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.The story ends with the bird-creature now doing the same thing to the protagonist, who has fallen into the same predicament as the aforementioned hiker. Bird People: The titular horror of 'Blackbird' is an uncanny woman-like bird-creature who feeds a lost hiker on his own flesh.It's to humiliate a fan, and later imprison her when Kaoru can provide inspiration. Magami Nanakuse writes back and invites her to visit. Bait the Dog: Kaoru admires an author and writes to her, sending some of her pieces.Those who encounter the Blackbird are doomed to become the very flesh she feeds them on.

The last panel of 'Magami Nanakuse' shows that the protagonist has been put on display in the town hall where Nanakuse cavorts with the town leaders, apparently still alive yet trapped in her own paralyzed, disfigured body.

This is an older, previously unattached story added into the Fragments anthology upon the serial's compiled publication.

'Whispering Woman': A girl who cannot make decisions may be receiving too much guidance from her caretaker.

'Magami Nanakuse': The truth behind a literally-quirky author's work is far stranger than the fiction it inspires.

'Gentle Goodbye': A sad mourning tradition haunts a new wife.

'Blackbird': A man lost in the mountains gets life-saving help which soon becomes his bane.

'Wooden Spirit': A family is disrupted when a boarder moves in and finds love.'Dissection-chan': A woman begs to be cut apart on an operating table.

'Futon' and 'Tomio: Red Turtleneck': A man and his girlfriend are tormented by curses cast by a vengeful mistress.Numerous fears inhabit the stories in the collection, which are as follows: Even a fragment is frightening.Marking a return to horror manga for the first time in eight years, Fragments of Horror is Junji Ito's fourth anthology of assorted short stories, closely following in the footsteps of the Voices in the Dark serials.

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