CONTENTS

Frankenstein

Neck Specter

Bog of Living Spirits

Pen Pal

The Strange Tale

of Oshikiri

The Strange Tale

of Oshikiri: The Walls

The Hell of the

Doll Funeral

Face Firmly in Place

Boss Non-non

Hide-and-Seek with
Boss Non-non
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 FREEZE TO
DEATH IF
YOU STAY
OUT HERE
TOO LONG.

I'M WELL
AWARE.
YOU'VE BEEN
YES... TRAINING
THIS HAS BEEN FOR THIS ACTUALLY
EXPEDITION, QUITE
THE FAVOURITE
DREAM OF MY
YES? GOING ACCUSTOMED
EARLY YEARS. OUT WITH TO VOYAGES
FINALLY, AN THE WHALE THROUGH
EXPEDITION TO
FISHERS? THE
THE NORTH POLE! NORTHERN
THAT'S WHY WATERS.
I HIRED YOU
SKILLED SAILORS.
 BUT IS THERE
LAND AT THE
NORTHERN POLE?
A SAILOR TOLD
ME THERE'S
NAUGHT BUT
FROST AND
DESOLATION,

YES... SOME
EXPLORERS DO
А BEAUTIFUL INDEED SAY THAT.
LAND AS YET BUT OTHERS ARE
UNSEEN... OF A DIFFERENT
I AM OF THE OPINION... THEY SAY
BELIEF THEY THAT IF YOU KEEP
ARE RIGHT. GOING THROUGH
THE ICE, YOU WILL
EVENTUALLY FIND
A LAND OF
WONDERS.

I WILL BE
BUT, BOSUN... THE FIRST TO
I AM INDEED DISCOVER IT.
OCCASIONALLY JUST THINKING OF
OVERCOME BY AN THAT MAKES MY
UNASSAILABLE CONCERN OVER
ANXIETY. THE RISK OF
"N THE SEA VOYAGE

ү mm
= VANISH.

ТЕТІ
ШИob
ШИЛ!

AT SUCH
TIMES, I THINK
HOW NICE IT
WOULD BE TO
HAVE А FRIEND
WHO COULD
SYMPATHIZE
WITH ME.
 AND NOW
WE'VE
GOT FOG
ON TOP
OF THAT.
Åаў
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০২
—

THIS IS
SOME LUCK...
BOSUN, HOW
LONG MIGHT
WE HAVE TO
STAY LIKE
 ++: WAY
OVER
THERE,
HUNDREDS
OF MILES
AWAY FROM
CIVILIZATION?

ж
=” ғ
ДУ Жжу a
ЈУ 2ду -一
一一 二

DRIVING IS
GIGANTIC!
 #2

N NN

SOUND OF
BREAKING

LOVELY.
IF THINGS GO
WELL, WE'LL
BE OFF AGAIN
TOMORROW.

п
CAPTAIN
CHATTER
WALTON, CHATTER
HAVE A
LOOK AT
THIS.

МЕ WON'T 4
HEAR А WORD
ABOUT IT, SO
JUST GET ON
THE SHIP!

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I'M TELLING
YOU, YOU'LL
FREEZE TO
DEATH IN TWO,
THREE HOURS
LIKE THAT.
 ne” Фа IT'S
HERE Us ; MUST'VE DIFFERENT
IS OUR GOT FROM
CAPTAIN; A STUCK ON THE ONE
HE WILL ,а „\] A CHUNK | |YESTERDAY.
NOT ALLOW М — THAT
YOU TO i BROKE
PERISH ON OFF AND
THE OPEN FLOATED
AWAY.

N ۱
‎‫ اب‬A Ww CURRENTLY
I SHALL | HEADED TO THE
ACCEPT YOUR | NORTH POLE.
INVITATION/ | + Ó°
 IT SEEMS GOODNESS.
YOUR JOURNEY YOU'RE FINALLY
HAS BEEN QUITE AWAKE. YOU'VE
DIFFICULT. YOU'RE BEEN ASLEEP
EMACIATED- TWO DAYS NOW.
I THOUGHT
YOU MIGHT
ACTUALLY DIE.

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2
THE SHIP //

||
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»

YOU DID SURPRISE

US, THOUGH. IF THIS SHIP
HAD BEEN ON ITS WAY
BACK TO ARCHANGEL, DID
YOU INTEND TO REMAIN
THERE UPON THE ICE?
IN YOUR CONDITION?

... АВЕ YOU

SAYING
YOU HAVE
SOMETHING OF COURSE!
TO BETTER TO
ACCOMPLISH DIE THERE
AT THE THAN RETURN
NORTH POLE, HOME IN
EVEN IF IT DISGRACE.

DEATH?

THAT
BASE
DEMON!
AND DID HE THE MAN
TRAVEL IN WHOM YOU
THE SAME PURSUED
FASHION- HAPPEN
BY ТО ВЕ А
PERSON OF
ENORMOUS
STATURE?

DID SOMETHING HAPPEN

BETWEEN YOU AND THAT
LARGE MAN? NO, IT WOULD
BE IMPERTINENT TO
TROUBLE YOU FOR DETAILS.
... OH, I STILL HAVE NOT
ASKED YOUR NAME.
 YOU'RE 2211 |
STILL NOT / МУ MR.
COMPLETELY | WR y) FRANKENSTEIN,
ECOVERED. - Уч YOU MUSTN'T
R I PUSH YOURSELF.
IF WE ENCOUNTER
YOUR MAN, I
SHALL INFORM
YOU AT ONCE.

I’VE NO DOUBT Г Ay grr 4 | MR.

YOU AREA "s ым жа М FRANKENSTEIN,
WONDERFUL MAN. _ ЈОН ЇР | ‫هه‬‎ || You ARE SO
NO MATTER THE 79 HAGGARD,
UNPARALLELED m 10110 AND YET YOUR
MISFORTUNES hu | WM EYES SHINE
ONE MIGHT ir Å SO BRIGHTLY.
SUFFER, THE EYES Б |
ALONE REVEAL
ONE'S TRUE
NATURE.
 YOU THINK || LA WHEN
IT Å RATHER | I THINK
CURIOUS | 1 ШТ ABOUT IT,
ҒАТЕ, МР. 1 : ALTHOUGH
FRANKENSTEIN? > WE MET BY
ALTHOUGH OUR HAPPENSTANCE |
INDIVIDUAL IN AN
AIMS ARE UNEXPECTED
DIFFERENT...

I'M WAGERING
MY LIFE ON THIS
EXPEDITION.
I'M CERTAIN I
SHALL MAKE OUR LIVES
PERHAPS DISCOVERIES
SOLVE THE IF I CAN SEEKING
MYSTERIES SIMPLY REACH THE
OF NATURE, THE POLE NORTH
THE SOURCE OF '
GOD'S POWER...
IN PARTICULAR,
THE WONDROUS
POWER THAT
ATTRACTS
THE NEEDLE.

HOW CAN
IT BE?! YES, THE
ASCERTAINING | MYSTERY OF
THE SECRET OF Ш MAGNETISM...
MAGNETISM... | UNRAVELING
I’VE NO THAT IS MY
DOUBT IT IS GREATEST
THE POWER OBJECTIVE.
THAT RULES
THE WORLD.
 ARE YOU
FEELING
POORLY?

UNTIL А FEW
YEARS AGO, YOU SEEK FOR
I BURNED WITH KNOWLEDGE
THE SAME AND WISDOM AS
AMBITION I ONCE DID...IT
AS YOU. IS ONLY NATURAL
FOR А MAN
TO PURSUE
KNOWLEDGE.

WHY
BUT THE WOULD AN
RESULT EXPEDITION
OF THAT TO FURTHER
IS THIS HUMAN
MAN KNOWLEDGE
BEFORE BE IN
YOU NOW. ERROR?
 BECAUSE
OF MY
MISTAKES, CAPTAIN
I LOST THE WALTON, I
PEOPLE EN 2 SHALL SHARE
І LOVED SS NP 1 WITH YOU MY
ASN. 2 DISASTROUS
HISTORY.

I IMAGINE
THAT
YOU MAY
DEDUCE AN
APT MORAL
FROM MY

ALL
RIGHT,
CAPTAIN
WALTON...

... AND HOW

I LOST
EVERYTHING.

20
 МУ
CHILDHOOD
WAS А
HAPPY ONE.

WE I LIVED WITH
WERE 50 MY PARENTS IN
YOUNG THE BEAUTIFUL
AND GENOVESE
COUNTRYSIDE,
INNOCENT
YE / WANTING FOR
WHEN WE
7777৫ NOTHING.

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ИХ, /% 4

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Ш| | N|

WHEN I WAS
FIVE, MY MOTHER
TOOK IN A
FOUNDLING OF
NOBLE MILANESE
STOCK. THE
GIRL FILLED MY
HEART WITH JOY.

21
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НАР ТНЕ WE PLAY VICTOR!

FRIENDSHIP TOGETH- ELIZABETH!
OF HENRY
CLERVAL.

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of ٥٨ Ү HENRY!
7 QM m, Со
ЧИ u ALL RIGHT.
WHAT
` 9 SHALL WE
 THOUGH
STILL А
CHILD, I
DEVELOPED
А PASSION
FOR NATURAL
PHILOSOPHY.

VICTOR, CORNELIUS
DON'T WASTE AGRIPPA,
YOUR TIME
WITH SUCH (4
SAD TRASH.

MY FATHER TOLD
I DREAMED OF
ME TO STOP, BUT
DISCOVERING THE I BECAME UTTERLY
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE, OBSESSED WITH
AND THE ELIXIR OF LIFE.
THESE BOOKS.

23
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LIGHTNING! W
А BOLTOF A
LIGHTNING
STRUCK THE
A
OAK IN THE A
A
A
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WILLIAM, SSS
HUSH

24
 OH MY, THIS IS TURNING YES,
INTO QUITE THE DINNER I WAS JUST
PARTY. AND WE HAVE SURPRISED.
SUCH AN IMPORTANT
GUEST COME ALL THE
WAY TO OUR HOUSE
THIS EVENING.

I'M MERELY
А NATURAL
I SEE... HOW ABOUT IT AS YOU KNOW, PHILOSOPHER. I’M
THEN? THIS IS А GOOD LIGHTNING IS LUCKY TO HAVE
OPPORTUNITY. WILL A FORM OF WITNESSED A
YOU TELL US OF THE ELECTRICITY. LIGHTNING STRIKE
LATEST IN NATURAL I'M MAKING A BEFORE MY OWN
PHILOSOPHY? STUDY OF IT. EYES.

I'D LOVE FOR

YOUR WORDS YOU SEE,
TO BRING HIS OUR
MIND INTO THE ELDEST
MODERN AGE. SON STILL
BELIEVES
FIRMLY
IN THE
ANCIENT
IDEA OF
ALCHEMY.

25
 I SUPPOSE
HE PLACED A CHARGED YOU'RE AWARE
METAL SCALPEL ON OF MR . GALVANI'S
THE SCIATIC NERVE SURPRISING
OF A DEAD FROG, AND DISCOVERY? IT
НЕ THUS MADE THE HAS EVERYONE
LEG MUSCLES TWITCH H TALKING THESE
FROM THIS FACT, HE
HYPOTHESIZED THE
EXISTENCE OF “ANIMAL
ELECTRICITY” “ге

APPARENTLY,
I'VE BEEN
WASTING
MY TIME...

ANCIENT AA
223

DESIRES SEUS
 HE : = I WANTED TO I'D HAD
WOULDN 'T?
THAT'S
ÅR GO WITH YOU ‫د‬‎THIS
š TO টিভি SEVERAL
TOO BAD 7 TIMES
HENRY. : 32 FATHER Å BEFORE,
۸ WOULDN'T TIME
ITRIED
ALLOW IT IN AVOIDING
THE END. t IT, BUT...

CONGRATU-
LATIONS,
VICTOR.

utt У мама d^.

my,
PIN

I'VE NO
INTENTION OF
BECOMING A
MERCHANT.
DEFINITELY
PERSUADE

NO...
SHE'S STILL ‫سبک‬‎
CONFINED ২২২২ А i ў HEARD YOUR
MOTHER WAS
SICK? IS SHE
WELL AGAIN

ELIZABETH
AND JUSTINE
ARE TAKING
CARE OF
HER NOW.

27
 SHE'S STILL
YOUNG, BUT
DOES VERY
GOOD WORK.
SHE CARES
QUITE WARMLY
FOR MOTHER.

777
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Hepa dior
PIET
(№
444446% ТУУЛ Маа, mih лыр
Cv
И чий
LL П
Mf

MASTER WHAT'S THE

VICTOR, MATTER,
PLEASE JUSTINE?
HURRY! YOU'RE IN
IT'S YOUR QUITE THE
 CAROLINE...
YOU MUSTN’T DARLING...
TALK LIKE LOOK
THAT. THE AFTER THE
DOCTOR WILL CHILDREN.
BE HERE ANY
MOMENT.

JUSTINE...
VICTOR. 2 PARTICULAR I'M GRATEFUL
CARE OF MY TO YOU...
ELIZABETH. ) + STAY WITH
7“ YOUNGEST,
WILLIAM. THIS FAMILY
FOREVER,
PLEASE...
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 IT WAS A
MEETING WITH
PROFESSOR
WALDMAN THAT
SETTLED
MY FATE.

THE MODERN IN FACT, IT'S

MASTERS PROMISE THE OPPOSITE.
VERY LITTLE; THEY REFLECT UPON
THE ANCIENT THE HISTORY
CANNOT TRANSMUTE TEACHERS OF
METALS NOR CREATE OF CHEMISTRY!
THIS SCIENCE COMPARED TO THE
THE ELIXIR OF LIFE. PROMISED
THEY PENETRATE FIELD'S FORMER
IMPOSSIBILITIES GLORY, SOME OF YOU
INTO THE RECESSES AND PERFORMED
OF NATURE AND MIGHT FEEL THAT
NOTHING. IT HAS SLID INTO
SHOW HER HIDDEN
WORKINGS. IRRELEVANCE.

