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Francesca Danielle
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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
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Francesca Danielle
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File 8 was more on the nose with its connection to the previous file, and I'm not complaining! I thought the use of paper cup phones was silly, along with the subsequent explanation, but I would like to think that space is distorted inside of the houses rather than the father being in an entirely separate house. Also, there are more callbacks to "removing vital parts". Here, buildings are compared to as bodies.
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Francesca Danielle
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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.
— 9 hours, 30 min ago
Francesca Danielle
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Done with File 5! Okay, everything is finally connecting! Aside from the Hikura Homes, finally the enigmatic watermill is being “expounded upon”! I can’t wait to read the rest of the files. I’m starting to think that I should have a map of Japan while reading this.
— Aug 16, 2026 06:03AM
Francesca Danielle
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So, I’m convinced that Hikura Homes is imbuing evil in all the houses that they design that somehow is able to elicit violence and murder. Just a deeply negligent and corrupt institution. It’s strange how Hikura actively prevents individuals from seeing houses as homes and instead condemns them for even trying to live in it. Its like these buildings hate people and actively prevent others from inhabiting it
— Aug 15, 2026 03:56AM
Francesca Danielle
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File 3 is really weird 😭 Just a random watermill far from water? So was the gear moved by people outside to unveil the hidden room? I doubt the egret entered by accident — I feel like much of the building had been refined after it was first erected. Again, a lot of the explanations that Uketsu offers is "convenient" so I'm suspicious. The overarching theme of non-conformity = misfortune is clear though
— Aug 15, 2026 02:48AM
Francesca Danielle
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Another instance of a house having evil feng shui and sha chi in the house. I find Uketsu enjoys giving convenient answers to mysteries in each file, but it seems to “simple” to just conclude that the layout of the house caused frustration to build up and ultimately lead to murder…. Compelling case though.
— Aug 15, 2026 01:08AM
Francesca Danielle
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Just finished File 1! My gut instinct is that Ms. Negishi should have never been born, hence why her mother wanted to eventually tear down her room. Or perhaps there was some curse that was found in the area? Not sure what it is just yet.
— Aug 14, 2026 01:53AM
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+ its another portrayal of the house being “alive” and being tethered by some occult force. Yet another case of a hallway that leads to nowhere and a door that leads to a river. This reminds me of the watermill that was far from a river — why was Uncle’s house so close to a river? It might be irrelevant or it could be a child misremembering… there’s a lot up in the air right now. But, of all cases, this had to be one of the stronger/interesting ones!
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