The second story from the Shiver manga is the titular "Shiver," where a mysterious jade stone curses all who possess it with a mysterious fatal illness. The animated story succinctly captures the tone of its source material, right down to the sad reveal of Riko's fate. The anime adaptation of "Gentle Goodbye" feels like it was taken straight out of the Fragments of Horror manga, from the script to successful replication of many memorable panels. Confused, Riko asks for answers, only to learn from her husband that she actually died two years prior to their marriage and that he begged his family to create her afterimage. Upon living with her husband, Makoto, Riko quickly discovers the Tokura family has the ability to create "afterimages" of deceased loved ones. She asks Makoto if his family can create an afterimage of her father when he passes away, but her request is denied by the larger Tokura family.Īfter eight years of marriage, Riko finds out Makoto is having an affair with another woman whom he plans to marry. The tale centers on a young woman named Riko, who marries into the wealthy Tokura family but is scared of losing her father to death. "Gentle Goodbye" is one of the sadder stories featured in Junji Ito Collection that is also available in English in the Fragments of Horror manga.
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