Hey...
Help!
Wait!
Just wait a sec!
No! Let go of me!
Aren't you Fujii Mio-san from my class?
Please, Oshikiri-kun!
Let me go home!
Don't do anything horrible to me!
What are you talking about?
Fujii Mio...
She's in class like nothing ever happened.
Her usual bright and cheery self.
Like a different person from last night.
A different person...
Yeah, that's probably it.
I didn't see the same Fujii I'm looking at now.
Maybe it was another Fujii, from a different world.
She wandered into this world
and met me for a moment,
before passing back into hers.
There seem to be entrances in my house that lead to another world...
A world that looks just like this one.
Maybe she belongs to one of those.
But why would she appear in my house?
Oshikiri-kun.
Oh, Fujii-kun...
Do you need something?
The class journal.
Here you go.
It's your turn, remember?
Oh, yeah... Thanks.
Are you sure you don't have something you want to say to me, Oshikiri-kun?
No... not really.
I wasn't looking at you.
Liar. You totally were.
Well, whatever.
Take care of the journal, okay?
Well, well...
Oshikiri-kun.
You into Fujii or something?
Such a bashful young pup.
I wouldn't if I were you, though.
You're smaller than she is.
Imagine how lame you'd look walking next to her.
You're getting on my nerves, Aoyama.
Pipe down, would you?
You've got a big mouth for such a runt!
You shrimp!
Tiny little bitch!
How about saying something back, shorty?
Runt! Runt! Runt! You know you are—
Son of a bitch!
How's that?!
Stop it!
Enough already!
Suck on that.
Are you okay, Oshikiri-kun?
Yeah...
Damn it, that bastard Aoyama...
Oshikiri...
Oshikiri!
Oshikiri, where are you?! Get out here!
That voice...
Oshikiri...
Oshikiri!
Aoyama?
Oshikiri...
Oshikiri!
M-Monster!
I'll... kill you!
What in the...
Hey, Oshikiri-kun, I heard your house is like a big Western mansion.
Is that true?
I'd love to visit sometime.
I wouldn't if I were you.
Why not?
I also wouldn't ask about it.
What are you talking about?
Oh, I see. You're shy, huh?
That's not it.
You're always by yourself, Oshikiri-kun.
I don't think that's a good thing.
You need to make friends, or you'll grow into a real weirdo.
Oh, wow!
I had no idea there was a house like this in town...
This is your last chance to turn back.
You're still on about that?
It's for your own good.
This house has entrances to another world.
Entrances to another world?
Yeah.
There are places that connect to that world and let people pass through.
The other world looks a lot like ours.
I even saw someone who looked exactly like me, once.
You shouldn't poke your nose into supernatural stuff like that out of idle curiosity.
I don't believe in that kind of stuff, anyway.
As for seeing someone who looked exactly like you...
Believe me, I wish I was hallucinating.
Hang on!
I can help you with this!
Fine...
Come on in.
But try to be careful, okay?
Huh?
Fujii-kun?
It's been three days,
but Fujii Mio hasn't come to school, and has been reported missing.
Maybe, back then...
she wandered into the other world.
Damn it, what now?
O-Oshikiri-kun...
I found you...
Turn me...
Turn my body back to normal!
That voice...
Fujii Mio?!
Oshikiri-kun!
I can't believe you did this to me...
I'll curse you...
I'll curse you!
Was that... Fujii Mio?
But wait...
Which one was it?
The one from my side?
Either way,
it seems like something dreadful is going on in the other world.
Huh?
This is the first floor...
but I was on the second.
How did I get down here?
Stop this! Please!
Who's there?!
Please, let me go!
Oshikiri-kun!
That's... the other me.
Don't do this!
And Fujii Mio...
I'm afraid I can't stop.
I've only just begun my research.
I tried the treatment on Aoyama-kun first,
but he grew too large. It was a failure.
Next was Fujii Mio.
I experimented with your counterpart from this world,
but she became no more than a pile of flesh.
I cast both of the failures into the other world...
Your world, that is.
And then you wandered in,
which is excellent timing, because now I can test my adjusted formula.
Here's hoping it can boost height without any unpleasant side effects.
Height?
Stop this! Please!
Don't worry so much.
No! No! Don't!
Stop!
You...
So...
You've finally come here yourself, eh?
What?
Then, this is...
The other world.
To you people, at least.
Stop it!
What a perfect chance to test it on my doppelganger!
Enough!
Oshikiri-kun!
Y-You bastard!
Oshikiri-kun! No! No!
Turn him back!
You demon! Monster!
Turn him back to normal!
Fujii-kun...
No! Stay back!
No!
Fujii-kun, get a grip!
It's me, Oshikiri!
No way...
It's true.
I took the needle off him when I threw him.
The monster you see is the one who made that formula.
Bastard...
Don't think killing me means you're safe!
There are infinite parallel worlds...
Never forget there are infinite killer Oshikiris out there!
Oshikiri-kun...
Will we be able to make it back to our world?