я Ze

1
 I'M CERTAINLY NOT
TRYING TO IMPLY E
THAT MODERN BUT WHEN YOU MISET LAUGH
PHILOSOPHERS I LEARNED AT THIS, BUT AS A
MUST HOLD THEIR THAT THEIR | BOY, I BELIEVED
PREDECESSORS WORK WAS 2 ІМ AGRIPPA AND
IN DISDAIN. 319 5 PARACELSUS.
| SERVED TO
DESTROY

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SHOULD YOU
ACCOMPLISH :
SOME GREAT : ч N
WORK IN THE à ZEAL WE ARE
FUTURE... INDEBTED FOR
З А Øy MOST OF THE
...1 WOULDN'T ` | FOUNDATIONS
BE SURPRISED Š ) -
IN THE LEAST 3 OF OUR
š — га KNOWLEDGE.
IF THE DRIVING
FORCE BEHIND
IT WAS YOUR 2
STUDIES 7 |
АФ А ВОУ. Ў 2 117
| AM
I CAN SEE YOU
HAVE GREAT
PROMISE,
FRANKENSTEIN.
CHEMISTRY IS
BUT ONE BRANCH
OF NATURAL
PHILOSOPHY. IF
YOU ARE WILLING
TO PUT IN THE
WORK, I SHALL
NOT SPARE
ANY EFFORT IN
ASSISTING YOU.
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 I FEEL AS
| | | THOUGH
SOMETHING I CAN DO
NO ONE ELSE | _ : SOMETHING. AND 50
HAS SO FAR | m u ` à AMBITION
MANAGED... ШКО 3 BLOS-
: Ay ২ SOMED
WITHIN
ME.

... SHALL
NO DOUBT
SOMETHING BE STEPPING я
IT WOULD FLASHED
LEAD TO MY THE BACK INОЕ INTO THE F
DOWNFALL. му MIND... ТВ TERRITORY
OF 4 GOD.

MY
STUDIES
GREW
ARDENT
MY AND EAGER
PROFICIENCY AFTER
WAS THE
ASTONISHMENT а
OF THE
MASTERS.

BUT I
CONTINUALLY
SOUGHT THE
ATTAINMENT OF
ONE OBJECT OF
PURSUIT AND
WAS SOLELY
WRAPPED
UP IN THIS.

33
 I NEED EVENTUALLY,
FURTHER
> E MY RESIDENCE

що55og AT UNIVERSITY
w
x WAS NO
LONGER
AND THE CONDUCIVE TO
PLACE I MY STUDIES
NEED FOR
THAT IS...
1

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35
 I VISITED
THE TOMBS
EVERY
NIGHT...

... ТО
INVESTIGATE
THE PROCESS
OF PHYSICAL
DECOMPOSITION.
 ...Т
FINALLY...

I FINALLY
UNDER-
STAND IT.

OH, DEAR
LORD...
I’VE FINALLY »» TONIGHT,
DISCOVERED I STAND
THE SECRET ALONGSIDE
OF LIFE/

37
 I DON'T MIND, BUT MADAM, I HAVE А REQUEST.
YOU'RE А STRANGE I SHOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO
ONE, AREN'T YOU? THE ROOM FARTHEST BACK
WANTIN
AN INCON
TOROOM, MOVENT
G TOVENIE ON THE TOP FLOOR. ISА IT
WITH SUCH | VACANT AT PRESENT:
POOR LIGHT.

In 4417

...1 NEED А IN ORDER ТО

COMPLETE MY
SPACE WHERE
RESEARCH
I CAN WORK
AWAY FROM
PRYING EYES.

38
 AND YOU SEEM TO
HAVE LOST A LITTLE
WEIGHT. PERHAPS
YOU'RE THROWING || FRANKENSTEIN...
YOURSELF TOO YOU HAVEN’T
PASSIONATELY INTO LOOKED WELL
YOUR STUDIES? LATELY.

AHH... THE
ARGUMENTS FOR
AND AGAINST ARE NO, PROFESSOR
STILL ONGOING, WALDMAN, NO
NEED TO WORRY...
BUT FROM MY OWN
INVESTIGATION, INCIDENTALLY,
WHAT'S
THE LEGS OF THE
HAPPENING NOW
FROGS MOVE
NOT DUE TO THE WITH GALVANI’S
ELECTRICITY WITHIN THEORY OF ANIMAL
THE BODY, BUT ELECTRICITY?
RATHER A SIMPLE
TRICK BROUGHT
ABOUT BY THE
METAL.

BUT, PROFESSOR... MOST LIKELY,

I BELIEVE HIS THEORY IS GALVANI'S
OF REAL SIGNIFICANCE. THEORY IS
ESSENTIALLY, NOT WHETHER DESTINED TO BE
OR NOT THE DETAILS ARE SUPERSEDED
CORRECT, BUT WHAT CAN BE SOON ENOUGH.
EXTRAPOLATED FROM IT.

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SERIOUS
THAT SOUND
COMING FROM
THE MORGUE

L -IN
THE
MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT...
A MONSTER?
А
IT CAN'T BE...

40
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 EEEEAH/
MONSTER?!

IT WAS КО E YOU HAVE ТО

DEFINITELY SSN BELIEVE ME.
А MONSTER. ЖЖ” QD ITS FACE WAS
DEA ММММ COVERED IN
 WHETHER OR
RELATIVELY NOT IT WAS A
FRESH MONSTER YOU
BODIES, SAW, THESE
MAULED. BODIES HAVE
BEEN RAVAGED.

THEY'VE
ALL HAD
SOME
ORGANS OR
APPENDAGES
REMOVED.

|
|
 Tve finally
It’s
gathered all
easier to
I use a pre- the materials.
progress
existing brain. The height
with
will be about
the work
eight feet...
d when the Ñ

I shall
have to
create one
ex nihilo.

Now that
I know the
secret of
life, such
a feat is I have no choice
possible. but to use animal
organs in place of
those I was simply
unable to obtain.

44
 BUT ONCE
I ACTUALLY
BEGAN THE
WORK, IT WAS
NOT AS SIMPLE
AS I HAD
EXPECTED.

45
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THEN...
WAS
ү 0
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|
А RAINYIN |
NIGHT
НЙ |
NOVEMBER.

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FURTHER

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THIS IS THE A
PH-PHYSICAL ULTIMATE PROTOTYPE
BEAUTY? CREATION!! IS OFT
TH-THIS... OVERSIZED.
TWISTED
LUMP OF
FLESH?!

THIS
PHYSICAL PROTOTYPE?!
BEAUTY. NOT AT ALL!!

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55
 = —
I ARRIVED I FINALLY
GOT gg
EARLY
PERMISSION Ж |
MORNING. || TO AT TE ND J
UNIVERSITY.

I QUICKLY CARRIED I GOT QUITE

YOU TO YOUR ROOM. THE SURPRISE
YOU SLEPT THE UPON ARRIVING
WHOLE DAY. AT YOUR
APARTMENT.
YOU WERE
SOAKING WET,
LYING IN THE
MIDDLE OF
THE STREET!

VICTOR! HOW ILL

WHAT'S THE YOU ARE!
MATTER?! WHAT IS THE
CAUSE OF
ALL THIS?

56
 THEN
THERE WHAT KIND OF
WAS EXPERIMENTS
NOTHING HAVE YOU
IN THERE? BEEN DOING
EXACTLY?
INSTRUMENTS
ARE ALL
SCATTERED
ABOUT.
AND ANIMAL
BLOOD’S
COATING
EVERY-
THING.

57
 YOU
MEAN TEST
ANIMALS?

THE MONSTER UNABLE TO

MUST HAVE ENDURE THE
WANDERED OFF DISGUSTING
SOMEWHERE NATURE OF
DURING THAT THE MONSTER
I CREATED IN
THIS ROOM
THAT NIGHT,
I RAN
OUTSIDE.

LOST CON-
SCIOUSNESS
N THE
STREET
OUT FRON y». ¿
 WHAT Í 7 VICTOR, WHAT'S
ISIT? “У Е УОШВЕ ТНЕ МАТТЕВ?
WHAT'S | COMPLETELY Å DID SOMETHING
50 H : EMACIATED. BAD HAPPEN?
FUNNY?

IT WOULD BE р
IMPOSSIBLE
FOR SUCH А
REPULSIVE
CREATURE TO
LIVE LONG.

59
 DEVOTED
CARE OF
MY GOOD
FRIEND
HENRY
CLERVAL...

VICTOR,
BREAK-

I HAVE NO
IDEA HOW
I CAN
THANK

YOU CAME
TO GERMANY
TO STUDY AT
UNIVERSITY,
AND YOU’VE
WASTED
THESE LAST
FEW MONTHS
CARING
FOR ME.
CASE...
THERE'S
SOMETHING
I WANTED TO
TALK TO YOU
ABOUT...

60
 YOUR FAMILY YOU ARE, OF COURSE
Ten” | IS A LITTLE HERE TO PURSUE YOUR
STAND TO | UNEASY THAT STUDIES, BUT I WISH
SEE HER 50 | THEY HEAR YOU'D REMEMBER YOUR
DEPRESSED. Д FROM YOU. 50
SELDOM HOME OCCASIONALLY.

я асан YOU CAN'T

OF COURSE А : POSSIBLY
NOT! THERE'S MR HAVE
NO WAY то үй FORGOTTEN
FORGET HER. Я | | / ABOUT
NOT FOR ОМЕ | А 2, ELIZABETH,
MOMENT. Й CAN YOU?

OH! A IT :
LETTER ARRIVED WONDERFUL...
FROM Z WHILE THEN WRITE
ELIZABETH! (77727 | YOU WERE AN ANSWER
STILL ILL. TO THIS
1 | | LETTER.

61
 My dearest
You are Cousin,
forbidden fo You have been
hold a pen, yet ill very ill,
one word from and even the
you, Victor, letters of
is needed kind Henry are
70 calm my not sufficient
apprehension. fo reassure
me on your

I would very much

like fo rush fo
your side fo care
for you even now.
Please do forgive
me for not being
able fo come
visit you.

AHH...
SWEET
WILLIAM'S ELIZABETH’!
FIVE NOW.

APPAR-
ENTLY,
HE'S
QUITE
FOND OF
THE MAID
JUSTINE.
WILLIAM.

I SHALL
WRITE
A REPLY
STRAIGHT-
AWAY
H

62
 CLERVAL HAD NEVER
SYMPATHISED IN MY
TASTES FOR NATURAL CHEERED BY
SCIENCE; AND HIS THE WARM
LITERARY PURSUITS HEARTS OF THE
DIFFERED WHOLLY FROM PEOPLE I LOVE,
THOSE WHICH HAD I REGAINED MY
OCCUPIED ME.
GOOD CHEER...

„AND THE
MEMORY
THE PERSIAN, OF THAT
ARABIC AND TERRIBLE
SANSKRIT PERIOD
LANGUAGES GRADUALLY
ENGAGED HIS
ATTENTION, AND
I WAS EASILY
INDUCED TO
ENTER INTO THE
SAME STUDIES.

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ELIZABETH?
WHAT'S THAT?

ALL RIGHT, AH! LET

BUT DON'T ME HAVE
LOSE IT.
IT'S VERY IT! LET ME
THIS IS A
PRECIOUS. PENDANT
ENGRAVED
WITH THE
IMAGE OF
YOUR LATE
MOTHER.

HA HA HA!
DON'T GO
TOO FAR,
WILLIAM.

1-
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WHAT'S
WILLIAM... THE
HAS BEEN MATTER,
Wm চি
= =x۵ uxmo VICTOR?
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67
 SOMEONE
WITH THE
SOUL OF POOR
А DEMON!
WILLIAM!
BUTTH,E VICTOR,
SOLE
CONSOLATION
IS THAT...

... WILLIAM AN ADORABLE

SLEEPS IN CHILD SHOULD
PEACE WITH SUFFER SUCH
HIS MOTHER A BRUTAL

CARRIAGE
IS HERE.
I'M GOING

I'VE NO IDE
WHEN
A
I'LL
BE ABLE TO
RETURN TO
UNIVERSITY.
I ASK THAT
YOU TAKE
CARE OF
THINGS HERE.

68
 aN |

I HAVE
MURDERED
MY DARLING
CHILD!

WILLIAM'S
PASSING IS
NOT YOUR

69
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ON EARTH WHAT DID WE HAVE
YOU SAY?! DISCOV- MR. FRAN-
IS IT? KENSTEIN.
HAVE YOU ERED
ARRESTED THE d
MURDERER. 7

I'D ASK THAT WE HAVE

YOU KINDLY COME TO
HAND OVER ARREST THE
YOUR MAID, PERPETRATOR
JUSTINE
MORITZ.

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JUSTINE
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MURDER-

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70
 YES... I
DIDN'T KNOW YOU... THIS
WHETHER TO WE HAD A THE
WAS FOUND IN PENDANT
DISCUSS THIS REPORT FROM
HER APPAREL, ANOTHER YOUR SON
WITH YOU, YES?
SIR, BEFORE SERVANT THAT WORE AT
MAKING THE IT CAME FROM THE TIME
REPORT. THE POCKET OF THE
OF THE VERY INCIDENT.
JUSTINE
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I AGREE.
AHH... PLEASE TO BEGIN WITH,
BELIEVE ME, SIR. THAT NIGHT
I DID NOTHING I'LL HAVE
YOU TESTIFY SHE STAYED WITH
TO THAT HER AUNT IN THE
IN COURT. NEIGHBORING
VILLAGE//

71
 FAMILIAR
MOUNTAINS
OF MY
HOME-
LAND...
WITH SUCH
SADNESS
IN MY
HEART...

DRIVER! THERE'S soon,

A PARK UP AHEAD. EN Е у
STOP THERE FOR
А MOMENT! – [t£ THE PARK.

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WE HAVE NO Ne
CHOICE BUT
TO BELIEVE №

I HOPE YOU'RE
RIGHT, VICTOR...
CAN YOU PROVE
HER INNOCENCE?

78
 THE Ë і IT'S TRUE
TRIAL I5 й \ WE MUSTN’T
THE DAY \ VICTOR, JUMP TO THE
AFTER - IF YOU CAN CONCLUSION
TOMOR- | SPEAK WITH THAT SHE IS
ROW. ` у SUCH CERTAINTY, THE MURDERER
THEN WE TOO ON THAT
WILL ALSO EVIDENCE
FIGHT FOR | | ALONE.

