Read The Japanese Horror Manga That’s Been Retweeted Over 94,000 Times

[Images: Bunch]

One of the most common horror tropes in Japanese horror involve taxis, with stories of scary passengers or terrifying drivers.

Comic magazine Bunch tweeted out several pages from a manga called Yokai Hayashi, with the word “hayashi” (囃子) meaning a traditional type of Japanese orchestra.

Here are all four pages in the original Japanese.

「月刊コミック＠バンチ10月号」絶賛発売中！夏にピッタリなホラー読み切り、『怪談囃子』で涼しくなりませんか？ pic.twitter.com/V4gEgDf2aO

— ＠バンチ／ゴーゴーバンチ／くらげバンチ (@Bunch_Shincho) August 22, 2017

Below are same pages with English annotations. Be sure to click through them in order!

英訳だ pic.twitter.com/6BPmwrz1nr

— タッド (@fake1up2down) August 22, 2017

On Twitter, people are praising the clever comic timing and structure, saying how it’s a novel and fresh take.