Brr... that's creepy all right.
It reminds me of the one-shot, Look Me in the Eyes When You Talk, which, while being different, shares the feeling of isolated dread.
Okay then. First of all, this manga is great. Maintaining a consistent level of quality across twelve volumes is an admirable feat for a mangaka. Seven years! I would readily recommend this series to the right sort of reader, with the warning that the ending may be unsatisfying. If I'm to judge...
So, then, this is a continuation of last chapter's "side character wrapping-up" theme. The main difference being that Mako didn't leave as the other two did. Hopefully, she'll make an appearance again before this series ends.
The author did the translations himself?! Wow, I thought it was a native English-speaking scanlator group that was responsible. Very impressive. I had been wondering why the puns fit 100%.
@InfiniteVerisimilitude The painting is most likely that of Izanagi and Izanami, the deities who created the Japanese islands, and did much else besides. Pretty thematically appropriate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izanagi
I was drowsy while reading this chapter. The part with the brain transplant plan shook me awake, though. Grisly! So this is when those shenanigans started, chronologically speaking (accepting the theory that the heaven scenes are set in the past). The mangaka's artwork seemed a bit sloppy in...