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BUT WHO
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AND THEN ‫سلا‬‎ BELIEVE ME? №
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OF THE 2 MURDERER
TRIAL * WAS A
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| - I CREATED... |

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MARKET-WOMAN б LOOKING FOR
SAYS SHE SAW 2113 LOST WILLIAM, I
AND WHY WAS ME NEAR THE | | WAS OUT TILL THE
THE CAMEO SCENE OF THE f | GATES OF GENEVA
PENDANT IN CRIME THE NEXT 2 CLOSED, AND
YOUR POCKET MORNING, BUT I 2 PASSED THE NIGHT
SWEAR TO GOD， 7 | IN A BARN.
I DID мот GO TO Да |
THAT PARK.

WHY WAS IT IN
MY POCKET?
I CAN ONLY
THINK THAT
SOMEONE PUT
IT THERE.

JUSTINE... à DESPITE OUR

FAULT. ALL .% |, HOW САМ DESPERATE
OF THIS IS Å DEFENSE...
MY FAULT.

+++ SHE WAS

CONDEMNED
TO DEATH.
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I DO NOT FEAR
DEATH...I FEEL
THE SINCEREST
GRATITUDE TOWARDS
THOSE WHO THINK OF
ME WITH KINDNESS.

I SHALL WATCH
OVER YOUR
HAPPINESS
FROM HEAVEN.

81
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DONE WITH HIS
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EVERY EVENING HE
WOULD TEACH HER
THE LANGUAGE,
SHE DIDNT — COUNTRY.
SPEAK THE
LETTERS AND LANGUAGE.
HISTORY OF
HIS COUNTRY...

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MASTERED
THEM THOSE
FASTER LESSONS
THAN THROUGH
DID THE THE
FOREIGN WALL...
WOMAN.

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I HIT UPON
A CERTAIN
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HUMAN I'M UNLIKE
BEINGS... THE HUMANS.
SO THEN WHO
MADE ME?

I SUDDENLY
REMEMBERED
THAT THERE
HAD BEEN
SOMETHING IN
THE POCKET OF
THE CLOTHING
I TOOK FROM
THE ROOM THAT
FIRST NIGHT.

IT WAS YOUR
JOURNAL OF
THE FOUR
WROTE ABOUT MONTHS THAT
HIMSELF, HIS PRECEDED MY
FAMILY, HIS CREATION.
FRIENDS.

VICTOR... AND THE

FRANKEN- SS. PROCESS
STEIN... BY WHICH HE
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RECORDED
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HORROR. BUT UPON YOU THE NAME THAT MADE ME
ONLY HAD I CLAIM FOR OF YOUR SUFFER...
REDRESS. I DETERMINED NATIVE
TO SEEK THAT JUSTICE. TOWN
IN YOUR
JOURNAL.

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SAVE ME...
NOTHING BUT
MY ENEMY.

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TO MAKE
ANOTHER.

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MUST CREATE.
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ME THE MOST
AND NO
MISERABLE OF TORTURE
MEN, BUT YOU SHALL EVER
SHALL NEVER
EXTORT A
MAKE ME BASE CONSENT
IN MY OWN FROM ME!
EYES.

THE THING
I PRODUCED
WAS NOTHING
MORE THAN
AN UGLY LUMP
OF FLESH.

|. BUT DO
NOT FORGET CREATOR...
THAT I AM I MAY VERY
A LUMP OF WELL BE AN
FLESH WITH UGLY LUMP
INTELLI- OF FLESH...
GENCE.

ABANDON ME
AND I WILL
I SHALL WORK AT YOUR
DESOLATE DESTRUCTION.
YOUR HEART.

YOU'LL
CURSE
THE HOUR
OF YOUR
BIRTH!

115
 BUT THAT
IS UP TO
YOU. IF YOU
GRANT ME
MY WISH...

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PROMISE
TO NEVER
AGAIN SHOW
MYSELF
BEFORE
HUMANITY.

THAT LIFE IN THE YOU’RE TELLING ME

WILDERNESS WON'T TO TRUST THE ONE
LAST. YOU DESIRE WHO MURDERED
THE SYMPATHY MY BROTHER AND
OF MAN AND WILL DROVE JUSTINE TO
RETURN FOR IT. HER DEATH?

aА

IF I MAKE
ANOTHER ONE
LIKE YOU, I
SHALL NEVER
BE ABLE TO
UNDO IT.
WHAT DO YOU
PROPOSE TO
DO ABOUT
THIS UNEASE
OF MINE?!
 I SWEAR TO YOU,
IF I HAVE NO AND BY YOU THAT
AFFECTIONS, MADE ME, THAT WITH
HATRED MUST THE COMPANION YOU
BE MY PORTION; BESTOW MY EVIL
THE LOVE OF PASSIONS WILL HAVE
ANOTHER WILL FLED/ MY LIFE WILL
DESTROY THE FLOW AWAY, AND IN
CAUSE OF MY MY DYING MOMENTS
CRIMES. I SHALL NEVER
CURSE MY MAKER.

I WANT YOU
TO SAVE ME
SOMEHOW...
AND YOU ARE
THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN DO IT.

CREATOR.
I'LL HAVE
YOUR
REPLY.

BUT YOU
WILL QUIT
EUROPE AND I
ANYWHERE CONSENT
KNOWN TO YOUR
TO MAN, DEMAND.
FOREVER?

I SWEAR All
ВУ THE (QNI
SUN, АМО Ч
STARTED TO №
SYMPATHIZE |
WITH THE
CREATURE.

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BUT I WON'T BRING
YOU ANY FURTHER
SADNESS...
ONCE I HAVE
FINISHED THE DEAL
WITH THAT DEVIL,
THERE WILL NO
LONGER BE ANYONE
TO GET IN
THE WAY OF OUR
HAPPINESS.

NO MATTER HOW MANY === BUT IF I AM

ROOMS WE MIGHT FIRST I ACTUALLY TO
HAVE HERE, IT WILL NEED Å BEGIN WORK,
BE IMPOSSIBLE TO LABORA- THERE ARE A
MOVE FORWARD WITH NUMBER OF
THE WORK WITHOUT PROBLEMS.
MY FAMILY OR THE
SERVANTS NOTICING...

AND...THE
NEXT ISSUE
IS GATHERING
MATERIALS.
 TO THINK THAT I WHEN I WAS
MUST ONCE AGAIN IN GERMANY,
COMMIT SUCH I SO BURNED
DESECRATION... WITH AMBITION
THAT I HAPPILY
ROBBED
THE MOST
DREADFUL
OF GRAVES.

BUT
THINKING
ABOUT IT
NOW, I WAS
MAD... I'M
FRIGHTENED
SIMPLY
REMEMBERING
T.

N ЈА

I’M NOT SURE IF

NOW IS THE TIME
FOR SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.

... SORRY
TO BOTHER
YOU. I KNOW
BUT WITH THIS YOU'RE TIRED...
STRING OF BUT I HAVE
MISFORTUNE, SOMETHING TO
I WISH TO PREVENT DISCUSS WITH
ANY FURTHER YOU. WOULD YOU
CALAMITY. COME TO MY
ROOM?

121
 50... WHAT
MM... IT'S IS IT THEN,
ACTUALLY FATHER?
SOMETHING
THAT'S BEEN
ON MY MIND
FOR A WHILE,
VICTOR.

AT FIRST, YOU SENT AFTER YOUR

VICTOR... IF
FREQUENT LETTER'S, MOTHER PASSED
BUT THEN IT WASN T
YOU'RE HIDING
SOMETHING, BE A FEW YEARS
HONEST WITH
LONG BEFORE AGO, YOU SET OUT
YOU CUT OFF ANLL FOR GERMANY
COMMUNICATIO TO ATTEND
WITH YOUR FAMILY. UNIVERSITY.
Q |

IN YOUR LAST |
LEETNTTERI,ONEYDOU
IT WILL M
BE TO BEING ELY
NEITHER PASSIONAETD
OF OUR INVOLV
BENEFIT IN SIOMMEENT.
IF YOU EXPER
DON’T.
 I'VE LOOKED MM-HM... WELL, VICTOR,
esi) FORWARD TO THE I DOUBT YOU'VE
CONCERNS DAY WHEN IT WILL FORGOTTEN, BUT WHEN
ME HERE HAPPEN. AND SHE WAS DYING, YOUR
ELIZABETH WANTS MOTHER SAID SHE
THIS AS WELL. WISHED TO SEE YOU
AND ELIZABETH BOUND
TOGETHER.

THAT WAS
ALSO MY
WISH.

YOU, PERHAPS,
NAY, YOU MAY HAVE REGARD HER AS
MET WITH ANOTHER YOUR SISTER,
WHOM YOU MAY LOVE; WITHOUT ANY WISH
AND CONSIDERING THAT SHE MIGHT
YOURSELF AS BOUND BECOME YOUR
IN HONOUR TO
ELIZABETH.

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THE POIGNANT | N
MISERY WHICH
YOU APPEAR
TO FEEL.

123
 THAT'S NOT
THE CASE
AT ALL!
I'VE NEVER
MET A
WOMAN THE
LIKES OF
ELIZABETH!

I LOVE HER
EVEN NOW...
AND I WILL
FOREVER!

ONCE YOUR I'VE NOT

MOURNING ENDS, BEEN SO
WE COULD HAVE PLEASED
А WEDDING IN SUCH А
FOR YOU AND LONG TIME.
ELIZABETH.

I'M SURE
WILLIAM AND
JUSTINE UP
IN HEAVEN
ALSO WANT
 THAT IS TO BRING THERE IS
MY RESEARCH SOMETHING
TO AN END. I WISH TO
PLEASE GIVE DO AT ALL
ME PERMISSION
TO TRAVEL TO
ENGLAND FOR
THAT PURPOSE.

IS THAT IT...?
I'VE NO
REASON TO
ELIZABETH BE OPPOSED.
ANDI
WILL WAIT
EAGERLY FILL OF
FOR YOUR STUDY
К AND
RETURN.
TRAVEL.

OF COURSE, MARRIAGE TO
GOING TO ELIZABETH...
ENGLAND THAT WAS А
WAS AN WONDERFUL
EXCUSE. THING.

HOWEVER,
MY INTENTION THE FEAR-
WAS ACTUALLY SOMENESS
TO FIND SOME OF THE TASK
OUT-OF-THE- IMUST
WAY PLACE TO COMPLETE
COMPLETE BEFORE
MY WORK. THAT...

125
CAN'T YOU |; ШАГАТ
SUCH A
STAY HOME
T HOME. я SAD TIME,
j ` I MUST BE
SEPARATED
FROM YOU

===>

ELIZABETH, I'M
SORRY. BUT IT
WON'T BE SUCH
A LONG TRIP.
UNTIL I'M BACK,
LOOK AFTER
FATHER.

fata

> ALL RIGHT, THEN.

— I'M GOING TO GO
| SAY FAREWELL
TO FATHER.

126
 WHAT ARE
I HURRIED YOU DOING
BACK HERE? I
AT YOUR Е THOUGHT
FATHER'S YOU WERE IN
REQUEST. GERMANY.

I THOUGHT
YOU
MIGHT BE
SOMEWHAT
UNEASY
ABOUT А
TRIP ALONE,
50 I ASKED
HENRY TO
ACCOMPANY
YOU.

IF IT'S
UNIVERSITY,
NO NEED TO
WORRY. I WAS
ACTUALLY
WANTING A
LITTLE BREAK.

127
 SOMEHOW, I
NEEDED TO
GET AWAY
FROM HENRY.

VICTOR!
I HEAR
CONGRAT- VÁ
YOU'RE
ULATIONS! få
TO MARRY
ELIZABETH
UPON YOUR
RETURN

заа

HAVING HENRY ===) 7 | ২

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WITH ME ON 7 і
THE TRIP а
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THINGS.
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128
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ў
THIS IS WHAT
IT IS TO LIVE.
NOW I ENJOY
EXISTENCE!

WHEN I'M
WITH YOU, I
FEEL QUITE
CHEERED.

PERHAPS
LIFE IS FOR
LOOKING AT
SUNSETS.

129
 AFTER WE SPEND INCIDENTALLY,
THE NIGHT AT HENRY, I
THIS HOTEL WANT TO
I SHOULD LIKE TELL YOU
TO GO OFF BY SOMETHING.
MYSELF FOR PLEASE
A WHILE. DON'T TAKE
IT THE
| WRONG WAY.

SO I WANT YOU
WE'LL MEET | TO GO DOWN I HAVE NO PLACE
AGAIN IN THE RHINE IN PARTICULAR IN
LONDON. AND HEAD MIND. I SIMPLY
TO ENGLAND ONE NEED SOME
BEFORE ME. MONTH TIME ALONE
PERHAPS? TO THINK.
OR IT
MIGHT
END UP
BEING
LONGER.

RIGHT? |

I WILL...
I'M TRULY BUT COME
SORRY. AS QUICKLY
AS YOU
CAN.

130
 А BUILDING AWAY
FROM PEOPLE
WHERE I CAN
WORK. IN А PLACE
WITH GRAVES
NEARBY AND
FRESH CORPSES
BURIED IN THEM.

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131
 DOESN'T
APPEAR
TO BE
INHABITED.

AND I SAW А
GRAVEYARD
ON THE WAY
 AN ACCIDENT...
THERE WAS A IT'S
LANDSLIDE WHILE JUST AWFUL.
THEY TOILED IN FOUR DEAD
THE VINEYARDS. IN THE BLINK
STILL SUCH OF AN EYE.
YOUNG WOMEN. 1

HONESTLY.
WHAT A CRUEL
WAY TO DIE.
 HER
HEAD IS
CRUSHED
FROM THE
NECK UP.

FORGIVE
ME.
SINLESS
GIRL...

THE FOUR
BODIES.

136
 AND THEIR BODIES ARE ALL FOUR
SEVERELY INJURED AS OF THEM THIS IS
WELL. I'LL SALVAGE THE HAD THEIR
PARTS I CAN USE AND FACES
START TO CREATE THE CRUSHED.
TORSO AT LEAST.

FORGIVE ME,
BLAMELESS

137
 YOU
FORGIVE ME. ARE MY
I MUST FASHION SACRIFICE.
YOU INTO А
PARTNER FOR
THAT MONSTER.
 7 JUSTINE...
FORGIVE
CREATED,
JUSTINE.

139
 I WAS TRIED 2 NO, IT'S NOT
IN А COURT YOUR FAULT,
MASTER
VICTOR.

MORE
IMPORTANT
IS THAT YOU
ARE HAPPY
WITH MISS
ELIZABETH...

WELL THEN,
MASTER
VICTOR, I
JUSTINE! MUST GO.

