5 stars (reread)
When I think of Blood on the Tracks, this is the volume that I think of. For me, it is the penultimate volume in showing the building up of the desecration and destruction of the Seiichi's mind and spirit. It's genius in every image, panel, and theme being explored.
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I reread this one before picking up volume 12 and I was shocked and horrified all over again even though I knew what was coming. The art in this volume is so superb and terrifying. My love for this series is amped up here. This is 100% one of the best manga series out there currently being published. As of now, this is my favorite volume of the series.
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5 stars. WHEW! The psychological breaking of volume 10 was a lot, but it was nothing compared to the complete absolute desecration of Seiichi's mind. The complete breaking of his fragile psyche is gone. That went bye-bye. To see him even say, "Bye-bye," as though he has not completed the most evil act. A great arc in contrast to what his mother started in him as a young boy and at the start of the manga. All that started has come back around. I loved the butterfly imagery in this volume. It was striking and offered a sense of dread instead of its typical radiant hope.
When I think of Blood on the Tracks, this is the volume that I think of. For me, it is the penultimate volume in showing the building up of the desecration and destruction of the Seiichi's mind and spirit. It's genius in every image, panel, and theme being explored.
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I reread this one before picking up volume 12 and I was shocked and horrified all over again even though I knew what was coming. The art in this volume is so superb and terrifying. My love for this series is amped up here. This is 100% one of the best manga series out there currently being published. As of now, this is my favorite volume of the series.
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5 stars. WHEW! The psychological breaking of volume 10 was a lot, but it was nothing compared to the complete absolute desecration of Seiichi's mind. The complete breaking of his fragile psyche is gone. That went bye-bye. To see him even say, "Bye-bye," as though he has not completed the most evil act. A great arc in contrast to what his mother started in him as a young boy and at the start of the manga. All that started has come back around. I loved the butterfly imagery in this volume. It was striking and offered a sense of dread instead of its typical radiant hope.
June 2, 2023
Read in chapters as releasing
August 28, 2024
Tomo en la línea del anterior, onírico y metafórico, y con una sorprendente vuelta de tuerca.
Seiichi está cayendo por un precipicio tan empinado que no sé si habrá algo que pueda frenar su caída.
Seiichi está cayendo por un precipicio tan empinado que no sé si habrá algo que pueda frenar su caída.
June 25, 2023
J'aimerais ça lâcher ça et faire autre chose de ma journée mais comme... Impossible 🙃
June 26, 2023
Culmina el giro iniciado en el tomo anterior, con unas consecuencias devastadoras. El infierno de Dante es un valle de los Alpes en pleno verano al lado de la vida de Seiichi.
September 23, 2023
I’ve read 8 volumes in one day, I’m totally obsessed with this series but I need a break or I’ll go insane
December 22, 2025
Seiichi’s psychotic break continues up on the snowy mountain overlook— in the wee hours of the morning.
A horrific memory from his past claws itself to the surface, prompting Seiichi to act.
He is urged to complete the job his mother attempted to complete on him when he was a small child.
Well.
He completes Seiko’s other latest attempt.
So… what does that even mean?
Seiichi has just killed someone.
This was an incredibly psychological volume for both Sei and the reader. Seiichi wakes up that morning to the sunlight beaming into his bedroom— snuggled under his blanket.
The whole thing was just a dream! The snowy walk up the mountain, the appearance of his mother, the terrible deed committed— none of it was real.
Honestly, I was so irritated. There’s no way mangaka Oshimi would pull something so dumb like that.
But when Seiichi stumbles out of bed to look out of the window— it has indeed, snowed.
He looks around the room, eyes landing on his soaking wet winter coat.
He walks into the living room, his snow boots in the same condition.
Seiichi was outside.
This was reality, and not a dream at all.
Further confirmation comes shortly afterward when detectives arrive at his home, questioning Seiichi on the whereabouts of a particular person.
This leads Seiichi to confess about his “dream” as the detectives look on in horror and with a sickening realization.
Seiichi really did it. He’s finally snapped.
The final pages of the volume take place in the juvenile detention facility, where Sei will be staying as the courts decide how to proceed with the case.
He looks so broken, so small.
Now I’m wary and confused— shocked and horrified at the circumstances. What began as a break from reality has quickly turned into an act of murder.
Seiko has truly and successfully destroyed her son.
Someone help this child.
