Kaida-san no Kaidan

A horror manga about a high school girl, Kaida-san, who loves scaring the boy sitting next to her in class with her creepy stories.

This is Franken Fran creator Katsuhisa Kigitsu’s current series that runs in Shonen Champion. Fans of Kigitsu might be a bit disappointed with this one because the horror is pretty tame compared to Franken Fran but it’s probably due to it running in a shonen magazine.

The most interesting thing about this one is how Kaida-san tells her creepy tales. It’s almost always a 2 page spread filled with text and images illustrating the story but there are zero panels to separate anything. This format really changes the tone and almost makes you feel like you’re not reading a manga anymore. I found the large amount of text to be a bit annoying to navigate but the effect itself was pretty interesting.

I will say this series has some images that might trigger someone with Trypophobia so be warned.

~dakazu