Шин“ 127
40
141
 HURRY AND
FINISH THIS...

реңі N

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 I'M SORRY.
YOU SEEMED I DECIDED NOT
ODD, AND TO GO ON TO
I WAS ENGLAND.
WORRIED. I FOLLOWED

BUT I LOST
YOU ALONG
THE WAY, SO
I'VE BEEN
SEARCHING
FOR YOU.

VICTOR...
EXPLAIN THIS
TO ME. WHAT
ON EARTH
ARE YOU
DOING?

РА

143
 I SUPPOSE
I MUST...
NOW THAT
IT'S COME TO
THIS, I'VE NO
CHOICE BUT
TO TELL YOU
THE TRUTH.

I AM MAKING
AN ARTIFICIAL
фе
ЖАЙҒА M
| (4421) ІШІ
HUMAN-ONE ———A
— -
DEFORMED AND
TWISTED.

YOU MAY
OR MAY NOT I CONFESSED
BELIEVE ME, EVERYTHING TO
BUT THAT IS HENRY, RIGHT
THE TRUTH. FROM THE
BECAUSE OF POINT WHEN
MY FOOLISH I DISCOVERED
AMBITION, THE SECRET
I HAVE BEEN OF LIFE IN
GERMANY.
DRIVEN INTO AN
IRREPARABLE
SITUATION.

টা N
 NOW THAT AS FAR AS
THE SIN I'VE YOU'VE I CAN TELL THIS SUDDEN
COMMITTED FOUND OUT, FROM THIS TALE IS HARD
IS А I CAN'T SITUATION, TO BELIEVE...
BLASPHEMY POSSIBLY IT'S THE BUT...
AGAINST CONTINUE TRUTH,
ANY ISN'T ІТ...?
SET ME FURTHER
BEFORE A WITH THE

WHAT THAT CONSIDER

AS YOUR MONSTER THIS
FRIEND, WILL DO CALMLY.
I CAN'T IF YOU DO
EXACTLY NOT FULFILL
IGNORE YOUR
THAT ФА PROMISE,
DANGER. YES?

I BELIEVE THE
WHAT DID ONLY THING
LISTEN, VICTOR. YOU CAN DO
YOU HAVE TO YOU SAY, NOW IS FINISH
COMPLETE IT. HENRY?! THIS WOMAN.

I SHALL HELP
SO THAT YOU
CAN FINISH IT
AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE!

145
 IT WAS I DO, VICTOR!!
ENTIRELY NOW THINK \ УЕ kid
UNEX- ABOUT WHAT \ ARE
PECTED. YOU MUST со! 1 এ
= YOU-
DO YOU
> UNDERSTAND
х | WHAT
` YOU'RE
' Ф
AU > AYING
SAYING?!
` | |

N ) ~ AN x |
и
BUT
Y я å |
HENRY JOINED 1 у
ME IN МУ № | /
REPULSIVE
= NT
WORK. BUT, -у GES || /
HENRY... th = > N S

IT'S MORE
DIFFICULT THAN NOTHING.
I EXPECTED TO THIS ONE'S
FIND MATERIALS
UP TO STANDARD
IN THIS UNKNOWN

LET'S
LOOK IN
ANOTHER
CEME-
TERY.
 BUT NO
MATTER 2 : 7 : WE
HOW WE і 2 : , PRA NEEDED А
SEARCHED, 2 зе и 4 1 Й WOMAN'S
WE COULD 222 AES HEAD,
NOT OBTAIN 117 ৫7
ONE. | 22)

AND IF WE DON'T
THEN, IT FIND IT, THE
HAPPENED ° 9 BODY WILL
ONE NIGHT. Я : y SSN

ANY RATE,
WE MUST
TAKE PRE-
SERVATIVE
MEASURES.
 4 ў it
) Wi ( !

b ri Ши : Чí 1
IK or А ГИ А
11ЭШ
9 ЕММ

HORSES ARE
RESTLESS.
SOMEONE
MIGHT HAVE
COME...
THIS IS BAD.

ІШ
ІШІ
1859,
7
149
HAVEN'T
YET
COM-
PLETED
THE
TASK.

150
 YOU
SEEM TO
BE HAVING
TROUBLE
GATHERING
MATERIALS.

I THOUGHT
THAT MIGHT
THIS UP IN HAPPEN, SO
А SWISS I TOOK THE
CEMETERY. LIBERTY.

LOOKING I'LL SET

FORWARD IT HERE.
TO THE DAY HURRY AND
YOU FINISH
MY WOMAN.

151
 га

| Vg VICTOR...
e | THAT IS THE
| Ше ARTIFICIAL
0 HUMAN
١ YOU MADE,

psp улу

LET'S GET THAT AS 1011 (aN

TO WORK, IT MAY, >
VICTOR. WE HAVE
; ALL THE
MATERIALS
 2 |
91) 1 K

АН, DEAR
LORD... HER HEAD,
1
SLICED
、 ORGIVE ME CLEAN BY THE Z 2 THIS IS
GUILLOTINE, : і
AND НЕ WENT 1) A МЕ
AND DUG IT

BUT THE Й
DEVIL HAD
 THERE'S
VICTOR, I
NO
UNDERSTAND HE KNEW.
HOW YOU Е з НЕ KNEW
FEEL. BUT Å THIS WAS
IT MIGHT T TO ; JUSTINE'S
BE THAT HE
DIDN'T KNOW.

HENRY! YOU
ABSOLUTELY
MUST
NOT HAVE
SYMPATHY
FOR THAT
MONSTER!

LET'S THINK. WE
HAVE А BODY
HERE, RIGHT NOW,
THAT WE CAN
IMBUE WITH LIFE.

ISN'T IT
FORTU-
ITOUS?
 1
li
VE“ІA,
1 Ў
1
ў li

1197 ТИ ГТ 7

JUSTINE
DIED DUE TO
А TERRIBLE
MISFORTUNE,
ARE YOU BUT IF YOU
SAYING TO COULD RESTORE
CONNECT HER TO LIFE,
HER HEAD PERHAPS
WITH THIS THIS MIGHT
BODY?! EASE YOUR
SUFFERING?

I'M SAYING YOU

MORE COULD MAKE DON'T BE
IMPORTANTLY, ANOTHER COMPANION 50 FOOLISH,
ISN'T IT YOUR FOR HIM LATER! HENRY! EVEN
DUTY TO GIVE IF YOU SPOKE TO SUPPOSING
JUSTINE NEW HIM, I'M SURE HE'D I DID BRING
UNDERSTAND. HER BACK TO
LIFE, SHE'D
BE DOOMED
TO WED THAT
BETTER MONSTER.
FOR HER
TO STAY
 IN OTHER =
WORDS, THE || 1

FACE IS HERS, BUT EVEN

BUT WE CANNOT IF I WERE
TAME HER SPIRIT. TO USE
THE COMPOSITE HER HEAD,
FORM MIGHT I STILL
ALSO BE А MUST MAKE
WOMAN WITH THE THE BRAIN
SAME VIOLENT
NATURE AS THAT
MONSTER.

NOTHING
TO LOSE.
LET'S DO
IT. | Шу ў

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ut ДИПУ РАДИО КОЛИ |
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I SHALL
AND WE ENDEAVOR
SHALL TO CREATE
RAISE HER A PURE
UP TO LIVE BRAIN!
AS SWEET,
KIND
JUSTINE!

156
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 |
У, А <
ШЕМ
У
(

HELP МЕ
РРЕРАРЕ
I THE
VOL REJUVENA-
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7
V J Ў APPARATUS.

JUSTINE
WILL

158
V-VICTOR. I'M
SORRY FOR
COMING OUT
WITH THIS
NOW OF ALL
TIMES, BUT...

WHAT'S THE
MATTER, HENRY?!
DON'T GO
DOUBTING US NOW.
I'LL DEFINITELY
MAKE HER HAPPY!
 YOU'RE THE
FRANKENSTEINS’
MAID-NO,
FAMILY MEMBER.

MORITZ.

YOU
ARE THE
KIND AND
GENTLE
JUSTINE.
 7 |

NOW, SIT
UP. I'LL
REMOVE
YOUR
BANDAGES
FOR YOU!

161
 WS
PS"
INMA
==>

ARE YOU ABLE

TO STAY UP
LIKE THIS? CAN
YOU STAND BY
YOURSELF?

162
 JUSTINE...
I'M SURE IT
WAS HARD
FOR YOU.
BUT YOU'VE
RETURNED TO
LIFE NOW.

WMA MOMENT GIVING YOU NEW LIFE

15 ТНЕ WAS MY DUTY AND
FIRST MY REWARD.

(
ИТ
1\
1

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GET THOSE
BANDAGES

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163
 THE STITCHING'S JUSTINE...
QUITE UGLY RIGHT YOU'RE GOING
NOW, BUT AT SOME TO START А
POINT I INTEND TO NEW LIFE NOW.
OPERATE AGAIN A KIND, GENTLE
SO THAT IT'S LESS Е...
NOTICEABLE.

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NO, HENRY.
WE MUSTN'T
GIVE UP YET.
 OOH, MY
WIFE! IT IS
MY WEDDING
NIGHT!

NOW WE
SHALL LIVE
TOGETHER
IN
HARMONY.

167
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UNDERSTAND,
UNDERSTAND FRANKENSTEIN? I WON'T
ONCE
NOW IT'S MY BE DONE IN
YOU'VE LOST
TURN FOR 50 EASILY.
EVERYTHING
REVENGE.
YOU LOVE! PREPARE
YOURSELF!

2 Ди BY THE TIME
Н-НЕ = АМ „ТҮ YOU RETURN,
INTENDS то 2 ЦИНА ти: IT WILL ALL
LIVES THE
ТАКЕ ИУ BE OVER//
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ELIZABETH?! ў L ? REGRET ТН! 5!!
| í : FAREWELL,
CREATOR!

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CAN YOU DO BY SOMETHING
YOURSELF?! ABOUT THAT
THAT DEVIL CAN MONSTER. YOU
KILL А BEAR WITH TREAT YOUR
HIS BARE HANDS.

DON'T FEAR!
I HAVE THE
FIGHTING SPIRIT
OF A KNIGHT OF
OLD. I'M TAKING
YOUR CARRIAGE,
VICTOR!

THAT
THE NEXT WAS MY
DAY, ETERNAL
WHEN I PARTING
FOLLOWED
THE
CARRIAGE
TRACKS...
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173
 HENRY... BUT I
ABSOLUTELY
FORGIVE ME HAD NO
COME BACK
FOR LEAVING YOU TIME TO
FOR YOU!
HERE. I MUST GRIEVE
RETURN HOME FOR MY
FORTHWITH AND FRIEND.
SAVE THOSE WHO
YET LIVE.

VE азн ШАЛ
 А Will
AND YOUR
FIANCÉE AT
HOME... WERE
THEY SAFE?

АА
SS

I WAS ONE STEP

٧۱

ELIZABETH j ER “ai
WAS ON HER = NN po BEHIND HIM. WHEN
BED, CLAD IN — | I ARRIVED HOME, I
THE BRIDAL 5 я FOUND THEIR BODIES.
FINERY |
SET ASIDE
FOR OUR y
WEDDING TO

175
 THAT DEVIL
FLED, ALL
THE WHILE AND THEN
THE CHASE
LEAVING BEGAN.
SIGNS SO
THAT I
COULD
FOLLOW.
I COULD
ALMOST
HEAR HIM
SNEERING

THE SPIRITS
OF THE DEAD
HOVERED
ROUND AND IT WAS
INSTIGATED
ME TO TOIL THE START
AND REVENGE. OF A LONG,
I PREPARED DIFFICULT
FOR MY JOURNEY.
JOURNEY.
 ONCE, AFTER THE
POOR ANIMALS NOTHING BUT THE
THAT CONVEYED HUNGER OF A
ME HAD WITH JUST RETRIBUTION
INCREDIBLE TOIL COULD EVER
GAINED THE SUMMIT ENABLE ME TO
OF A SLOPING ICE
MOUNTAIN, ONE,
SINKING UNDER HIS
FATIGUE, DIED.

THAT...
I ENCOUN-
PLEASE TERED YOU,
REST CAPTAIN
FOR WALTON. YOU
NOW. AND YOUR
SHIP.

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SLEEP DO NEED TO
DEEP IN REBURY HIM.
THE EARTH, DEEPER.
NAKAJIMA.

TE
Зул КАРИ ১৮৮1
 BECAUSE HE
GREW.
LAST NIGHT,
I KILLED MY
BEST FRIEND,
NAKAJIMA...

HE GOT 4 3 | ... OVER

WAY TALLER S 5 SOMETHING
THAN ME. Ñ / j STUPID.

AND THERE I WAS,

THE SAME AS
ALWAYS. YOU TRIED
TO CHEER ME
UP-IT WAS SO
AWKWARD.

YOU WERE
50 COOL,
NAKAJIMA.

I MEAN, YOU
WERE А SHRIMP
LIKE ME NOT
TOO LONG
AGO.

189
 +++ SO IT WAS
TOO SHALLOW.

I-I REALLY
DID KILL HIM.
IT'S REAL.

lS 22 7 се |
NAKAJIMA'S হি (08 fer
BODY ке| : NN | WASN'TА
RIGHT (ШЖ a | Y DREAM...
HERE.

LIKE YOU MEAN TO

PITIED ME OR KILL YOU.
SOMETHING...
 COULDN'T
5
а
ая
Б

DID THAT
 Ер
= ও
==
 AND THAT THERE'S NO WAY.
LENGTH, WHAT WAS THAT LAST
I'VE NEVER HEARD NIGHT? THE BODY IN THE
THAT'S NOT OF A DEAD BODY'S
NORMAL. GARDEN. I WAS PANICKED Ш
NECK GROWING. INTO COVERING IT BACK
UP, BUT...

NEVER GET
THAT LONG.

I WAS
HALLUCINATING.
I WAS TOO
WORKED UP

THE STATE I
WAS IN, IT'S
NO WONDER I
WAS SEEING
THINGS.

DOUBLE-
CHECK
TONIGHT.

193
 OH,
IT'S YOU,
HOTTA.
HIS MOM ANYWAY, YOU
CALLED OSHIKIRI, SCARED ME.
US LAST IT'S AWFUL.
NAKAJIMA’S
MISSING.

YOU GAVE
МЕ А HEART

О-ОН, SHE
I’M WORRIED. CALLED US,
I WONDER IF TOO
HE WAS IN AN HIS MOM,
ACCIDENT.

