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File 7 was a hard read for me because I can’t stomach a child suffering, especially because of abuse and neglect. Despite this, it still provided insight on a few questions from the previous file — now we know who Naruki is; how he could be the bastard of one of the elites involved in the cult. How his “Uncle”’s house had a “brown doll” that served as the house’s beating heart. All interesting stuff

File 6 got me shivering in my timbers when you put all the drawings together. What I like most about Uketsu’s writing so far is the fact that he makes use of a lot of different writing media — for instance, he has files that are magazine clippings, old journal excerpts, interviews, etc. It keeps the reader engaged and enshrouds the whole book in even more mystery. It’s gimmicky, but it works.