This was not what I expected! I went in for "old woman yuri" and got something chilling instead.
Spoilers of course - I think you should play it yourself!
But this is a surprisingly eerie and haunting horror short story. The twist hit me like a brick, honestly, and I really enjoyed the sudden switch-up in tone. I think a straightforward reading of this is still pretty terrifying, the classic tale of a woman trying to resurrect her lover, with monkey's paw curling behind her. But my interpretation is that it's likely both of these characters may be under the influence of dementia and psychosis. In a way, I interpreted this as a story about how sometimes "illness" (in this case, dementia) can take away the very thing that makes us us, and how we try to justify it when that happens to the people we love. Also I really dig the art and the cute style was a great build-up to the horrifying tone switch at the end. Really good job!
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This was not what I expected! I went in for "old woman yuri" and got something chilling instead.
Spoilers of course - I think you should play it yourself!
But this is a surprisingly eerie and haunting horror short story. The twist hit me like a brick, honestly, and I really enjoyed the sudden switch-up in tone. I think a straightforward reading of this is still pretty terrifying, the classic tale of a woman trying to resurrect her lover, with monkey's paw curling behind her. But my interpretation is that it's likely both of these characters may be under the influence of dementia and psychosis. In a way, I interpreted this as a story about how sometimes "illness" (in this case, dementia) can take away the very thing that makes us us, and how we try to justify it when that happens to the people we love. Also I really dig the art and the cute style was a great build-up to the horrifying tone switch at the end. Really good job!