THAT'S HOW NAKAJIMA'S

CLOSE SHE WAS MOM CALLED
WITH NAKAJIMA, HOTTA.
N.

HEY,
OSHIKIRI?
CAN YOU
THINK OF
ANYTHING?
 THAT I KNEW IT.
DAMNED ONCE HE WAS
NAKAJIMA. OVER 5’ 10%,
THE GIRLS WERE
ALL OVER HIM.

WE WERE BOTH
SHRIMPS. WE ALWAYS
SAT IN THE FRONT HE'D BEEN
OF THE CLASS. THE MY BEST
BIG GUYS WOULD FRIEND SINCE
PICK ON US, BUT WE ELEMENTARY.
LOOKED OUT FOR
EACH OTHER.

HOTTA'D
IT WAS ALWAYS
INEVITABLE BEEN
SHE'D FRIENDS
FALL FOR WITH US.
NAKAJIMA.
BUT...

IT WAS
WEIRD, BUT
THE TALLER
HE GOT,
THE MORE
CONFIDENT
HE BECAME.
 A YEAR AGO,
YOU WERE THE
YEAH. SAME HEIGHT
IT'S WEIRD AS ME.
TO ME,
TOO. EIGHT
INCHES IN
ONE YEAR.

YOU
REALLY
DID JUST
SHOOT
UP, HUH,
NAKAJIMA?

OH,
I WAS JUST
PASSING BY.

HE'LL
GROW, TOO.
FOR SURE.
 QUIT TRYING
TO MAKE
ME FEEL

NAKAJIMA'S BEEN
MISSING SINCE
SATURDAY. YOU TWO
WERE CLOSE. DO YOU
KNOW WHERE HE IS?
 EN

YOUR BEST
FRIEND'S SO, LIKE,
MISSING, OSHIKIRI...
BUT YOU DON'T
LOOK WORRIED

IT’S JUST, YOU

GUYS ARE SO
CLOSE. YOU’VE
GOT A SOLID
FRIENDSHIP.

WHICH IS WHY SOMETIMES,

THE WAY YOU’RE I'D EVEN GET
ACTING NOW JEALOUS AND
JUST SEEMS
SO UNNATURAL
 MAYBE
ІЛЕ НЕ WENT OFF BUT
I'M NOT ІШ ON HIS OWN. "MISSING^
SAYING HE'S jp, IT DOESN’T CAN MEAN
2 НАУЕ ТО МЕАМ ALL KINDS
HE'S DEAD. OF THINGS.

IT'S
I DONT. REALLY? JUST A
I DIDN'T YOU REALLY FIGURE
SEE HIM ON OF
SATURDAY. Š SPEECH...

I SAW HIM.
I SAW NAKAJIMA
GO INTO YOUR
HOUSE ON
SATURDAY
EVENING.
 MY COUSIN. HE'S
IN UNIVERSITY. HE
ALWAYS COMES ON THAT WAS
SATURDAY TO HELP TAKAYUKI.
ME STUDY.

YOU HAVE
TO BELIEVE
ME.
 ARE YOU
DOING?!

W-WHAT THE
SHE'S А HELL...
MONSTER.
| ||

NO...
I'M TELLING
= NECK GREW YOU, IT'S
vou Чт) SUPER TRUE/
HAVE TO ‹ LONG!
BELIEVE

ARE YOU
OUT OF
| — YOUR
ШІ
i}
M
AN
MIND?/
m
 YOU'RE
NORMAL LY SO |Ў| | wayТУwouLo
МОЩ2 ||OSHIKIRI.
QUIET. I CAN'T | THAT?
BELIEVE YOU'D
HURT A GIRL.

THERE'S NO WAY
HE'D BELIEVE ME.
BUT I REALLY DID
SEE IT.

NO, MAYBE I WAS

HALLUCINATING.
FIRST THE BODY
YESTERDAY,
NOW HOTTA.

TAKAYUKI WAS
ALWAYS SAYING IDhs ў | Am THEY BOTH
THAT'S WHEN eei \| HAPPENED WHEN
YOU'RE MOST 272 ь - I WAS UPSET.
LIKELY TO
SEE THINGS.

203
 ARE YOU
LISTENING
TO ME?!
PAY ATTENTION!
 WRONG WITH NOW THEN '
YOUR NECK? 1 OSHIKIRI.

OSHIKIRI/
A BOY
LIKE YOU!
 HIS NECK'S
50 SHORT.
HE'S A
MONSTER.

IT'S ALL
IN MY HEAD.

I'M
HALLUCI-
NATING.
 BUT I’M J 1
TOTALLY NOT : ; NAKAJIMA'S
GOING OUT CORPSE,
THERE TO | "ML. TOO...
INTO YOUR
RO0000M? |

A-AM I
ACTUALLY
LOSING MY
MIND?

208
 I RAN DOWN
THE ROAD
IN THE
MIDDLE OF
I DECIDED I'D EVEN KNOWING THE NIGHT.
STAY AT TAKAYUKI'S IT WAS ALL IN MY
THAT NIGHT. HEAD, I FELT LIKE
NAKAJIMA WAS
GOING TO COME
INTO MY ROOM
AND I COULDN'T
SIT STILL.

EVEN FOR А
MAYBE... HALLUCINATION,
I'M JUST NECKS
LOSING IT. GROWING
IS PRETTY
STRANGE.

209
 THE
LONELINESS WELL, I AM STUDYING IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE
YOU FEEL IS 7272AT
PSYCHOLOGY AN ALCOHOLIC OR
PROBABLY THE тэ NOT PHAT E DOING DRUGS. AND
THE CAUSE ЖАРА, YOU'RE GETTING
OF YOUR . ENOUGH SLEEP,
NEUROSIS. | AREN'T YOU?

NEUROSES
AND LONE-
LINESS...

... YOUR ANXIETY ABOUT YOUR PARENTS ARE

YOUR HEIGHT. THESE
PSYCHOLOGICAL : ABROAD
ў FOR WORK.
YOU'RE ALL ALONE IN
FACTORS COME
THAT MASSIVE HOUSE.
TOGETHER, AND YOU
YOU MUST BE LONELY.
HALLUCINATE OTHER : : AND THERE'S ALSO
PEOPLE GETTING N / y ан
TALLER.

ALTHOUGH
IT'S WEIRD
THAT IT'S
JUST THEIR
 WHY
DON'T YOU
COME STAY
HERE? |

МУ DAD'S
ALWAYS SAYING
YOU SHOULD.

WELL, IT
DEPENDS ON
WHAT YOU
зо THOUGH.

<>
 I'M
HALLUCINATING
RIGHT NOW/

WHAT?!

COME ON! DOES MY

GET IT NECK LOOK
TOGETHER! LONGER?!
 ...15 ТО
CHECK THE WAY TO GET
NAKAJIMA'S RID OF THESE
BODY. HALLUCINATIONS...

HEEEEEY!
TORU!
WHAT'S
WRONG?!

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MY EYES PLAYING I JUST
TRICKS ON ME, HAVE TO
THAT THE BODY'S CONFIRM...
NORMAL.

AS LONG
AS I'M NOT
... THE HAL- SURE...
LUCINATIONS
WON’T STOP.
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214
 OSHIKIRI ...
|... WHAT'S
HAPPENING? I
DON'T KNOW WHy,
CAN YOU BUT, ... ,.LOOK HOW
BELIEVE IT? TALL І АМ,,,
...IN JUST
TWO DAYS...

MAYBE IT'S
BECAUSE
YOU
STRANGLED
МЕ.

215
 WHEN I APPARENTLY,
CAME ТО, I тэ I WAS
WAS IN THE Жою DELIRIOUS
HOSPITAL. DY, THAT NIGHT.

I CONFESSED ч ТНЕ
EVERYTHING. 1 |D 4 DETECTIVES
CAME
EVENTUALLY.

AND NO — THEY LISTENED

WONDER. THE ГІ TO ME WITH
HALLUCINATIONS ~ х DOUBT ОМ THEIR
DIDN'T MATTER. FACES.

THEYLL
„..АМО FIND HIS DIG UP THE
I KILLED
BODY SOON GARDEN... NAKAJIMA.
ENOUGH.

216
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HE ONLY SAW
THE NECK.

217
 IS THIS EVEN
POSSIBLE?
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MYSTERY.

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GETTING THIS
INTO A SEMI,
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MANY FEET

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WE DO?

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ABOUT YOUR AND YET WE HAVE BEAUTIFICATION
PARTNER? THREE SUDDEN COMMITTEE,
ABSENCES FROM BUT FIRST...
EIGHTH GRADE.

KOJIMA HAS
AND WHAT ABOUT A SOCCER
KOZUE TATE, CLASS TOURNAMENT
D, AND YUMIKO COMING UP, SO
SOGA, CLASS F? HE WENT TO
PRACTICE.

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BE HERE.

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221
 50 I'D LIKE SO WE'LL
CLEANING THAT OH, AND WE'VE START WITH AN
UP TO BE FIRST HAD А REPORT INSPECTION OF
ON THE LIST THAT THE BOG THE CLEANING
FOR OUR NEXT BEHIND THE SUPPLIES
WORK DAY. SCHOOL IS A IN ALL THE
CLASSROOMS.

NO REASON
FOR THOSE
TWO TO COME
IF KOJIMA'S
NOT HERE,
RIGHT?

THERE'S A
ANYWAY, RUMOR IT'S
! GHOSTS HAUNTED.
DON'T COME
OUT DURING
THE DAY.

SERIOUSLY,
WHO WOULD
MAKE SUCH
A WEIRD
REPORT?
I TOTALLY NEVER
GO NEAR THAT
PLACE.

222
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BEST FRIEND FANS. HE'S SO | TO GET
OSHIKIRI. ' POPULAR, LIKE 5০০, ||| READY FOR
TOO? А ROCK STAR. агь THE TOUR-
PRACTICE. NAMENT?
 LISTEN UP,
NEW GIRLS!
US TWO ARE
THE ORIGINAL
КОЛМА 4

WE'VE BEEN
KOJIMA FANS
SINCE JUNIOR

UM, YOU
GUYS ARE
ON THE
BEAUTIFICATION
COMMITTEE,

WHAAAT?
CLEANING MEETING IN
OUR GYM
CLOTHES
SINCE WE'RE
CLEANING
THE BOG.
 I'M JUST
GONNA GO
CHANGE.
WAIT FOR
ME.

AMAZING!
LIKE
ROYALTY!

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NO PROB. | SORRY, OSHIKIRI, === KOJIMA FROM
JUST я FOR NOT COMING ВЕ MORE
THAN COOL CLASS B. HE'S
COMMITTEE IF THEY’RE COOL, 50 ALL
WORK WHAT WAS IT
> GOING THE GIRLS ARE
RECHT: == AFTER HIM.
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CLEANING

ARE? I'LL
BE THERE.

IT'S TOO
GHOST'LL DANGEROUS.
DEFINITELY
TAKE A
GREAT GUY
LIKE YOU.

WHAAAT?! I HEARD THIS А FEW YEARS

WOMAN KILLED AGO, А GUY
THAT’S THE HERSELF AFTER DROWNED
KIND OF SHE WAS
BOG IT IS?! DUMPED, AND
THERE. AND
THEY NEVER
NOW HER SPIRIT FOUND THE
PULLS MEN INTO
THE BOG...

226
 | KOJIMA, I'M
WORRIED.
MAYBE YOU
SHOULDN'T

AND HEARING IT’S FINE.

A STORY LIKE THERE’S
THAT ACTUALLY NO SUCH
MAKES ME WANT THING AS
TO GO EVEN GHOSTS/

WE'LL HAVE
TO PROTECT |

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TO WORK.

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RIGHT? HA! YOU WE CAN'T!

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FROM PROTECT
THE BOG KOJIMA.
SPIRIT?

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YOU KNOW.
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Å SHOWDOWN
BETWEEN ME
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THE SEARCH FOR KOJIMA

CONTINUED LATE INTO THE
NIGHT, BUT NOT ONLY WAS THE
WATER VERY MURKY, THERE
WAS ALGAE ALL OVER THE
PLACE, COMPLICATING THE
RESCUE OPERATION.

EVENTUALLY,
THE SEARCH
THAT NIGHT WAS
CALLED OFF...
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NATURALLY, LADY GHOST'S
RUMORS WRAPPED KOJIMA'S BODY
STARTED FLYING AROUND WASN'T FOUND
AT SCHOOL. LATER, EITHER.
KOJIMA’S

QUIT IT. BEWITCHED

Too GHOST.
CREEPY.

I WAS
WALKING BY
LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS
DEFINITELY
A GHOST
ORB.

MORE THAN А
OTHERS SAID FEW STUDENTS
THEY SAW CLAIMED TO
KOJIMA’S HAVE SEEN А
SPIRIT... GHOST ORB AT
THE BOG.

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THEY DON'T
KNOW
ANYTHING.

THEY DON'T
KNOW
KOJIMA’S
ACCORDING
STILL ALIVE...
TO PLAN.

HIS UP | IT ALL STARTED

I BROUGHT
WHEN WE WERE
TALKING ONE
ATTITUDE
SURPRISED
ТО TEAS E
BUT...
HIM.
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SHOULD dia] DITCH THE FANS AND
I KNOW? THINK HEAD TO KOJIMA'S
THOSE 2) ATTRACTS HOUSE. WE WANTED
GIRLS ARE ў ТНЕМ TO TALK JUST US
WEIRD. TO ME? GUYS FOR ONCE.
 THOSE YOU GOTTA BE I DIDN’T
THE PROBLEM KNOW. I JUST
TWO ARE IS KOZUE AND KIDDING ME!
THE WEIRD I'M SO SICK OF ASSUMED YOU
YUMIKO. THE LIKED IT.
ONES. SO REST JUST THEM. I TRIP
PERSIS-
сен FOLLOW THEM. OVER THEM
MORNING TO
NIGHT. I'M NOT
ACTUALLY A
ROCK STAR.

THEY GET
I'DLEAVE
EVEN THE MORE WIND OF IT
I TRY TO NO MATTER
HOME
MEANTIF tIT PUN,E THE
MOR INTO
WHERE I GO
AND COME
RUNNING
COULD GET SET m
ME THEY
AFTER ME.
AWAY FROM № FEELS LIKE THEY EVEN
IT'S JUST... THEY'RE MANAGED TO
LEAVING HOME'S GOING TO TAG ALONG
NOT ENOUGH. FOLLOW ME ON A TRIP
TO REALLY MY WHOLE I PLANNED
ESCAPE... IN SECRET.

