It was interesting seeing all the different stories!! I got hooked from the very first one! I wish he would help them out but otherwise it was very interesting!

"Urban legends are coming to life. You just haven't met one yet." Those words drew me to the HORROR COLLECTOR manga. The premise of following several urban legends come true, meeting the unwitting victims, and the young main character trying to stop them held up - to a point. There are five stories with an arc connecting them to the core characters: a sibling duo and their sidekicks. It's geared toward the Middle Grade crowd.

I'd call this manga "horror lite." In the five presented stories, each manage a low level of spookiness and tension, but it's appropriate for the target demographics. "The Boy in the Red Hood" is the opening tale, and it had the strongest potential to be explored in a more fleshed out context (like novel length). It drew my interest with the mysterious "Wriggler" legend (or "Blank"). The art did a fantastic job supporting the otherness of the creature/being. The other story I felt could stand on it's own if fleshed out was "The Running Man," at least up until the big reveal.

Although I'm not the target reader for this manga, I felt the stories didn't spend much time with the actual urban legends or the victims. At most, readers get a page or two of supernatural-beings-behaving-badly, and then poof; they're gone. Yet I do want to see more of this world and the main characters. What's up with Fushigi and Himitsu? The fifth story introduced some intriguing hints!

Big thanks to NetGalley and Yen Press for the review copy of HORROR COLLECTOR.

This was a really interesting book. It had a great concept. That main character was very interesting and cool, but the idea was really great. It was. easy, simple to understand and fun. I love the art style and where this series could go and im ready for volume 2 .

I really wanted to love this manga. It had everything I want in my books. But somewhere along the line it became lackluster. Why? Primarily it was because of how disjointed it felt at times accompanied by the lack of depth in the characters. I did enjoy most of the storylines explored in this one and thought the world building was fun. I'd probably pick up the next volume but with trepidation.

Great collection of scary stories that are truly creepy. The suggested audience is young adult, but use your own knowledge of what your kid can handle. To me the horror is very mild on the fear level but I am over the age specified.

The illustrations are excellent and I look forward to reading more.

Thanks to @netgalley and Yen Press/ JY for Kids for the opportunity to read this eArc in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion

I scare easily but still enjoyed reading this manga. The illustrations are well done and it was a fun way to learn more about urban legends.

Thank you NetGalley for the e-Arc and I did end up purchase a copy of the ebook.

I loved the concept of this book. It is a captivating book in which each story is collected by the main character. I can’t wait for further installments!

This manga series is a series of interconnected short stories based on urban legends and Internet creepy pasts for a middle grade audience. It is also a Japanese Light Novel, which is a novella size prose novel with some really cute illustrations interspersed with the text, perfect for younger readers easing novels from primarily graphic novels and manga.

I didn’t realize this was a collection of the past previous volumes into one? But luckily I saved this download and read it. The illustrations loved it and the stories was a bit creepy but I am mediocre in creepy things now so it was great for this model age lady.

I love the twist of using Urban Legends, and we are seeing characters who are the makers of them. I enjoy scary stories like these. I'm excited to know what happens in the next volume.

I love the eerie atmosphere of this manga! I love the twists and turns and the determination to rid the curses from existence! Honestly I can’t wait to read the next issue! Highly recommend!

I enjoyed reading this horror manga. It has five connecting horror stories. The artwork is creepy for the monsters. Fans of Japanese horror and fans of Goosebumps will enjoy reading this one. I would read more horror manga about the Horror Collector.

This manga is really fun to read! I love the premise, with the horror stories themed around the curses and sibling rivalry!!!

With how cute the art style is, I didn't expect this to be that scary, and it wasn't.
There just wasn't much substance to the stories. Although they were short stories that did kind of intertwine, I finished it thinking that I didn't gain anything from reading it. I didn't get scared, smile, or feel much of anything other than thinking that the art itself was nice.
Unfortunately, I would have to say this wasn't that great of a read.

An interesting premise that I wish was explored deeper. Horror Collector is a collection of different urban legends that are told in each chapter. The story was enjoyable and interesting with cute artwork. I would have enjoyed if each urban legend was explored on a deeper level.

Thank you to NetGalley and Yen Press for the free eARC.

