Satousan

A manga about various people who get involved with a mysterious assassin only known as “Satousan” that is always finds a way to kill his targets.

This horror manga just doesn’t work for me. I liked how they built some tension with the mystery of Satousan. He’s treated almost like an urban myth. But the his actual reveal never scared me. You only see him through his silhouette but he’s basically a walking skeleton: almost all bones. He’s supposed to use his extreme thinness to sneak upon his victims but then he’s somehow able to overpower them with super strength and speed. How is that supposed to work?

I wondered if he was supposed to be an actual supernatural entity but the afterword by creator Tetsu Kusumoto says Satousan is supposed to exist in reality. Well, he failed because it wasn’t realistic at all.

~dakazu