AND WHAT YOU'VE REALLY MY ONLY

DO YOU THOUGHT ABOUT CHOICE IS
THINK HATE IT THIS... BUT AREN'T TO FAKE MY
HAPPENED THAT MUCH, YOU KIND OF DEATH. WILL
THEN? CAN'T YOU OVERDOING IT? YOU HELP
JUST TELL ME?
THEM?

I DID.
BACK IN
JUNIOR
| HIGH.
GN 2!y
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 KOZU E IN THEY LOOK
PARTICULAR IS MY LIKE NORMAL
TYPE... ANYWAY. CUTE GIRLS.

OR MAYBE IT TURNED KOJIMA

HE'S ALREADY INTO THIS HUGE PRETENDED TO
STARTED IT. DEAL, BUT DROWN IN THE
AT ANY RATE, RIGHT ABOUT BOG. AND THEN
HE'LL CALL NOW, KOJIMA'S HE RAN AWAY
ME. BUT... PROBABLY ON А FROM HOME. I'M
JOURNEY TO HIS THE ONLY ONE
NEW LIFE... WHO KNOWS.

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240
 THERE'S NO
MISTAKE. THESE
ARE THE BOYS
WHO WENT
MISSING A FEW ша
DAYS AGO. pnm
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YOU HEAR?
IT'S THE
CHAIRMAN AND
(т) s i s VICE CHAIRMAN
KAY : № = = У; OF THE
МУ ( BEAUTIFICATION
COMMITTEE.

SO, PEOPLE
\ Mes Ab FROM
CHAIRMAN А ІТ? - THE BOG
THREW А j / CLEANUP!
ROCK IN.

OSHIKIRI.
1 YOU THINK
COINCIDENCE OKAYS WERE
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WONDER үÇ Í/ AAN
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IF HE'S уу I MEAN, TWO
DOING ৬৬ . 2 GUYS DYING
= AT THE SAME
TIME.

CURSE...

242
 AND WHAT'S
THEN SHE GOING ON?
ASKS ME KOZUE TATE
TO COME CALLS ME.
TO THE
BOG AT

DID YOU
NEED
SOME-
THING?

I WANTED
YOU TO
COME
OUT,
OSHIKIRI.

COME ON.
SERIOUSLY. SHE'S JUST
QUIT MESSING
TEASING WITH ME,
PEOPLE ISN'T SHE?
LIKE THIS.
 OSHIKIRI,
YOU CAME.
THANKS.

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I DIDN'T
SEE YOU.

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WHAT'S GOING
ON? I MEAN,
ASKING ME TO
MEET YOU HERE.
 EVERY DAY
SINCE WE
OSHIKIRI? LOST KOJIMA
HE WAS OUR TO THE BOG
EVERYTHING. HAS BEEN
SO HARD.
SO HARD...

I GET IT.
I GET IT,

WE WANT YOU
TO LOOK FOR
KOJIMA. DIVE
INTO THE BOG.

NO WAY! THE
RESCUE TEAM
TORE THE BOG || WEWANT
UP ALREADY. ||EAST GET TOTALLY
HIS BODY
SERIOUS: |Ë

DIN
VAM

VA "N

YOU'RE
NOT GOING
TO FIND
ANYTHING.

245
ЧЫ ‎‫با‬
‫د‬ нот ат
N ° ‫و‬‎ ` г КУ

AMA

—_

RSE
L

WE ASKED
Му THE GUYS
NN FROM THE
BEAUTIFICATION
COMMITTEE,
BUT THEY
22 DROWNED...
THEY WERE
NO GOOD.

YOU'LL YES.
DIVE TOO, NO ONE
UNTIL YOU CAN
FIND HIM. RESIST US.

СЕ
DA=
ESS
 KOJIMA'S
NOT

ЇЇ|
|

НЕ SWAM АЗ H
ARD
AS HE COULD ALONG
TBHOEG BAONTDTOCMAMOF THE
E OUT
BEHIND THAT GRA
AND TH EN HE RAN. SS.
HE JUST MADE
IT LOOK LIKE
DROWNED. HE
MATTER HOW50HANROD ат!
(I
YOU L
OOK, YOU'LL
NEVER FIND HIM.
тa 1
I’M NOT!
THEY DIDN'T
THAT'S PROOF!

247
Wh! HE HATED YOU 2
GUYS. HE WAS iYЈЕ
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AWAY FROM = A)MM
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 And what
do you think
happened

These flaming
balls of hatred
shot up from
their heads.

Their
“living
Spirits,”
you
know?

Listen,
Oshikiri. Don't
laugh. I was
possessed by their
living spirits.
 PLEASE,
DON'T GET IN

ONCE DAWN
BROKE ON
THIS NIGHT OF
TERROR, THE
LIVING SPIRITS

IQ

: AFTER THIS
...МАУВЕ HE DIDN'T NARROW
ESCAPE FROM THE ESCAPE
BOG AND HE DROWNED ! FROM DEATH,
BEFORE HE COULD WHATEVER ћи OSHIKIRI WAS
REACH THE GRASSES. HAPPENED йн! | CALLED OUT ВУ
IS HE SLEEPING IN ТО KOJIMA? 1 THE TWO GIRLS
THAT MURKY WATER й Ў з AGAIN AND
EVEN NOW? Ш | AGAIN, BUT HE
NEVER WENT.

NO ONE HAS
GHOST ORBS
HEARD FROM HIM
FLY AROUND
YET. MAYBE HE
ABOVE IT
GOT INVOLVED IN
FROM TIME
SOMETHING IN HIS
TO TIME.
NEW HOME. OR...

BOG OF LIVING SPIRITS / END 250

251
 =

‫پچ‬У‫چ‏‬
I KNOW
YOU'RE
HIDING IN

252
WHAT ARE
YOU DOING
IN MY
HOUSE?!

I'M THE
REAL
TORU
OSHIKIRI.
 THE HOUSE DÅ HONESTLY,
IS 50 BIG, IT I'M HAVING
WOULDN'T BE SUCH
А SURPRISE IF WEIRD
SOMEONE HAD DREAMS
SNUCK IN. LATELY.

AND SOMETIMES,
I SEE MY FACE IN
THE MIRROR IN
THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT,
AND I GET SO
SCARED.

MOM AND
DAD ARE I GUESS MY
BOTH NERVES ARE SHOT
OVERSEAS LIVING AWAY FROM
FOR WORK. PEOPLE IN THIS
HUGE HOUSE ALL
BY MYSELF.

I'LL JUST HAVE TO I'VE ALWAYS

GET А GIRLFRIEND BEEN OKAY
TO COMFORT MY BEING ALONE,
LONELY HEART. BUT STILL, I
GET 50 DOWN
SOMETIMES.

THERE IS А
RIDICULOUS NUMBER
OF COUPLES AT
SCHOOL... BUT IS
THERE ANYONE FOR
А SHRIMP LIKE ME?
 2
THOUGHT OH!
MY NECK DAMMIT.
WAS I FORGOT
MY SCARF
IN CLASS.

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пет

M" S

I'M
PRETTY THERE AGAIN.
SURE SHE'S ALWAYS
THAT'S PAINTING
SATOMI ВУ HERSELF
FROM AFTER
CLASS E. SCHOOL.

ALWAYS
ALONE.

255
 А LONELY
BEAUTY...
MAYBE THIS
COULD WORK
OUT.
২১০২২
FF
২

256
 RIGHT? ГМ
OSHIKIRI.

У
ঘা
YOIUKE ATLHWIASY?S
L
YOU NHDASV,E
2272
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FRIE

257
 Олар
IS IT ANY

BUSINESS?
ма ٨

SEEN YOU WITH

1 ANYONE ELSE.

THAT'S W
ENOUGH
FOR

THEY’RE SO
GREAT THAT
І САМТ BE
BOTHERED TO
HANG OUT WITH
PEOPLE AT
SCHOOL.
 PLUS, YOU WON'T HOW CAN'T
KNOW THAT
I'M BORING PROBABLY
NOT. ГМ NO
LOOK TOO COOL TO TALK TO
WALKING AROUND UNLESS I AND ALL FUN TO HANG
WITH ME, YOU KNOW? HANG OUT p OUT WITH,
WITH YOU? Å ANYWAY.

Y!
১২1
 Yuko
\wasaki
Sapporo,
Hokkaido

OH!
YUKO GOT
IN TOUCH
WITH
CHIHARU...

260
 YOU'RE
I DIDN'T | |4 ДР. 20311011 ALONE А
МЕАМ এ. | \ LOT, TOO,
IT LIKE | OD се
ТНАТ.
 YEAH. THAT
HAPPENS TO ME PEOPLE
A LOT. PROBABLY OFTEN
BECAUSE I PUT MISUNDER-
MYSELF DOWN. STAND ME...

I'LL SAY
SOMETHING
INNOCENT,
A LOT AND IT GETS
OF TIMES, WHEN TAKEN THE
YOU CRITICIZE | WRONG WAY
YOURSELF, THE AND I END
OTHER PERSON А UP HURTING
THINKS YOU'RE ч SOMEONE.

/
CRITICIZING
THEM.

NUH-UH.
NOT I GUESS
FIGHTING NECES- YOU DON'T
WITH TWO SARILY.
HAVE THAT
OF THEM. KIND OF
MISUNDER-
STANDING IN
LETTERS.

SO THEN AND IN THEIR

I LOST ANSWER, THEY I MET YOU THE
IT TOO. ASKED ME IF I OTHER DAY,
NOW WE WAS ACTUALLY RIGHT?
JUST YELL LYING ABOUT NOT
MAKING FRIENDS
AT SCHOOL.

THEY'RE | I WROTE
MAD. IT’S THEM
A TERRIBLE ABOUT
MISUNDER-
STANDING.

262
 THEY SOUND
PRETTY MEAN.
I MEAN, WHY
SHOULDN'T YOU
MAKE OTHER
FRIENDS?
WHAT'D THE
OTHER ONE

I JUST SENT
HER A LETTER,
50 NO ANSWER
YET. MAYBE
IT'LL COME

ARE YOU
MAD AT

OSHIKIRI, NO. I JUST

BE MY PAINTED TOO
MUCH IN HERE,
AND NOW IT'S
BORING. SO I
WRECKED IT.

ЗА
——...

265
 OKAY,
LOOK TO
THE SIDE.

NO ONE'S
HOME AT MY
PLACE. MY |
PARENTS ARE |
OVERSEAS.

гн MAYBE I
COULD COME
HANG OUT AT
 WHAT
IS THIS ARE YOUR
YOUR HOUSE? FRIENDS
IT'S NICE. LIKE? THE
TOTALLY ONES YOU
DIFFERENT WRITE TO?
FROM MINE.

ARE YUKO,
MIKI AND
CHIHARU.

GEN |
ІШ

265
 CHIHARU'S
WRITING

SATOMI... WHAT
IS WITH THESE
PEOPLE? I MEAN,
IT'S JUST...IT’S
NOT NORMAL.

I CANT SIT
‫ هه یک‬SAY | | | ,івікінбо ‫‏‬,YRROS
SHE'S WRITIN шиг ) BUT COULD YOU
STUFF КЕ“ GO? I HAVE ТО
: ў | WRITE CHIHARU
BACK RIGHT NOW.

266
 У Ф NEP
SORRY 2 Д
SATOMI. | d

A
ЛК,
BD N

268
 OH, RIGHT.
WHEN DO YOU
THINK YOU'LL
GET AN ANSWER
TO THAT
LETTER?

... IT CAME
YESTERDAY..
ANOTHER
MEAN LETTER.

THAT DAY... THE ТІК

ENVELOPE YOU НУ ју YESTERDAY?
DROPPED-IT WAS 7 ) THE ANSWER
ADDRESSED TO - |) CAME
YOU. THERE WAS NO ~ "А YESTERDAY?
POSTMARK ON IT,
SO IT WASN'T ONE
FROM А FRIEND.
YOU WROTE IT.

I KNOW I SAW IT.

DID YOU PUT IT IN
THE POSTBOX?
KINDA WEIRD TO
WRITE LETTERS TO
YOURSELF.

269
 LIKE, MAYBE
YOUR PEN PALS
NEVER ACTUALLY
EXISTED...
YOU KNOW?

COME CLEAN.
YOU MADE THEM
UP. YOU'VE
BEEN HAVING
AN IMAGINARY
CORRESPONDENCE,
RIGHT?

YOU DIDN'T WRITE

LETTERS TO THEM, |
BUT ANSWERS | YOUR
FROM THEM. 1 WONDERFUL
PEN PALS...
THEY’RE

YOU WERE
WRITING THEM,
SO THEY WERE
GOOD FRIENDS
WHO LIKED
WHATEVER
YOU DID.

: | ... WHILE YOU [nen

AND THEN I WROTE THE
THINK MAYBE / LETTERS, MAKE IT GO
THEY GOT š YOU STARTED HOWEVER YOU
JEALOUS = ( ~) TO REALLY WANTED. BUT
ABOUT YOU Š ⁄ BELIEVE
TALKING f 1 THESE GIRLS
ACTUALLY
EXISTED.
 BUT WHEN YOU
ACTUALLY GOT THE YOU FELT BAD
LETTERS IN THE POST, FOR THEM. YOU
IT WAS А TERRIBLE BLAMED YOURSELF,
SHOCK. IT DIDN'T SO YOU HAD THEM
MATTER THAT YOU'D WRITE LETTERS
WRITTEN THEM... AND TAUNTING YOU.
YOU GOT ANGRY.

DON'T PLAY YOU SAY THE .“ВАФІ-

WEIRDEST THINGS. CALLY,
DUMB. YOUETWERE I KNOW ALLI
YOU HAD THE LETTER WAS SOUND
TO HAVE ADDRESSED TO ME? CRITICIZING SERIOUS
KNOWN. THERE'S NO WAY IT YOURSELF | LIKE А
WOULD BE. MAYBE I THROUGH = PSYCHOL-
WROTE MY ADDRESS THOSE IQ OGIST,
BY ACCIDENT? LETTERS. И

WELL... BUT THAT

POINTLESS GAME
IS OVER NOW.