The Ongoing Tale of Oshikiri
Collection No. 040
Good morning!
Morning.
Hey!
Man, I can't believe summer break is over...
Good morning, Wakayama-kun.
Morning.
Wakayama! Just the man I've been waiting for!
Can I see your math homework?
Please?
Sure.
You really oughta do your own once in a while.
Sorry to impose!
Souichi!
You were told to stop shooting nails, man!
When Yanagida-sensei shows up, I'm telling on you!
Hey, here he comes!
Sensei, listen to this!
Souichi has been shooting nails around... again...
Sensei?
Cloth Teacher
Collection No. 049
Huh?
Yanagida-sensei, what are you doing?
Oh my God!
Souichi! Now you've done it!
Yanagida-sensei is being weird...
When you look up close, his face is weird, too.
It's like...
it's made of cloth.
Cloth?
Class 6-1
So, basically, this goes like this, and that goes like that.
You get it?
Sir!
I don't get it at all!
And this is supposed to be science class!
What?!
Class Monitor Wakayama Kousetsu, you little shit.
After all this explaining, you still don't understand?! Idiot!
Give me 100 laps around the field!
Get moving, now!
Well, look at the class monitor doing laps around the building!
Souichi!
What did you do to Yanagida-sensei?!
Whatever do you mean? Doesn't ring a bell.
Don't play dumb!
Nyah!
Wait!
See ya!
Wakayama, you filth!
You dare expose my behind to the light of day?!
There's a high cost for casting eyes on my bottom!
I'll curse you!
I'll bring you to ruin!
What's with the beard, Wakayama?
No clue. I just woke up and it had grown in.
The beard makes you look pretty rugged, Kousetsu-kun.
Yeah!
This isn't funny!
I'm still in elementary school!
Wakayama Kousetsu!
Little bastard!
An elementary schooler, growing a beard?! What arrogance!
Shave it off right now!
Here, I'll shave it off for you.
Slice, slice!
Why are you backing away?!
Slice, slice, slice!
Wakayama...
Yanagida-sensei is angry now!
You're not our teacher! You're some sort of cloth impostor!
Yanagida-sensei!
What are you doing?!
Th-The principal is calling for you!
Please go to his office right now!
The principal, huh?
I wonder what he wants.
Maybe I'm getting a bonus!
Are you all right, Wakayama-kun—
Is that a beard?
Yeah...
What is that?
Yanagida-sensei's finger.
But... it's cloth.
He really is a fake.
Apparently Yanagida went nuts in the principal's office
and then ran off somewhere.
Still, Soga-sensei is taking awfully long to show up.
It's gonna be night soon.
Did she actually promise you?
I'm positive.
She said to meet her in front of her apartment.
Is that her?
S-Soga-sensei's been turned into cloth, too!
R-Run for it!
Kouta!
Hey!
I know Souichi has to be behind this.
Hey, look, something's moving.
It's Souichi!
What now?
Let's check it out.
I'll keep watch down here.
Well?
It's hard to say...
What is it?
Someone's there...
Another one!
He looks like you...
I get it!
Souichi must've made those puppet fakes.
He replaced the real teachers.
And now I'm next.
Let's take it apart right now!
No, wait!
If this thing starts moving,
that'll be how we learn what happened to Yanagida-sensei and Soga-sensei.
What if you die or something?!
I refuse to die.
Anyway, let's head back for tonight.
If that thing goes nuts,
you need to take it down, Kouta.
There's a big ruckus outside...
That's...
Don't screw with me!
Let's move, Wakayama!
Right.
Starting today, you are Wakayama Kousetsu!
You're going to go to school buck naked and run 100 laps around the field!
That's the price you pay
for exposing my butt!
Souichi!
You're supposed to be in school. What are you doing?
Y-You scared me there...
What's up with the doll?
Explain.
See ya!
Wait!
Yeowch...
What the hell?!
What's going on?
All right!
Now this should be quite a show!
Hey, Souichi!
Let's play with nails some more!
Oh, it's you, Yanagida.
I'm amusing myself with Wakayama at the moment.
Ow!
What is that thing?!
Don't screw with me!
What's wrong, Wakayama?!
I... I suddenly lost my strength.
That puppet we saw in the attic must be draining my soul...
Say what?!
Squeak?
You boys!
You really screwed with me yesterday!
Especially you, beardo!
Say your prayers!
Another one?!
Squeak squeak?
Hold it!
You're the one who burned my face, aren't you?!
Souichi!
Huh?
Is that Yanagida?
Wait up!
What happened to him?
Right where it hurts!
Got you, I got you!
Hold it...
Let go! Let go already!
Now!
Let go! Let go!
Enough already... Please stop it...
Stop it... Stop it... Not worth it...
Urgh!
And so, this bizarre incident that started our second semester came to a close.
That very day, Soga-sensei was found collapsed in her apartment,
and Yanagida-sensei was found staring at a bonfire in the park.
They were both rescued.
I'm feeling a lot better, and the beard is gone.
As for Souichi...
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