This is one of the stronger episodes of the season, in that it presents one of the most interesting premises--what if there was a town where people turned into tombstones when they died? That's pretty wild. Unfortunately after that, the execution is a bit too obvious. Guy does crime, guy tries to cover up crime, guy is punished. The problem here is that, going just a bit into spoilers, the guy is actually thinking "I guess I should just turn myself in" but then people basically shovel down his throat that "oh the only way to avoid terrible curse is to throw bodies down the well" so obviously that's what he decides to do. I just think the people of the town basically shoveling the climax down his throat feels oddly like entrapment which takes away from the already too obvious moral of the episode. Still, I give it a 7 for the kinda cool premise.
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (TV Series)
Tomb Town (2023)
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