Fragments of horror3/14/2023 Fan Disillusionment: Invoked in "Magami Nanakuse", with the source of fear being the idea that your favorite creator is not who they appear to be.While she keeps her body still, whatever causes the tics seems to build up and emerges in full force in her face, leaving it horrifically rippled. Facial Horror: The protagonist of "Magami Nanakuse" is imprisoned and tries to stay perfectly still so she won't develop a grotesque tic for the eponymous novelist to write about.While protagonist Megumi initially resents her intrusion on their family, she soon concedes that Kino is actually a perfect stepmother.before Kino's house-fetish kicks in and ruins everything. Evil Stepmother: Subverted with Manami Kino in "Wooden Spirit".Needless to say, it's stripped of its designation as a national treasure. Eldritch Location: The house in "Wooden Spirit" becomes warped, decayed, and covered with eyes after Kino essentially has sex with it.To her surprise, Kaoru outdrinks her and shows some strength that Nanakuse thinks may lend to some inspiration. Drinking Contest: After an already awful first impression, Magami Nanakuse takes her fan Kaoru to her bar, hoping to humiliate her further with hard alcohol.She decides to spend the remaining ten years she has with her father, and is genuinely happy to see him. When she finds out, Riko quietly leaves the house before saying goodbye to Tomoka, who was always kind to her. To top it all off, said husband has been having an affair and justified it with The Reveal that Riko died before their wedding and this Riko is a construct, technically not real. The in-laws tolerate her and won't respect her requests to make a construct after her father dies. The Dog Bites Back: Riko has a husband who doesn't support her.Dead All Along: In "Gentle Goodbye", Riko learns that her sister-in-law, Tomoka was actually an "after-image", a living memory created by the family to give them more time to let go and accept her death.This is made ironically cruel when she realizes that she is nothing more than a fading memory, and returns to her father, unsure which of them will be gone first. Daddy's Girl: In "Gentle Goodbye", Riko, the protagonist is terrified of her father's inevitable death and can't bear the thought of him dying.The character's personal gender identity isn't clarified but Nanakuse's presentation is not treated by the story as being genuine or respectable. Creepy Crossdresser: In "Magami Nanakuse", the eponymous author is portrayed as unsettling in multiple ways, being rude, crass, in control of bizarre physical tics, and by being an AMAB person who publicly presents as female.Cold Open: "Tomio: Red Turtleneck" has one, with the title page coming after a brief scene of Tomio walking home and seeking help.The physical tics are a source of the horror once everyone at Nanakuse's parties ends up reflexively copying her in the same grotesque mannerisms and we see prisoners below her house developing them in isolation. Character Tics: A focus in "Magami Nanakuse", as the eponymous author writes about physical and mental compulsions, many of which she appears to have.At the least, they are happy to see each other. She goes back to her elderly father, wondering which of them will die or fade away first, but decides to make the most of their limited time together. Having realized that her husband doesn't respect her because Riko is only a construct of the real woman and that her in-laws will never treat her as a real person, Riko decides to leave. "Red Turtleneck." The evil fortune teller mistress is killed and Tomio is freed from the curse, but he's been traumatized by the whole thing and still goes around holding onto his head.
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