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“Contestants trapped in haunted set for 48 hours; rest is shocking short stories.”
Anamorphosis no Meijuu
アナモルフォシスの冥獣
5.96
21,683 rank · 5,390 readers · 15 favorites
Seinen
Avant Garde
Horror
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Synopsis
Contestants trapped in haunted set for 48 hours; rest is shocking short stories.
Anamorphosis revolves around a group of people invited to a contest wherein they have to stay in a supposedly haunted set for 48 hours after an evil murderous spirit is summoned to produce a recreation of the murder scene. Over half of the book features this story and the rest is a collection of bizarre shorts designed to shock you?! (Source: Brolen, edited)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 2.08
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.08 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↑ 3.00
Running avg · May 2013 → Sep 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The main story is one of Shintaro's best in my opinion. If you are intrested in surealism, mind fucks or shintaro's work in general this is a must read. The other short stories vary in quality, but...”
- 8 “The short stories that are included in this present some of the most depraved, fucked up situations to the reader, but are actually played for laughs, in turn creating some the darkest humor I've...”
- 4 “I found this story on an article, talking about highly recommended horror stories. This story contains a short horror mystery and a few chapters of very short weird horror stories. I don't have...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 17%
Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 10 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 20m approx
- Published Dec 2008 – Jun 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M17743 catalog