Blood on the Tracks, Volume 1

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That hope comes crashing down hard when Seichi himself succumbs to madness and pushes Shigeru off of the same cliff, this time resulting in Shigeru's death. At the point where you just dont understand no longer why certain characters to these actions, and you are not to blame, you never get told. In particular, he has a very strong relationship with his mother Seiko, who dotes on him excessively and is very overprotective. Empty Shell: The trauma of the events of 1994 has left Seichi as one by 2017, admitting to a hallucination of the long-dead Shigeru that he died inside a long time ago and is just waiting for his body to die as well.

They lay out their true feelings for one another and finally laugh about their horrible relationship, allowing themselves some closure before the end. In Chapter 107, after Seiko coldly disowns Seiichi and begins walking away he completely snaps and attacks her, throwing her to the floor and straddling her.She lives alone with her alcoholic and abusive father, with whom she has a bad relationship after her mother abandoned them when she was younger. After a hiking trip gone wrong in which Seiko pushes her nephew off of a cliff in the middle of the woods, simply for playing a prank on his cousin, Seichi slowly becomes horrified of his mother's dangerously overprotective nature, and seeks to branch out from her.

Genre Shift: Pre- Time Skip: Psychological Horror about dealing with immediate danger of abusive and unstable mother who's also an attempted murderer. Beginning its run in February 2017, the series is published in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine, while the English translation is published by Vertical. Shogakukan collected its chapters in 17 tankōbon volumes, releasaed from September 8, 2017, [7] to September 28, 2023. The manga seems to later imply that Seiko sees herself above her son, and that she will react violently if he attempts to subvert her in any way.The art style will change depending on the mental state of the main character and it makes for some amazing visuals throughout.