I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

I always LOVE a spooky/creepy/scary manga so when I saw this one on Netgalley I knew I had to get it. It sounded just way too good.

In this one we meet a guy named Hiroshi who late at night hears someone knocking on his neighbour’s door. He gets curious as it sounds quite frantic, but boy I can tell you already he wishes he hadn’t opened that door. That lady gave me all the red flag alerts when we saw her. She just radiated scariness. You just knew she was bad news. But Hiroshi talks to her and that is that for the night. But the next night it is not his neighbour’s door, but his. Yep. And so things escalate more and more and we see that this girl has latched herself to Hiroshi. And Hiroshi…. well sure, he is a gentleman but also an idiot. I really had to step back for a moment when he just trusted his spare key to that person. I mean, wtf, dude. She has been hounding you for the past days, and sure she is annoying, but to give your key to a stranger? NOPITY NOPE NOPE. But maybe that is because I am a girl and already not really trusting of much. XD But yeah, things get more and more creepy and harrowing for Hiroshi, especially when the lady starts to get jealous because of a girl that Hiroshi likes. And then there is his friend who is all about protecting Hiroshi. So yeah, threats everywhere!

Also, this lady looks like a normal lady… but she is unfazed by anything happening and she walks superfast in an unnatural way. I was definitely invested and was wondering how things would go from here. Would Hiroshi get out of this situation? Alive? Or Dead? Or worse?

Well, I won’t spoil it, but I didn’t like the open ending or well, I have mixed feelings on it. On the one hand we get some more information on things (and so again never open your door if you hear knocking (either your door or your neighbours) and you don’t know who it could be) + Hiroshi’s neighbour, but then there is so much unsaid and so many questions left.

I did like that throughout the spooky/creepy stuff we also get to meet Rumi, the girl Hiroshi really likes (and she likes him though she wants him to be just a bit more proactive, haha), see Hiroshi go through his daily life (college/work).

I have to say that at one point I lost a bit of motivation to cheer for Hiroshi. We find out that he and his best friend used to bully a girl at his school to the point of her almost committing suicide. That is just a big icky NOPE for me.

The art was quite fun, the style fitted well with the manga and the woman was drawn very creepily. Plus, hello, that cover is just so NOPE.

All in all, I hope that many more horror manga from Japan will be translated, I want more of this!