STOP IT! SITTING

THERE, TELLING
ME YOUR RANDOM
THEORIES!
MY FRIENDS ARE
MADE-UP?! EXCUSE
ME?! THEY EXIST...
THEY DEFINITELY
EXIST. THE PROOF OF
THAT IS THAT
SELF-PORTRAIT
YOU'RE NOT YOU WORKED
PART OF THIS. SO HARD ON.
I DON'T NEED YOU WRECKED
YOU TELLING ME IT. THAT WAS A
FAREWELL TO
ANYTHING. YOUR FRIENDS.

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COMING THE FIGHT JUNSGT
FROM KEEPS GETTI
HOKKAFIRDOOM, WORSE. I GET
MIKI THREATENING
TOKYO. AND LETTERS
CHIHARU I...I DIDN
'T
FROM EVERY DAY.
FUKUOKAE. DO, SO I WROTE,
THEY'R
COMING
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A
HERE. ALL SAID THEY
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KILL ME.

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YOU! DON'T

I SAID, STAY
AWAY FROM
ME!

S-SATOMI?
WHAT'S
WRONG?
THERE'S
NO ONE
THERE.

CHIHARU/

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SHE COMPLETELY
BELIEVED IN THE
EXISTENCE OF THE
OTHER THREE!
А DELUSION
BROUGHT
ABOUT BY HER
LONELINESS... SHE
WAS KILLED BY
А DELUSION!

SHOULD I CALL
THE POLICE?!
NO. IF I'M
NOT CAREFUL,
I COULD END UP
А SUSPECT...

THEYLL
THINK I
STABBED

BUT...NO ONE
KNOWS I WENT
TO HER HOUSE.
THERE'S NO PROOF
I WAS EVER THERE.

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INTO MY BED LIKE
THIS AND SHIVER
FOR NO REASON.

THE HOUSE IS
RIDICULOUSLY LARGE;
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
THE EXACT NUMBER
OF ROOMS. NO
WONDER I SHIVER
LIVING ALONE HERE.
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THOSE
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ALL THE
ROOMS
IN THE
HOUSE?

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THINK TAKAYUKI,
TORU... WE CALL
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ARE YOU BAD, I I DON'T LIKE THE
OKAY? YOU JUST HATE THE POLICE. POLICE?
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INTO TOWN AND
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WHILE
FOOD ST
INVE IGATE
ALTERNATE
DIMENSIONS?

YOU DON'T
HAVE CRAM
SCHOOL
TODAY,
RIGHT,
|| OSHIKIRI?

ТНЕМ/
LET'S GO!
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WEIRD, BUT STRANGE START,
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AROUND TALKING HANGING OUT.
SUPERNATURAL WITH THEM.
PHENOMENA

CAN’T SEE I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW

IT MIGHT TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT
ANYONE..
ВЕ А THE STUFF, BUT WHEN I
GHOST. TOLD THEM ABOUT
FOOTSTEPS THE FOOTSTEPS IN MY
THIS IS
ALONE HOUSE THAT HAD BEEN
AMAZING! ECHO... BOTHERING ME LATELY,
THEY WERE ALL VERY
INTERESTED.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR

THE FOOTSTEPS!
HOW ABOUT WE ALL
GO TO OSHIKIRI 'S
HOUSE?!

OSHIKIRI!
WHY DIDN’T
YOU TELL US
SOONER?!

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DIMENSION.
BUT THIS IS
THE FIRST
TIME I'VE
EVER FELT IT
SO STRONGLY.

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MEANS THIS : I'M SURE
HOUSE HAS A THE FOOT-
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OSHIKIRI.
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SOMEPLACE
THAT
SPRINGS

HEY?
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IS THIS 3 HEAR THE
ALTERNATE FOOTSTEPS
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PLACES...

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TO HEAR THE
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4
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১ INTEREST IS
| THIS HOUSE.

4 REALLY IS
AMAZING. À

NEXT TIME, WE'LL Т”

FIND OUT THE COMPLETELY

TRUE NATURE OF OVER-
THE ALTERNATE WHELMED.
DIMENSION.

KOIZUMI AND I'VE ALWAYS LOVED

WATANABE SHARE SUPERNATURAL
MY INTEREST. IT'S PHENOMENA.
REALLY FORTUNATE APPARENTLY, I'M
WE MET YOU, MORE SENSITIVE
OSHIKIRI. THAN MOST PEOPLE
TO MYSTERIOUS
THINGS.

BUT I'VE
ACTUALLY
NEVER SEEN
THEM CLEARLY
WITH THESE
EYES. I THINK
THIS IS MY
CHANCE.
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IT'S TRUE. = - SAME WAY.
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MEETINGS ALMOST GIVEN ME SOME
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OSHIKIRI.
GUYS, I'D
JUST BE
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LIFE AS
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I ALREADY WHAT?
WATANABE, JUST HAVE
TOLD MY YOU TO WAIT TO
PARENTS I WAS SHOULD \ HEAR THE
STAYING OVER GO HOME. 7 FOOTSTEPS,
AT А FRIEND'S AFTER ALL.
TONIGHT.

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IT
COMING
FROM?
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IT WENT
OUTSIDE!

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ALTERNATE да
DIMENSION KIRI.
MIGHT BE
JUST LIKE
OUR WORLD!
 K% THE ALTERNATE
OSHIKIRI FOUND
THE ENTRANCE
TO THIS WORLD,
AND HE'S
COMING AND
GOING AS HE

HE CAME
TO BURY
A BODY!

305
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NO ONE WILL =< Я KILLED SOMEONE ІМ
FIND IT IN 2 THE OTHER WORLD.
= AND HE DIDN’T KNOW
WHERE TO GET RID
OF THE BODY,
SO HE CAME TO
BURY IT HERE.

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লিল

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NOTHING
TO WORRY
ABOUT,
THOUGH.

THAT WAS
IN FACT, YOU'RE AT MOST AN
LUCKY TO HAVE ALTERNATE
I'M SUPER WITNESSED THIS YOU. JUST
EXCITED SUPERNATURAL BECAUSE HE
RIGHT PHENOMENON. KILLED SOMEONE
NOW. I'VE DOESN'T MAKE
NEVER YOUR OWN
SEEN CHARACTER
ONE 50 SUSPECT.
CLEARLY
BEFORE.

ALL THAT
TAKE A STUFF WITH
LOOK AT LOCH NESS
THIS... Å
| AND UFOS
Пе WAS 50
W |А FRUSTRATING.

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HAPPENED
IN THE
ALTERNATE
DIMENSION?

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HEY/ THE
EARTH'S BEEN
DUG UP OVER
HERE, TOO.
GIMME THAT

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ME AND
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AND YOUR
ALTERNATE
SELF
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YOU.

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ТИТ 1 "
BUT IT
TURNS
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ALTERNAT
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MURDERER.

THEY DO
LOOK LIKE

I NEVER
THOUGHT
WE'D END UPE
HERE WHEN WD
INVEASLTTIEGRANTAETE
THE
DIMENSION.

... ANYWAYR,EBUWREY
SHEOSUEL.D DEEPER.
TH

IT'S FOR
OSHIKIRI'S
IT'S ALSO...

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THE THREE |
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ARE YOU YOU'RE IN
DOING IN MY CLASS.
MY HOUSE МО РОЛИ
AT THIS

ў PLEASE,
DON'T DO OSHIKIRI.
ANYTHING LIN PRETEND YOU
TERRIBLE NEVER SAW
TO ME... ME. LET ME
GO HOME.

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LAST N
IN
THE FUJII
 THERE'S APPARENTLY SHE
A DOOR TO AN WANDERED
ALTERNATE DIMENSION INTO THIS
IN MY HOUSE... AN WORLD AND
ALTERNATE WORLD MET ME FOR
THAT'S EXACTLY THE А BRIEF
SAME AS THIS ONE. MOMENT...

MAYBE AND THEN | |

SHE WAS RETURNED
FROM THAT TO THE
ALTERNATE
DIMENSION.

BUT WHY
DID SHE
APPEAR IN
MY HOUSE?
 YOU'VE BEEN | YES, THE
STARING AT Å LOGBOOK.
ME. IT'S YOUR

ТА т WASN'T,
| ACTUALLY.

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BUT YOU'D BEST BUT [не ООН LA LA/

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AND YOU'RE LOOK UPON И1 FUJI 2
A SHRIMP. А HER FROM
DISTANCE. |

321
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А GOOD LIKE A LITTLE E) YOU'D LOOK
WIDDLE KID HOLDING PATHETIC
WALKER. HIS MOMMY'S TOGETHER.

WRONG, BABY?
ANSWER ME.

WHY DON'T
YOU SAY
SOMETHING,
SHRIMP?

М”
4
YEAH,
SHRIMPIE.

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WHAT EXACTLY MIO FUJI!

HAPPENED? | LAST
NIGHT...

324
 OSHIKIRI/
WHERE
ARE YOU?/
COME OUT!

W-WHAT?
WHO'S
THAT?

SHOULD
HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO
COME IN...

DID HE
HIS VOICE COME
IS SO LOUD, TO PICK
THOUGH. ANOTHER
FIGHT?!

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OR ELSE
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THERE
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SO
R E F U L I N T H E R E ,
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OTHER DIM
SOMETIMES,
PEOPLE WHO HUH. SOUNDS
LIVE IN THE INTERESTING.
ALTERNATE NOW I WANT
DIMENSION TO GO IN
APPEAR. MORE THAN

I GUESS
THAT
WORLD IS
EXACTLY
LIKE THIS
JUST LIKE
ME.

AND
SUPERNATURAL
PHENOMENA...
DON'T GO
THINKING YOU'LL
COME IN FOR
CURIOSITY’S
SAKE. THERE’S
ALWAYS A PRICE

I DON’T BELIEVE
IN ALTERNATE
DIMENSIONS OR ANY
OF THAT STUFF. I’M
NOT INTERESTED,
SO I DON’T THINK
THERE’LL BE ANY
PAYBACK, EITHER.
 I'M SURE
COME OUT YOU START EMENN: I'M
OF YOUR THINKING LIKE SOMEONE ACTUALLY
SHELL! I'LL THIS BECAUSE WHO LOOKS WORRIED
HELP YOU. YOU'RE SO JUST LIKE ABOUT YOU,
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AN ALTERNATE
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BUT YOU
HAVE TO
BE REALLY BELIEVE
CAREFUL. I WAS
JUST
SEEING
THINGS.

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GOING ON?
IT'S BEEN

DID SHE MIO FUJII

ACCIDENTALLY | HASN'T
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BUT WHICH FUJII
IS THE ONE FROM
THIS WORLD?

AT ANY RATE...
SOMETHING
TERRIFYING
SEEMED TO BE
HAPPENING IN
THE ALTERNATE
DIMENSION.
AND THE
ONE MAKING
IT HAPPEN
APPEARED
TO BE THE
ALTERNATE ME.
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TURNED INTO
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INTO YOUR

AND THEN YOU

TIMING IS WANDERED
PERFECT. INTO THIS
I'M GOING
TO TRY THE

I EXPECT
THAT WE'LL
SEE IDEAL
HEIGHT
GROWTH
THIS TIME.

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OSHIKIRI
BACK THE
WAY HE
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THINK YOU
CAN RELAX
BECAUSE
YOU KILLED
ME... IT'S TRUE.
AND THEN I TOOK
I INJECTED THE SYRINGE

THERE'S
THE ONE
MORE WHO TURNED
THAN ONE INTO A
ALTERNATE MONSTER IS
DIMENSION. THE PERSON
WHO MADE
THE DRUG.

345
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REGRET
THAT
АВТ
NOW.

WHEN MY
PARENTS
WENT ABROAD
FOR WORK, I
INSISTED ON
STAYING IN
JAPAN, AND
I STAYED
BEHIND IN
THIS HOUSE.

348
 BECAUSE
LIVING
ALONE
IN THIS
MANSION...

I KEEP
SEEING
THINGS,
HEARING
THINGS...

WORMS...
LIKE BUGS
CRAWLING
AROUND
INSIDE THE
WALLS.
AS YOUR COUSIN, I TOLD YOU BEFORE,
I CAN'T EXACTLY TORU, IT'S BECAUSE
SIT BY AND WATCH YOU'RE LONELY. ARE
YOU KEEP DOING YOU GOING TO KEEP
THIS WITHOUT LIVING IN THAT HOUSE
SAYING ANYTHING. ALL BY YOURSELF?

HALLUCI-
NATIONS,

SO THEN YOU'RE I'LL TALK

YOU'RE FINE THE ONLY ONE
TO MY DAD
WITH THE I CAN TALK
AND YOUR
WAY THINGS TO, TAKAYUKI.
PARENTS.
YOU'RE
COMING TO
LIVE HERE,
EVEN IF WE
HAVE TO
FORCE YOU.

TORU...
DO you
EVER TALK
TO YOUR
PARENTS ON
THE PHONE?

=="

YEAH,
SOMETIMES...
BUT THEY’RE
MORE THE
HANDS-OFF
TYPE.
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TORU/ YOU
BOYS OKAY?!

ANYWAY... .
TOMORROW'S
SUNDAY.
STAY OVER
TONIGHT.
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355
 SOMEONE
BURIED
IT IN THE

NO...
IT'S MORE
LIKE IT'S
PETRIFIED.

IT'S PART
OF THE
WALL NOW.

I THREW DID ONE OF MY

MYSELF INTO ANCESTORS
DIGGING PLASTER UP Å
THROUGH DEAD BODY?
THE OLD
RECORDS OF
THE HOUSE.

I THOUGHT
I MIGHT
FIND SOME
CLUE IN
THEM.

355
 IT SAYS
«++ THEN BUT IF THIS MY GREAT-
MAYBE IT HOUSE WAS GRANDFATHER
WASN'T MY BUILT BEFORE WAS DUTCH...
FAMILY WHO HE CAME TO
BURIED IT LIVE IN IT...

WHAT IS THIS
PICTURE? IT
SEEMS REALLY

WHAT'S HE
DOING?
HALF HIS
BODY'S
STICKING
OUT OF
THE WALL.
 THERE'S
А PICTURE
HANGING
RIGHT
WHERE HE

N
N
ў ШИ THE MAN WAS
k. KILLED AND
HALF-BURIED
HERE. AND
THEN THE PART
THAT STUCK
OUT WAS
CUT OFF.

