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  • Complete Monster:
    • Jayce is a magician with special powers. Underneath his sophisticated nature, he is a barbaric and sadistic figure who spreads chaos and destruction across the world, proclaiming that humanity is nothing but a tool that can be used for his own entertainment. Jayce debuts who kills multiple other magicians; seemingly merges thousands of his audiences into one pile; and continues to spread destruction by causing two teens to be painfully killed. Later, after attempting to scold children that have stolen from his shop, Jayce uses curses in order to torture them, and later threatens them with more; later still, Jayce has multiple people trapped in a Death Trap of magnets. It is revealed that Jayce is a demon created by multiple human souls and killed the human Jayce in order to blend into society.
    • "A Boy and a Murderer": The unnamed Serial Killer kills innocents for his sadistic enjoyment. Considering his murders as "hunting", he kills the child Junyoung Min and disposes of his body. While looking for a place to work, the killer kills another two women, laughs at the police investigations. After discovering that Junyoung's mother is looking for him, he manipulates her into to coming to his house, where he ties her up and beats her, mocking her for being as "stupid as her son".
  • Funny Moments:
    • In "Real Implant", the protagonist accidentally swallows her tooth seeds, which end up growing in her rectum. At least she doesn't get constipated anymore!
    • In "Ghost Home Care", the protagonist cancels his subscription because of the toilet paper, specifically the awkwardness of being given toilet paper in the bathroom or while browsing the internet.
  • Memetic Mutation: "That person could use some Beauty Water" is a common comment in response to someone getting horribly disfigured, usually said within the anthology or in works of a similar genre.

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