A horrific memory from his past claws itself to the surface, prompting Seiichi to act.
He is urged to complete the job his mother attempted to complete on him when he was a small child.
Well.
He completes Seiko’s other latest attempt.
So… what does that even mean?
Seiichi has just killed someone.
This was an incredibly psychological volume for both Sei and the reader. Seiichi wakes up that morning to the sunlight beaming into his bedroom— snuggled under his blanket.
The whole thing was just a dream! The snowy walk up the mountain, the appearance of his mother, the terrible deed committed— none of it was real.
Honestly, I was so irritated. There’s no way mangaka Oshimi would pull something so dumb like that.
But when Seiichi stumbles out of bed to look out of the window— it has indeed, snowed.
He looks around the room, eyes landing on his soaking wet winter coat.
He walks into the living room, his snow boots in the same condition.
Seiichi was outside.
This was reality, and not a dream at all.
Further confirmation comes shortly afterward when detectives arrive at his home, questioning Seiichi on the whereabouts of a particular person.
This leads Seiichi to confess about his “dream” as the detectives look on in horror and with a sickening realization.
Seiichi really did it. He’s finally snapped.
The final pages of the volume take place in the juvenile detention facility, where Sei will be staying as the courts decide how to proceed with the case.
He looks so broken, so small.
Now I’m wary and confused— shocked and horrified at the circumstances. What began as a break from reality has quickly turned into an act of murder.
Seiko has truly and successfully destroyed her son.
Someone help this child.
October 4, 2024
So am I convinced Mommy might be a (the) victim??? wtf is happening?!?!
November 3, 2022
Say out loud, "It was only a dream . . . or was it?" and you now know the sound creativity makes when it dies. It's a pathetic whistling gasp, isn't it?
This series has fallen off a cliff and cratered hard into the snow-covered rocks below, and I've lost most of my enthusiasm for it.
This series has fallen off a cliff and cratered hard into the snow-covered rocks below, and I've lost most of my enthusiasm for it.
September 23, 2022
Another excellent volume. Our main character is now being studied and committed some atrocious crimes. How will he end up? Really...it doesn't look good.
August 17, 2022
Sin palabras.. Cada tomo me deja más de piedra,, curiosa de cómo finalizará este manga la verdad. Shuzo Oshimi no deja de sorprenderme
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December 17, 2022One sight of an eye, says so much. Freaking crazy story.
August 25, 2021
Astonishing how real this feels. Probably coming to a conclusion soon.
This time I had to wait longer to read the next volume. It was a highly anticipated long wait.
This time I had to wait longer to read the next volume. It was a highly anticipated long wait.
March 7, 2024
In the last volume I feared about Seiichi's mental health.
Unfortunately, my fears were correct and he finally snapped.
Unfortunately, my fears were correct and he finally snapped.
June 16, 2022
He llegado hasta aquí sin escribir reseña de ninguno de los tomos previos. Normalmente no me gusta hacer esto pero rastros de sangre lo he leído en un frenesí. Página tras página, sin parar. No sé que ha pasado en cada tomo. Lo que sé es que es una obra perturbadora, incómoda de leer y muy bien hecha. Se bebe. No tiene muchos grandes eventos que te vayan enganchando, es más bien un todo de inquietud que me hace no poder parar.
March 26, 2023
I literally don’t know what should I wrote about this… it was just Perfect! I don’t know where the story is going but I’m intrigued to find out!
March 20, 2024
Oh no, Sei! I need to know if you come through this all in one piece.
July 24, 2024
AUXILIO LLAMEN A LA MIRA CULOS ‼️‼️😭 POR QUÉ LO HICISTE NOOOO
k penita me da el primo, al chile no sale de una pa meterse en OTRA PEOR
k penita me da el primo, al chile no sale de una pa meterse en OTRA PEOR
November 30, 2024
I love this series because each volume is super short, fast paced, and disturbing !!!
January 24, 2025
2.75 - 3 ☆
Ch89-98 | I kinda want something more and I don’t know how to describe it. But anyways, I’m still very much creeped out and scared for Seiichi.
Ch89-98 | I kinda want something more and I don’t know how to describe it. But anyways, I’m still very much creeped out and scared for Seiichi.
January 13, 2022
Dopo il picco dei volumi 9 e 10, questo è parecchio sottotono. Ci può stare, però spero ci stiamo avviando a un punto, non so quanto altro abbia da dire questa storia.
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