357
 NOT THERE'S
EVEN NOTHING
ANY
TRACE
OF THE
WALL
BEING
PAINTED.

DEFINITELY
SHOWED
HALF THE
BODY
PLAS-
TERED
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358
 WHATS
WRONG? TORU!
YOU SOUND HOW ARE
BLUE. you?
SOMETHING ARE YOU
EATINS?

RIGHT, RIGHT.
THATSWHYI
CALLED. WELL
BE BACK NEXT
WEEK. ALTHOUGH
WE CAN ONLY
STAY THREE
DAYS.
 I CAN'T
EXACTLY TALK
ABOUT A BODY
POLICE STICKING OUT
CAME TO OF THE WALL
INVESTIGATE, ON THE
THERE'S
A CHANCE
THEY'D
CHECK THE
COURTYARD,

THE CORPSES
ANOTHER OF MY THREE
WORLD... BUT NOT FRIENDS ARE
А МЕ WHO THIS ME... SLEEPING
CAME FROM ANOTHER
AN ALTERNATE
DIMENSION
BURIED THEM

NN
PEL
«A Se
1М MM
NONNM NE
I SAW IT.
I LEARNED OF THIS GUY
THE EXISTENCE WHO LOOKED
OF THE HALLUCI- JUST LIKE
ALTERNATE NATION. ME BURYING
WORLD THEN. BODIES
UNDER THE
TWILIGHT
SKY...

THERE'S A
DOORWAY
TO THAT
DIMENSION
SOMEWHERE

ay ~
SINK
re
ALES и

360
 BUT THIS ISN'T
HIS WORK...
TOO OLD.

NAO hi
z |

ANYWAY,
I'LL COVER
THE WALL
BACK UP

I CAN JUST
LEAVE THE I SHOULD DIG NO...WAIT. I DON'T
WALL THE WAY THE BODY OUT | M KNOW ANYTHING
IT IS, SAY IT AND BURY IT 4 ABOUT PLASTERING
COLLAPSED IN THE YARD. { WALLS. I'LL NEVER
IN THE GET IT THE WAY
EARTHQUAKE.
S
ў
|

WSEN
362
 I'M
HEARING
THINGS...
IT'S
AND I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY
THE SOUND OF JUST IN MY
BUGS CRAWLING
AROUND, THAT’S
CLEARLY ALL THERE'S
IN MY HEAD. NO WAY A
DEAD BODY Ч
CAN TALK...

MAYBE I'LL
GO STAY АТ 1৫
TAKAYUKI’S
TONIGHT...

363
 IT'S
THERE AT THE
BOTTOM OF
THE STAIRS.
ILL JUST
RUN FOR THE
DOOR WITHOUT
LOOKING
IN THAT
DIRECTION.

Å|
ia
 WRONG, TORU?
YOU SEEM 50
SURPRISED.

OUR I THOUGHT
YOUR FATHER PLANS YOU WERE
WANTED TO CHANGED, COMING
SEE YOU ACTUALLY. HOME NEXT
RIGHT AWAY,

OH. YEAH. OH MY! WHAT

ses TH
COLLAPSED
А
Й ACTUALLY... HAPPENED TO
THE WALL?

365
 TORU...
YOU MAKE
SOME
STRANGE

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366
 COME ON.
WE'LL GO SIT
AND HAVE
TEA IN THE YOU'RE
LIVING ROOM. JUST

NS
 STRANGE
PHOTO, TO
BE SURE.

OH,I JUST
THIS? 1\ |
| МОМ, ҮҮНАТ
лгі; HAPPENED
IT A BIT.

NOTHING
SERIOUS.

NEVER
HEARD ANY
TALK
ABOUT IT.

PROBABLY
бае А TRICK
en PHOTOGRAPH.
===

DID ІТ PEEL
AWAY FROM THE MTS “за | EVEN 50,
WALL? NO, IT WHERE'D
COULDN'T HAVE. 4 THAT BODY
THERE WAS NO қ Ax E 60?
IMPRINT LEFT. ; ЖЕ

368
 IN ANY
CASE,
NOTHING
GOOD'LL
COME OF
KEEPING
THIS
PHOTO
AROUND.

I CAN'T
LOOK AT
ANY MORE
FIRES!

369
 SOUND SO
SURPRISED.

WE WON'T BE
ABLE TO GET ARE YOU
LISTENING?
BACK FORA
WHILE, BUT LOOK, HONEY,
I KNOW I SAID
YOU'RE OKAY, WED BE BACK
IN TAPAN

SUDDENLY
HAS URGENT
BUSINESS,
50 WE CAN'T
 I SEE.
A FRIEND...
BUT IT'S BEST
NOT TO USE THE
PHONE ANYMORE.

A
FRIEND.
 AH!
WHO WE W-WHAT
REALLY ARE YOU
ARE.

WE’VE COME THAT'S

AND GONE RIGHT.
ANY NUMBER WE CAME WE'RE NOT
OF TIMES FROM AN
IN THE PAST. ALTERNATE YOUR REAL
THE ALTER- DIMENSION. PARENTS.
NATE WORLD
IS EXACTLY
LIKE THIS
ONE.

WE THERE’S
LIVED IN А DOOR-
A HOUSE গজ | WAY ТО
JUST LIKE Å 7 IT IN THIS
THIS ONE. HOUSE,
YOU SEE?

BUT THERE
NOT ONLY DID WAS A BIG
OUR HOUSE EARTHQUAKE
COLLAPSE, BUT IN OUR
IT CAUGHT FIRE. WORLD THE
EVERYTHING WAS 22:41!) DAY BEFORE
BURNED TO THE КАА YESTERDAY.
GROUND.

FAMILY NO
LONGER
HAD А
PLACE
TO LIVE.
 OUR SON
SHOULD BE SEEMS THE
HERE SOON HOUSE IN
ENOUGH. THIS WORLD
HE'S JUST IS FINE.
LIKE YOU.

«IT'S
GOING TO
CAUSE
PROBLEMS
IF YOU'RE
STILL HERE
THEN.

рх HELP
MEEEEEE!
 ААН, THIS IS—
YOU DIDN'T MAKE
IT BETWEEN
DIMENSIONS! YOU
APPEARED WHERE
THE WALL IS AND
NOW YOU'RE PART

HURRY// HE'S WE'LL PULL

GOING TO BE YOU OUT.
SWALLOWED HONEY,
HURRY,
HELP ME/
 TORU, WE'RE
GOING TO GET
YOU OUT OF
р THERE!

У ІШ,
№
Г
AN，

IT'S
NO USE!
HE KEEPS
BEING
PULLED IN!
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376
 THE MAN IN
THE PHOTO.
THE BODY IN
THE WALL.
WERE THEY
FROM OTHER
DIMENSIONS,

THEY’RE...
THEY’RE
ALIVE INSIDE
THE WALLS.
ALL THIS

RN AD (
THEY'RE al
CRAWLING |
AROUND IN ৭১১১১
THERE!!
ES

JUST
HOW MANY
PEOPLE
FROM THEY'RE...
ALTERNATE IT'S THE
DIMENSIONS SOUND OF
MOVEMENT
А
1)N
HAVE INSIDE THE
BECOME yў M

PART
OF THIS
HOUSE?

AND... THE
VOICE FROM
THAT DEAD

577
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THE STRANGE TALE OF OSHIKIRI: THE WALLS / END

 DADDY? WHY
ARE YOU SO
SCARED?

SI ie +

NM. IT'S HER FACE

NOTHING, LACKS REAL
MARIE. EXPRESSION, YES,
HER EYES | THERE’S NO
DON’T FOCUS. MISTAKE.
HER SKIN
HAS
HARDENED

CRACKS HAVE
APPEARED AT
HER JOINTS,
GIVING RISE TO
BOUNDARIES.
 ARE ACCORDING
CURRENTLY ТО А CERTAIN
DOLLIFYING INSTITUTE'S
SURVEY, 30
PERCENT OF
THE WORLD'S
CHILDREN...

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NN 00 ада

LOOK AT
HER! SHE'S
NOT MOVING

381
 SHE'S NEVER
GOING TO
SMILE FOR
US AGAIN?

SHE'LL
STAY
ADORABLE. SHE DOESN'T
SHELL SAY ANYTHING,
NEVER BUT SHE'S
AGE. RIGHT HERE.

MOST PEOPLE
CREMATE THEIR
CHILDREN WHEN
THEY DOLLIFY,
BUT I CAN'T
UNDERSTAND
THAT.

KEEP
MARIE
WITH US.
 А ...WE CAME ТО
NO, IT'S UNDERSTAND
AWFUL. THE FEELINGS
LOOK...
PARENTS WHO
BURN THE

E =

CHANGES IN

THERE?!

MARIE
CONTINUED
TO CHANGE
AFTER THAT.
 ...Г FELT AN
INDESCRIBABLE |<
 DEVICE THAT
LETS US
TAKE PHOTOS
OF FACIAL
STANDARDS.

NI Ч TAN |

TIN
|
THOSE ARE
INSERTED IN WE'LL TAKE A
THE EARS PICTURE OF
TO KEEP YOUR FACE
THE FACE IN TO DIAGNOSE
PLACE. NOW, YOUR
SIT DOWN. ORTHODONTIA.

WHAT IS RIGHT...
THIS?
I CAN'T MOVE
| ALL SET.
AN INCH...
DOCTOR | |
ОТАКЕ// ФШ
IS ANYONE
THERE?!
COULDN'T
MOVE AT
ALL, AND
I STARTED
TO GET
TIRED.
I WAS
REALLY
ANXIOUS.

THIS
ннат ALMOST UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL
WHAT IF SPECIAL-
"EVER, PASSED
IZED IN
Pas
EVER THE sTeHrIRD ORAL
FLOOTRHRIN SURGERY,
тн BUT THE
PARTICULAR,
WHERE THE BUILDING
DIAGNOSIS WAS
ROOMS RIDICU-
LOUSLY
WERE.

. IT'S NO
USE... I SOMEONE, Å
REALLY CAN'T

I REALIZED
THAT I REALLY
HAD BEEN LEFT
THERE IN THE
HOSPITAL.
 R-RIGHT...
A SCREW..
.
A SCREW..
.
TTHOERE HAS
BE ONE
SOMEWHERE.

HA HA HA
/

AN IDIOT.

WE АААААН/

~"
EAN
 I CAN'T
УМ STAND
LOSING THIS.

Ж ў
ў IWANT Å W I WANT
ТО НЕ (, TO
ЕЛНАР
HERE! (Мы ٨
АААААН/
THIS REALLY
IS TORTURE!
DOWN. NU
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HAPPENED

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OF METAL
DIGGING
INTO BOTH

YOU THINK
WOULD'VE
HAPPENED
IF I'D
YANKED
THEM OUT?

SHOW ME YOUR
EARS. I'LL CHECK
IF THEY'RE REALLY
OKAY, YOU KNOW?
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 WHAT? YOU
WANT ME TO

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 PRETTY
PRETTY YOU!!

NON-NON'S
MINION “PRETTY
PRETTIES”
NON-NON.
(HER MINION IS HEN
THE MOTHER OF |
А HORROR
MANGA ARTIST.)

395
 AFTER THE

PRETTY,
SHE GETS
REVENGE ON
HER MINION.

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MINION PUTS
А LARGE
BANDAGE
OVER IT.

MINION.

BOSS NON-NON / END 396

 HIDE-AND-SEEK WITH BOSS NON-NON
ARR OD<NALE

... SHE AND

COMES THEN
TO THE LATER...
BOTTOM OF
THE STAIRS
TO CHECK
ON THE
HORROR
MANGA
ARTIST.

1
THE
HORROR
MANGA
| ARTIST
+ HAS HIS
i STUDIO
ON THE

...15 THE
BOSS, 50
SHE'S NEVER
SORRY.

397
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 I'M NON-
GONNA 2 NOOOOON/
GIVE YOU
A BIG
HUUUUUG/

SOMETIMES,
SHE THE BOSS
COMES IN PLAYS HIDE-
WHEN THE AND-SEEK,
HORROR TOO.
MANGA
ARTIST IS |
BRUSHING
HIS
TEETH...

THE | WHAT’S
Bose's E. . WRONG,
CONCERN E NON-NON?
LIES
TOWARD
THE
KITCHEN.

399
 THE BOSS
AND THE
HORROR
MANGA
ARTIST
QUIETLY
INVESTIGATE
THE STATE
OF THINGS
THERE.

SSN

NON, HONEY,
WHERE'D YOU
GO? I'M GOING
TO MAKE YOU
SO PRETTY
PRETTYYYYY!

ARTIST,
NON-
NON’S
MINION.

NOW SHE’S RY lt NÅ = WI THIS BOSS WENT

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HIDE-AND- К REST, CARED FOR
SEEK IN THE BY HER MINION, IN
GROUND | К BED АТ 10:20 PM
IN THE Ë цаг” ОМ MARCH 5, 1998.
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 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Junji Ito made his professional manga debut in 1987 and
since then has gone on to be recognized as one of the
greatest contemporary artists working in the horror
genre. His titles include Tomie and Uzumaki, which
have been adapted into live-action films; Gyo, which
was adapted into an animated film; and Fragments of
Horror, all of which are available from VIZ Media. Ito's
influences include classic horror manga artists Kazuo
Umezu and Hideshi Hino, as well as authors Yasutaka
Tsutsui and H.P. Lovecraft.
ALSO BYJUNJI ITO
GYO
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FRAGMENTS or HORROR
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ДІНІ ITO STORY COLLECTION

Story & Art by Junji Ito

Ito Junji Kessakushu 10: Frankenstein

© Junji Ito 2013
Originally published in Japan in 2013 by Asahi Shimbun
Publications Inc., Tokyo. English translation rights arranged
with Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc., Tokyo through
TOHAN CORPORATION, Tokyo.

“Frankenstein”
Based on Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus
by Mary Shelley, published in 1831
Translation: Jocelyne Allen
English Adaptation: Nick Mamatas

Other Stories
Translation & Adaptation: Jocelyne Allen

Touch-Up Art & Lettering: James Dashiell

Cover & Graphic Design: Adam Grano
Editor: Masumi Washington

The stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this

publication are entirely fictional.

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Published by VIZ Media, LLC

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10987654321
First printing, October 2018

VIZ. SIGNATURE
PARENTAL ADVISORY
FRANKENSTEIN is rated T+ for Older Teen and is
recommended for ages 16 and up. This volume
contains graphic violence and mature themes.

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