血の轍 [Chi no Wadachi]

A searing psychological horror manga from Shogakukan, 血の轍 (Chi no Wadachi) ran from 2017 to 2023 across 17 issues. Created by the acclaimed mangaka Shuzo Oshimi, the series explores a boy’s suffocating relationship with his possessive mother, unraveling a family’s dark spiral into obsession and trauma. Its taut, claustrophobic storytelling and unflinching examination of codependency earned it a place as a modern classic of the genre.