Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection - Vol. 8 Ch. 6 - The Devil's Logic

[MangaDex]

 

[Meduchi]

Well this was a surprise. The story is quite good and the bad art doesn't hurt it much. On the other hand, I feel like it would work way better as a written story than as manga. Not the kind of thing I want to find in Itou at the end of the day.

 

[Vainfire]

I quite like this story, it's short and sweet. A bit of a darker take on Monty Python's "The Funniest Joke In The World". It's not quite as effective either, considering that you have to expose the victim to a quarter hour of Facts N' Logic(tm) and then they have to search for a place to die. But disregarding the mechanics of it, the idea of a random killing coming through psychological manipulation is pretty terrifying. I agree with @Meduchi that Lovecraft probably could've done more with the concept; I'm not sure the story benefits from being illustrated.