Zashiki Onna

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Synonyms: Phantom Stalker Woman, Zashikionna, Demon Stalker Woman

Japanese: 座敷女

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 1

Chapters: 11

Status: Finished

Published: Jul 6, 1993

Genres: Drama, Horror

Theme: Psychological

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Mochizuki, Minetarou (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.27¹ (scored by 4,555 users)

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Ranked: #18031²

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MangaYoung Magazine (Weekly)Mochizuki, Minetarou (Story & Art)

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One night, mild-mannered college student, Hiroshi Mori, bumps into a woman visiting his next-door neighbor. A large, creepy woman, she has long hair, wears a coat and carries shopping bags in both hands. He had never seen her before. But then, without warning, the woman starts stalking Hiroshi, shifting her attention from his next-door neighbor whom she had been visiting to Hiroshi himself. Who is she and what is she after? Originally published in 1993 - before the term "stalker" was acknowledged in Japanese society, this well-written horror manga is about a young man pursued by a mystery woman. Serialized for just ten weeks, this short, single-volume manga unusually become a hit bestseller, selling a staggering 400,000 copies. Regularly chosen as "the scariest manga ever" in magazine horror specials.

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Dec 12, 2018

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Recommended

right well, this is horror done right.

zashiki onna isn't horror in the sense of gore/torture/etc. but there's something so horribly disconcerting about it, that you can't look away.

the plot's not overly complicated, as should be expected of only 11 chapters, and the artwork's straightforward (though not bad) too. nothing's particularly impressive about the majority of the character cast too. it's a simple manga, and that's what makes it terrifying.

the way the stalker woman is drawn isn't horrific - she's not got blood dripping out of her eyes, or a smile cut across her lips - but honestly i'm expecting that face to be popping ...

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Dec 3, 2016

Paraturtle

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Story:
Man, what a ride. The horror creep (the increase in terror) to Zashiki Onna was a thrill. By the time I got to the end, I was quite literally spooked! I even shuttered at one panel, completely floored by the oncoming horror. I figure not everyone will agree with me on this (and with the mean score being what it is, I can say that with the utmost confidence) but there's an incredible amount of intelligence to the pacing within this single volume. It has levels, so to speak. Each one adding another layer of intensity to the seriousness and helplessness our protagonist is suffering. ...

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Apr 28, 2023

TheLewdOtakuRe

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Well, there isn't much to say about this manga in all honesty.

It's about a dude who encounters some unhinged phantom of a woman while he's getting ready for bed, doing college dude stuff and killing time.

A lot of horror manga with phantom lady plots start the same way from what I have read, dude has neighbor who has weird stalker creature/woman/thing WHATEVER unbeknownst to him and somehow manages to gain it's love and or attention after the briefest of brief encounters with it.

It's nothing new, at all, and I would honestly say the fact that it takes on such a common and generic cookie cutter ... premise and manages to make it somehow more boring than it already is pretty impressive.

I love horror manga, even the bad ones, I just do. I find them borderline addicting and I just can't get enough, but this one is just boring without any of the charm or quirks of your standard horror manga. It's not even B-Movie tier, it's just bad movie tier ya know?

The art though, is dated and I do find it nostalgic in a sense but it does not fit this type of stories tone or theme whatsoever, I'm sure it could but in this instance it was just left as is and untouched. There was no real effort to make it work or seem more appealing, which I think may also be the point seeing as it's an urban legend based manga.

Maybe the author wanted it to seem grounded which would make some sense given the fact that the rest of the story is realistic outside of a few gripes here and there that are honestly easily to forgive and glance over.

I do hate the apparition/woman whatever it is though, and just how it's portrayed in general. I don't know what it is about some of the horror manga I've read and their weird fixation on women being ugly.

Because that's literally the only about this woman that is "off putting" or "ghastly". She's just tall and happens to be unattractive, not even grotesquely so either, she's just like a 3/10 or something. It makes the whole manga sort of a pain to read, because you just have this giga chad 7 foot tall lady being a weirdo and tanking shots like she's got diamond armor on under her coat and just chugged an invincibility potion or something.

It's really silly, not at all something you would take serious, and it takes you out of the story.

You see her getting curb stomped american history X style by the MCs friend then all of a sudden she's chasing him down the street like Usain Bolt while he pees his pants, it's silly and not really anything spooky.

I don't hate the manga or anything at all, and it's a crazy short read, but I don't recommend it. It's just bland, and fails to be anything. Like anything at all, It's just a story you read really.

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