Hello! Can someone help me track down an old Japanese horror manga title? I read it around 2011 from a bookstore. It's a 5 manga series with short horror stories inside. I'm not quiet sure if there is only 5 books. They're compilations of short unsettling horror stories. But I am sure it is not Junji Ito because of the different art style. It's the subtle unsettling stories. Some of the stories surround urban legends said by a character in the chapter and then another person experienced said thing. Some about schools, hospitals, and even at home. But the stories are never about monsters. I'm not sure about the publication year but I read them around the year of 2010 - 2012 or even earlier.
In one chapter is about a pair of shoes that was under a hospital bed. At night at a certain hour, a (ghost) patient would walk to the bathroom. And during the night, one other patient indeed met this ghost but didn't looked like a ghost. He looked like a burned patient with bandages all over his body but this patient didn't know about it until the next day when she asked one of the nurse about a patient with bandages. The nurse said that patient had died awhile ago.
In another story which I can't quiet remember, I just remember it's a girl at night sleeping and there is a stain on the ceiling of her room. As day passed, the stain looked more and more like a human face. And one night when she's sleeping, she felt hair on her face but she couldn't move. She then saw this hair and a face and a half body girl hanging from the ceiling. and I couldn't remember the rest.
And the rest I could only remember bits and pieces and not the full stories. BUT another thing that I could remember is a character from the entire series and keeps showing up. I can't describe in full detail but I remember it is a little girl wearing a kimono like dress with short bob hair and a flat fringe. Sometimes she pops in at the end of the book to bring lighthearted-ness or even comical tone to the manga.
These are list of mangas that I know is NOT the right one:
Wonder HOuse of Horrors - Miyako Cojima
PTSD Radio - Masaaki Nakayama
Net Keijiban Hyaku Monogatari Series
What I am describing might be very Fuan no Tane - like, but it is not. I'd really appreciate it if someone could identify what I am widely describing. It's itching my brain.
