Then, in the second story, a strange plague forces a couple to make a difficult decision about their child.

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Sometimes jump-scares are used, but they tend to focus on having an errie, suspenseful, or sinister atmosphere.

Their stories are also bite-sized, which helps them from being too boring.

It doesnt use gore or violence to try to get its point across.

I personally like Yamishibai better, due to it being short stories and doesnt seem to be drawn out, needing to get that scare factor.

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Junji Ito Collection has multiple sets of stories centered around multiple monsters that are also episodic.

The two are horror, have short lived characters, and have good atmospheric buildup.

These stories are framed in each episode by an old man telling these tales to schoolchildren using kamishibai, a traditional Japanese method of storytelling using paper scrolls.

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