A Japanese horror manga collection that's suitable for younger readers. The chapters focus on a variety of mostly middle school age characters who get involved with different urban legends like faceless people or wish-granting telephones. It's a good premise for a manga, and I think it pretty much caught the vibe of these urban legends that are told in schools. The creepiest thing for me was this human-faced dog though, and I think he was actually supposed to be a cute sidekick (he was not). But there also is an overarching plot about a boy collecting the legends in his notebook and him looking for one specific legend. And yeah, that whole part went nowhere. It says volume one in the title, but it seems like this series was cancelled almost immediately. The manga was adapted from a light novel with multiple volumes, but it probably didn't sell well in manga format. It is a weird choice for an English translation in my opinion. The first volume was alright, but why bother if there isn't more to it?

Huge thanks to NetGalley and Yen Press for providing a digital arc in exchange for an honest review.

A boy in a red hood, sided with a human-faced dog, captures odd paranormal activities in a magical book — this manga isn’t your normal ghost story. *Horror Collector (Manga)* by Midori Sato creates a unique take on ending urban legends. We follow a boy in a red hood sided with a human-faced dog capturing these odd paranormal activities in a magical book. Throughout the manga, we’re hinted at his backstory, but he remains as mysterious as the creatures he captures.

The art style is, simply put, magnificent. The use of shadows and the craziness depicted in the character’s eyes portray just enough creepiness to send shivers up your spine. The panels flow smoothly and depict a world of amazing horrors.

The pacing for our first short story was a little too quick and finished early without much of an explanation. However, as you read more, the story shapes out and slowly continues to make sense. As for the rest of the manga, the pacing was well-set and keeps the tension tight as well as constant.

The plot is so unique, nothing as I’ve ever read about. A magical book to almost summon these creatures into, where you would imagine they originally came from, is a clever take. You typically read about urban legends coming to life, but never stopping them.

Upon reading the interview at the end of the book — which is a great touch, I do enjoy reading interviews — it is revealed that there is a light novel series where this manga is based off of. Reading this manga does make me want to pick up the light novel immediately and begin reading it.

Each of the characters we had seen, even if they only were present for one chapter, were well developed and had unique appearances. They all felt like the main characters without it being told to us. The interactions felt normal and fitting for a high-school level, as most of the characters were in. All of the characters had a clear telling of their motives and inner emotions.

As a whole, the manga is unique to its story sided with a beautiful art style. I cannot wait to read more about the boy with the red hood and to see more of the abnormal creatures he encounters. This is a must-read for any lover of creepypastas and paranormal sightings and a fan of horror art style.

I found this one fun. Reminds me a bit of Goosebumps with its use of urban legends. I like the premise and the art was great. It was a bit rushed, so some of the plot points didn’t have as much impact. All in all, it was pretty good.

(Thank you to Yen Press and Netgalley for the arc)

An easy read for middle school students based on different horror stories. I feel middle school students would enjoy this book and want more like it.

Review to be posted on my blog/Goodreads around May 25th.

I received this book from the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

I was so confused when I read this one. My thoughts were that it was a manga adaptation of the light novels, and in a way it is, but with a spin to it. Instead of just following the first light novel's stories it just grabs random stories from all the volumes so far released and throws them together. This isn't always working for me who has read the light novels. The light novels always felt like the stories were connected (and quite often they were as we along with Fushigi would travel towns) and that one event followed the other, but in this one it just felt as if someone had grabbed the most interesting one and threw them together and hoped it would work. I missed the connection and it felt way too rushed. For instance we don't meet the blue umbrella guy until much later but in this one he is already around in the background. Or how Jimmy the human dog is there from the start which just feels weird/off. Or how quickly we meet with Himitsu instead of it taking a few volumes. Maybe if I hadn't read the light novels/wasn't such a fan of them, I would have liked this one more, but for now it just felt like a cash grab.

Of course, it isn't all bad. I do love seeing some of my favourite stories in manga form and see them became even spookier now that the whole story is illustrated. I loved the urban legends, that is something this series is always so great at, picking some really spooky urban legends. Known ones, but also some unknown ones (at least for me). The art style for the manga is also fantastic and fits very well with the series. I loved how the cover for this one matches with the light novels series, which always features Fushigi along with a blue border, in this one the blue border is replaced by butterflies. I loved that they kept the endings as being a mix. You have some great endings and some very dark endings. 

So all in all, while I wasn't always enthused about this, I still am very happy I got to read this one. I think for now I will stick to Light Novels though. Maybe when those are done and the story is wrapped up there I will read more of the manga should more volumes have been released.

4 stories connecting through a boy in a red hood, following strange occurrences to stop a demon bringing legends, creepypastas, and the paranormal right into victims lives
while hunting a faceless twin, the boy in the red hood meets jimmy the human faced dog , a cursed victim
together they must work to stop the occurrences