Fixed Face

This story was added to Frankenstein, the tenth volume of Horror World of Junji Ito, in a 2000 reprint published as Cherished Collection.

Yagawa visits Dr. Otake, a dental specialist who is treating her. He has installed a new mechanical chair with two thick rods that go into the patient's ears to secure their face. The chair makes her very uneasy, and she feels that it looks like a torture device; but he assures her it is a new development designed to capture an accurate image of the lower jaw. Dr. Otake tries to take an impression of Yagawa's jaw, but the machine fails to start. He leaves her in the chair while he goes to fix the problem. However, he falls down the stairs and is seriously injured. He is rushed to hospital with no one aware that Yagawa is still trapped in the chair.